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JESSICA MORGAN Artistic Director, Gwangju Biennale Tastemaker and curator Jessica Morgan of Tate Modern in London directed the 10th Gwangju Biennale, one of Asia's most eminent art events. The biennial, titled "Burning Down the House," which ran from September 5 to November 9, featured more than 100 artists from 35 countries and examined ideas of destruction, renewal, transformation and hope. The South Korean event featured many established artists including Jeremy Diller and Urs Fischer, but also gave voice to a new generation of artists paving their way in a crowded art market. Morgan spent time stateside at Boston's Institute of Contemporary Art as its chief curator before joining Tate in 2002. Appointed as Tate Modern's curator of international art in 2010, she specializes in the acquisition of contemporary art in emerging markets such as Morocco, Iran and Bangladesh. In January, Morgan returns to the U.S. to start her new role as director of Dia Art Foundation in New York. "I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING what Adriano Pedrosa, the excellent Brazilian curator, does at MASP, the amazing but recently neglected museum in São Paulo designed by Lina Bo Bardi." PORTRAIT BY DOUGLAS LANCE GIBSON; COURTESY THAMES & HUDSON (BOOK COVER); SOUTHARD REID (HEMPTON); MARIAN CRAMER PROJECTS, COPYRIGHT MICHEL CLAUS (SAHIB) Celia Hempton's Faruk, Turkey, 17 September 2013 "HAVING JUST WORKED WITH some wonderful artists for the Gwangju Biennale, there are a few in particular that I will continue to keep an eye on: Stewart Uoo, Celia Hempton, Prem Sahib, Ruanne Abou Rahme and Basel Abbas, Okin Collective, Anthea Hamilton, Hu Xiangqian, Wan Lee and Naufus Ramirez-Figueroa." "MY FAVORITE ART BOOK is 'Design for the Real World' by Victor Papanek." Prem Sahib's Stray II, 2013-14 94 CULTURED "M A 'D W P "MY FAVORITE city to visit is undoubtedly Rio de Janeiro." MY "M