What happens when one chapter of life has come to an end, but the next has yet to begin? Rites of Passage, the exhibition organised by the Adam Mickiewicz Institute for the Poland Pavilion at Gwangju Biennale 2026, explores the experience of transition – both on a personal and a global scale. The project takes its point of departure from The White Book by Han Kang, the Nobel Prize-winning Korean author born in Gwangju, who lived in Warsaw while writing the book.
The exhibition can be viewed as part of the 16th Gwangju Biennale, the theme of which is ‘You Must Change Your Life’. One of the most important events in the field of contemporary art in Asia, it opens on 5 September and will run until 15 November 2026.
