Philippe Pirotte and Vera Mey appointed co-artistic directors for Busan Biennale 2024
On May 16, Busan Metropolitan City and the Busan Biennale Organizing Committee announced that Philippe Pirotte and Vera Mey will serve as co-directors for the 2024 Busan Biennale, marking the first time in the event's history to have dual artistic leadership. Pirotte, who is currently an Adjunct Senior Curator at UC Berkeley Art Museum, previously managed Frankfurt's Städelschule and Kunsthalle Portikus from 2014 to 2020. He has curated La Biennale de Montréal (2016) and played a role in the Jakarta Biennale (2017). Mey is pursuing a PhD in South East Asian art at SOAS, co-founded SOUTHEAST OF NOW, and co-curated the 2017 SUNSHOWER exhibition. The Biennale is scheduled to take place from August to November 2024, emphasizing themes of spontaneity, youth, and experimentation.
Key facts
- Philippe Pirotte and Vera Mey appointed co-artistic directors of Busan Biennale 2024
- First time two people have been selected for this role in the Biennale's history
- Selection approved on 16 May by Busan Metropolitan City and Busan Biennale Organizing Committee
- International open call was launched in February 2023
- Busan Biennale 2024 proposed to run August-November 2024
- Pirotte is Adjunct Senior Curator at UC Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive
- Mey is a PhD candidate in South East Asian art at SOAS in London
- Committee stated proposal aligns with Biennale's core values of spontaneity, youth, and experimentation
Entities
Artists
- Philippe Pirotte
- Vera Mey
- Jean Genet
- ruangrupa
Institutions
- Busan Biennale Organizing Committee
- Busan Metropolitan City
- University of California Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive
- Städelschule
- Kunsthalle Portikus
- Documenta Commission
- Documenta 15
- La Biennale de Montréal
- Jakarta Biennale
- SOAS
- NTU Centre for Contemporary Art Singapore
- SOUTHEAST OF NOW: Directions in Contemporary and Modern Art
- Mori Art Museum
- Gropius-Bau
Locations
- Busan
- South Korea
- Frankfurt
- Germany
- Berkeley
- United States
- Montréal
- Canada
- Jakarta
- Indonesia
- London
- United Kingdom
- Singapore
- Tokyo
- Japan
- Berlin