We are incredibly pleased to announce that the 10th World Summit on Arts and Culture will be co-hosted with Arts Council Korea (ARKO) in Seoul, Republic of Korea from 28 May to 30 May 2025, with the Opening Ceremony on Tuesday 27 May 2025.

Toi Aotearoa board members and Creative New Zealand staff were amongst the tens of thousands of people who witnessed the remarkable Te Matatini o Te Kāhui Maunga Festival in Ngāmotu last week. It was a joyous, powerful, and uplifting experience that represents ongoing work by so many.

España prepara su participación como País Invitado de Honor de la Feria Internacional del Libro de Bogotá FILBo 2025, que se celebrará en la capital colombiana del 25 de abril al 11 de mayo.

El Ministerio de Cultura, el Ministerio para la Transición Ecológica y el Reto Demográfico, el Ministerio de Vivienda y Agenda Urbana, el Principado de Asturias, el Ayuntamiento de Avilés y la fundación Atelier itd se unen en una gran alianza para la creación de la Bienal Climática: la primera bienal de arte y clima diseñada en España

As we welcome 2025, we are delighted to announce a new set of distinguished participants for the 10th World Summit on Arts and Culture which will take place from 27-29 May this year in Seoul, Republic of Korea. These cultural leaders from across the globe will contribute their diverse expertise to our Summit theme Charting the future of arts and culture which explores futureproofing arts and culture through three focus areas: knowledge systems and agency; participatory systems and connectedness; and digital systems and technology.

Tanya Muagututi’a MNZM, a New Zealand-born Sāmoan and co-founder of Pacific Underground (PU), is the festival’s new Pacific curator. Muagututi’a emphasises the importance of endorsing the relationship with “our tangata whenua cousins”, given the historic nature of this inclusion.