Gwangju is located in the western part of South Korea, it is called a passionate city among Koreans.
Around the world, you know, there is a movement to reuse elementary schools to art centers. This Asia Culture Center converted building with heavier history into art center.
Kansai Art Beat, 2015 December, Chisai Fujita “Asia Culture Center in Gwangju” (Japanese only)
Gwangju is called "Cultural Town" in South Korea. The Asia Culture Center was built in 2015. But even before that, it has been doing Asia's most historic "biennial." The Gwangju Museum of Art has a building for exhibiting biennials.
If you go to the "Gwangju Biennale", which has a long history, you will find that there are many works about political and democratic issues. To know that you need to learn Korean history. Why is it necessary to learn about Korean history in order to see artworks and buildings?
Let's find out the details by yourself!
Some people like history, while others don't. Some histories may have been made, and others may have been buried/disappeared. Because I am Japanese, I consider the relations with Korea (more than 1000 years!), the meaning of war and democracy, and our position through this biennial and Gwangju towns.