Austrian Pavilion at the Gwangju Biennale, South Korea

Phileas is the commissioner of the Austrian Pavilion at the Gwangju Biennale in South Korea, jointly funded with the Federal Ministry for Housing, Arts, Culture, Media and Sport.

The Gwangju Biennale in South Korea is the oldest and most renowned biennale for contemporary art in Asia. The last edition in 2024 attracted over 700,000 visitors. The biennial was established in 1995 to commemorate the violent suppression of the Gwangju democratisation movement by the military dictatorship in 1980. Since 2018, the Gwangju Biennale has hosted national pavilions and satellite exhibitions by international art institutions in various cultural venues across the city alongside the main exhibition.