The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism said on the 5th that, with the Korean Foundation for International Cultural Exchange, it will hold the first 2026 call for "K-arts on the Go" from the 17th of next month to Dec. 1.
K-arts on the Go is a program that supports airfare and shipping costs when cultural artists receive invitations to present their works at cultural and arts platforms such as leading international arts festivals, performance venues, and museums. Overseas performances and exhibitions require the cultural artist or the work to go on site, incurring airfare and shipping costs. The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism (MCST) introduced K-arts on the Go in Nov. last year to support this.
The K-arts on the Go call is held regularly three times—Nov. of the previous year and Mar. and Jul. of the relevant year—so that artists, as demand-side applicants, can prepare in advance according to their schedules. To date, 83 performance and exhibition cases (artists and groups) have applied across three calls, and a total of 56 cases (artists and groups) that met the requirements received support.
Support goes to works invited based on the "platform directory," which catalogs leading overseas cultural and arts festivals and facilities. As of the end of Oct., the platform directory provides information on performing arts (509) and visual arts (248) platforms across 71 countries.
Kim Hyun-jun, director-general for international cultural policy at the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism (MCST), said, "As Korean culture draws attention, overseas performance and exhibition platforms' interest in Korean arts is also growing," adding, "K-arts on the Go will serve as a bridge that narrows the distance between our cultural artists and cultural and arts scenes around the world."