As reported earlier by ART iT, Japan Edition, the German-born curator Roger M Buergel will be the artistic director of the Busan Biennale 2012, the Busan Biennale Organizing Committee announced Jul 15. Buergel has put forward the concept of “Garden of Learning” for the Korean exhibition, directed in its previous edition by the Japanese independent curator Takashi Azumaya. As outlined in the organizing committee’s press release, Buergel plans to establish councils of 10-15 citizens and one or two artists to collaborate with each other in the production of artworks. Buergel is perhaps best known for his role as artistic director of Documenta 12 in 2007. As usual, the Busan Biennale will coincide with the Gwangju Biennale, which in 2012 will be co-directed by a team of curators comprising Nancy Adajania, Mami Kataoka, Wassan al-Kudhairi, Sunjung Kim and Carol Yinghua Lu.
