Pohang Steel Art Festival (2026 포항스틸아트페스티벌 [2026PSAF])

Dates · Venue

Dates

Oct 24, 2026 (Sat) ~ Nov 15, 2026 (Sun)

Venue

Areas of Dongbin Culture Warehouse 1969, Songdo Beach, Art 436, etc.

Address

78 Seonchak-ro, Buk-gu, Pohang-si, Gyeongsangbuk-do

Hours

[Tuesday-Saturday] 10:00-21:00[Sundays] 10:00-18:00

Admission

Free

Organizer

Pohang-si / Pohang Cultural Foundation

Age / audience

Open to visitors of all ages

Contact phone

054-289-7852

Dates and fees can change. Check the official website or call before you go.

About the event

Takma (polishing and refining) – Iron sheds its rust with iron, and potatoes shed their skins with potatoes.

Iron sharpens iron, Potatoes sharpen potatoes

'Iron shines through iron.' This proverb uses the rubbing of iron to argue that people leave old habits behind only by rubbing against other people. In Buddhist temples this is called 'takma dobani', mutual refinement among fellow practitioners. Just as potatoes are put in a large basin with water and rubbed against each other to peel off their skins, Buddhists refine themselves through their fellow practitioners.

The sea of Pohang reaches deep into the land and creates a scenery very different from other places. The way Pohang people rub against one another also conveys a rich warmth unlike anywhere else. "What attracts people most is other people." (William H. Whyte)

To grasp the identity of Pohang, a city that lives with iron, and to dream of the renewal of iron and the completion of ironware, the theme of the 2026 Pohang Steel Art Festival is set as "Takma", "Iron sheds its rust with iron and potatoes shed their skins with potatoes. (Iron sharpens iron, Potatoes sharpen potatoes)". Instead of jade and stone, we rub together the letters of Pohang (ㅍ and ㅎ) to reveal the brilliant inner side of life in Pohang to the world.

Main programs

• 1. Cheolbyeok Seosa Pohang (exhibition)
• Period: 10.24.~11.15.
• Venue: Around Songdo Beach
• 2. Public Photo Pohang (exhibition)
• Period: 10.24.~11.15.
• Venue: Dongbin Culture Warehouse 1969
• 3. Friends of Yeongilman (sculpture and photo exhibition)
• Period: 10.24.~11.15.
• Venue: Art436 and around Songdo Beach
• 4. Public Architecture Pohang (in cooperation with Handong Global University School of Spatial Environment System Engineering)
• Period: 10.24.~11.15.
• Venue: Around Pohang Central Shopping District
• 5. Iron Culture Planning Team programs (Lab, Citizen Travel Agency, Academy, Play+Place, Citizen Poetry, That Scenery Is Bright, Seminar)
• Period: 8.15.~11.15.
• Venue: Around Pohang City

How to get there

78 Seonchak-ro, Buk-gu, Pohang-si, Gyeongsangbuk-do

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