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Spinning Up, Winding Down

As the autumn art season kicked off in the northern hemisphere, a cross section of the art world ventured to the 2018 Gwangju Biennale on their respective trains, planes and automobiles. In typical biennial fashion, there was plenty of chaos to navigate, especially with the appearance of Korea’s first lady and the US ambassador for the opening ceremony, all while VIPs and press crisscrossed the city looking for art by hundreds of artists, the majority from Korea, Japan, Southeast Asia and, yes, Finland. Despite

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