Taiwan's first pavilion at South Korea's Gwangju Biennale has been relabeled with the museum's acronym instead of the country's name, a setback for Taipei's push for international visibility.

• Taiwan applied as the "Taiwan Pavilion" but the event's promotional material lists it only as "NTMOFA," the National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts acronym.
• Taiwan's foreign ministry and culture ministry both protested the change.
• The organizers say pavilions are split into national and institutional categories, and a national listing requires official paperwork from an embassy or culture ministry.
• They argue the museum signed its contract in January as an institution, so it was labeled as one.
• Organizers deny any censorship and warn that calling it censorship could damage the reputations of other participants; one invited Taiwanese artist says the move undermines the event's credibility in the art world.

Outlook: The biennale runs from early September through mid-November, and Taipei is likely to keep pressing for the name change before it opens.