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S. Korean art market makes upbeat start in 2022
Mar 25, 2022
The boom of the local art market is expected to continue this year thanks to swelling demand for artworks from individual investors amid the protracted pandemic, industry data showed Friday. The 2022 Galleries Art Fair, one of the biggest art trade fairs in South Korea held from March 16-20, posted 17.7 billion won ($14.5 million) in sales over the five-day period, up sharply from 7.2 billion a year ago. The number beat the forecast of some 15 trillion won in sales by the Galleries Association o
[International Galleries in Seoul] Lehmann Maupin continues to ‘break the mold’ in global art scene
Mar 22, 2022
New York-based gallery bolsters presence in Korea through expansion in Hannam-dong
Galleries Art Fair 2022 a big success with record sales
Mar 22, 2022
The Galleries Art Fair 2022 closed Sunday with a record number of visitors and sales, continuing the ongoing art fever in South Korea. Some 143 galleries participated in the country’s oldest art fair, making it the largest in its history. The five-day art fair kicked off Wednesday at Seoul Trade Exhibition Convention in Gangnam-gu, southern Seoul. It attracted some 5,300 visitors and clinched 17.7 billion won ($14.5 million) in sales, more than twice last year’s sales figure of 7.
Kansong Art Museum sells national treasure to Heritage DAO
Mar 16, 2022
Cryptocurrency-based new owner permanently entrusts artifact to museum for physical exhibitions
[International Galleries in Seoul] Koenig Seoul hopes to grow with emerging Korean collectors
Mar 15, 2022
Korea's art business-friendly policies, emerging women artists, young collectors are big draws, according to Johann Koenig, founder of Berlin-based gallery
Video artist Choi Chan-sook wins Korea Artist Prize 2021
Mar 15, 2022
The National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea has named video artist Choi Chan-sook as the winner of the Korea Artist Prize 2021 among the four finalists who showcased their works at the museum. The national museum shows commissioned works by four finalists of the annual award, which aims to support young and promising Korean artists. The newly commissioned works by the four artists -– Choi Chan-sook, Kim Sang-jin, Bang Jeong-a and Oh Min -- are on display at the exhibition &l
Leading contemporary architect Kimm Jong-soung‘s archival book published by MMCA
Mar 13, 2022
Korean-born architect behind Korea’s monumental buildings donated a vast range of archives to the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea in 2014
Galleries Art Fair 2022 to be the largest ever
Mar 11, 2022
The recent art fever is likely to continue at the upcoming Galleries Art Fair 2022, the first major art fair of the year, with the largest number of galleries participating at a new venue in Seoul. The five-day art fair will kick off Wednesday at Seoul Trade Exhibition and Convention in Gangnam-gu, southern Seoul. This is a change of venue for the annual fair which has been taking place at COEX in Seoul. Some 143 galleries will participate in this year’s art fair, continuing the momentu
Lee Kun-hee collection exhibition at MMCA extended to April
Mar 7, 2022
The exhibition “MMCA Lee Kun-hee Collection: Masterpieces of Korean Art” showing artworks donated by late Samsung Chairman Lee Kun-hee will extend its run for another month to April 13. The National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea opened the exhibition on July 21, 2021, presenting some 50 artworks selected from the 23,000 artworks donated by the Lee family last year. The masterpieces by Korea’s modern and contemporary artists have been seen by more than 80,000
Young generation takes big part in new type of art investment
Mar 7, 2022
Four out of 10 investors who buy small shares of iconic artworks through online platforms in South Korea are young generations, a local auction house said Monday. Among customers who have purchased a share of a single piece of art worth at least 10 million won ($8,100) at a time, 40 percent were in their 20s and 30s, according to Sotwo, an online art investment platform run by Seoul Auction Blue. Sotwo allows individuals to buy shares of specific artworks from 1,000 won and lets them gain procee
Architect Lee Jeong-hoon’s rooftop installation at museum wins MMCA Gwacheon Project 2022
Mar 6, 2022
Architect Lee Jeong-hoon has won the MMCA Gwacheon Project 2022 for his proposal to create a large-scale architectural installation on the rooftop of the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea in Gwacheon, Gyeonggi Province. MMCA Gwacheon Project, an annual contest inaugurated in 2021, is organized by the national art museum to revitalize the Gwacheon venue’s outdoor space. Lee’s proposal to create an open-air canopy composed of a number of pipes, which aims to embo
MMCA kicks off open call for collaborative art project for young artists
Mar 4, 2022
The National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea has announced an open call for Project Hashtag 2022, a collaborative art project that aims to discover talented artists and offer an opportunity to exhibit their works. The annual project was initiated in 2019 in partnership with Hyundai Motor to promote interdisciplinary collaboration among artists, writers, researchers and producers from different fields. The project is open to any group of more than two people who are willing to expl
Spectacular journey to Alessandro Michele’s world of imagery at ‘Gucci Garden Archetypes’
Mar 3, 2022
In celebration of the 100th anniversary of Italian fashion brand Gucci’s founding last year, the fashion house has recreated its creative vision and legacy through “Gucci Garden Archetypes,” an immersive and multi-sensory space curated by its creative director Alessandro Michele. Starting with its first showcase in Florence, the traveling exhibition has landed in Seoul, its sixth stop. As mentioned in Michele’s description of the exhibition, the immersive multimedia worl
Photographs evoke nostalgia for travel
Mar 1, 2022
If you feel like traveling abroad, but have to wait a few more months for the pandemic to subside, a couple of photography exhibitions in town might help you quench your thirst for going abroad. The show “Accidentally Wes Anderson” at Groundseasaw Seongsu in Seoul is a photography exhibition created in collaboration with a global travel community named “Accidentally Wes Anderson,” founded in 2017. Some 300 photographs taken around the world take visitors to all parts
Lee Sook-kyung aims to bring Gwangju Biennale to transnational realm next year
Feb 28, 2022
Lee Sook-kyung, artistic director of the 14th Gwangju Biennale, will bring a transnational perspective to South Korea’s largest biennale, while maintaining the spirit of Gwangju, a city where the legacy of the 1980 Gwangju Uprising is indelibly etched. Appointed in December as the artistic director for next year’s Gwangju Biennale, Lee is a senior curator of international art at the Tate Modern. “I will reconstruct the ‘spirit of Gwangju’ through a contemporary
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