Artist_News
Media Artist Ayoung Kim Receives
Media Artist Ayoung Kim Receives
the 38th Lee Jung-seop Art Award
Media Artist Ayoung Kim Receives the 38th Lee Jung-seop Art Award
2026.09.29
Selected Exhibitions This Week
Selected Exhibitions This Week
Gallery_Exhibition
KIM Inbai’s Solo Exhibition “A Man Asleep”
on View Through October 24, 2026,
2026.09.29
KIM Inbai’s Solo Exhibition “A Man Asleep” on View Through October 24, 2026, at ARARIO GALLERY SEOUL
KIM Inbai’s Solo Exhibition “A Man Asleep”
on View Through October 24, 2026,
at ARARIO GALLERY SEOUL
2026.09.29
Art Fair
Through International Media Coverage and Reported Sales: Frieze Seoul 2026 Review
Through International Media Coverage and Reported Sales: Frieze Seoul 2026 Review
Frieze Seoul 2026 took place at COEX in Seoul from September 2 to 5. According to official figures released by Frieze after the fair, more than 70,000 people attended over four days. Visitors and collectors came to Seoul from 54 countries and regions, while representatives from 178 museums and institutions across 25 countries and regions were also in attendance.
Art Fair
Kiaf SEOUL 2026 Review —
Kiaf SEOUL 2026 Review —
Kiaf at 25: Achievements, Challenges, and What It Takes to Be a Platform for Korean Art
Kiaf SEOUL 2026 Review — Kiaf at 25: Achievements, Challenges, and What It Takes to Be a Platform for Korean Art
Kiaf SEOUL 2026 took place at COEX in Seoul from September 2 to 6. Marking its 25th anniversary, this year’s fair brought together 175 galleries from 18 countries and attracted approximately 80,000 visitors.
Art Focus
Art Focus
Biennale
Autumn in Korea 2026: A Season of Biennials - Six major biennials to see this autumn, from Gwangju, Busan, and Jeju to Gyeonggi, Changwon, and Gongju
BiennaleAutumn in Korea 2026: A Season of Biennials - Six major biennials to see this autumn, from Gwangju, Busan, and Jeju to Gyeonggi, Changwon, and Gongju
This October, biennials across Korea offer markedly different perspectives on contemporary art. Gwangju and Busan host large international exhibitions, Jeju explores the island’s history and culture, and other regions turn their attention to ceramics, sculpture, and nature art.
Art Spectrum
Art Spectrum
Art+
Chang Eungbok’s 《Equinox》
Art+
Chang Eungbok’s 《Equinox》
at the Seoul Museum of Craft Art:
Floral and landscape motifs, and
furnishings in paper and wood,
find their place in the spaces
we inhabit
Art+
Chang Eungbok’s 《Equinox》 at the Seoul Museum of Craft Art: Floral and landscape motifs, and furnishings in paper and wood, find their place in the spaces we inhabit
On view at the Seoul Museum of Craft Art from September 22, 2026, to March 7, 2027, “Equinox” explores how Chang Eungbok brings the beauty of Korean traditional culture and nature into contemporary living environments.
Art+
Friedrich Kunath at Pace Seoul: 《The Nearest Faraway Place》
Friedrich Kunath at Pace Seoul: 《The Nearest Faraway Place》
— On Longing, Belonging,
and Distance
Friedrich Kunath at Pace Seoul: 《The Nearest Faraway Place》 — On Longing, Belonging, and Distance
Friedrich Kunath’s 《The Nearest Faraway Place》 is on view at Pace Seoul through October 24. The exhibition is Kunath’s second solo exhibition since joining Pace Gallery in 2025, and his first at Pace Seoul. The exhibition unfolds around ideas of place and movement, longing and belonging. Its title, 《The Nearest Faraway Place》, brings two seemingly contradictory states—proximity and distance—into a single phrase.
Art+
Marina Rheingantz at
Marina Rheingantz at
White Cube Seoul: 《Míope》
— On Perception, Memory,
and Distance
Marina Rheingantz at White Cube Seoul: 《Míope》 — On Perception, Memory, and Distance
Marina Rheingantz’s 《Míope》 is on view at White Cube Seoul through October 24. Marking the Brazilian artist’s first solo exhibition in Korea, the show brings together new works produced over the past year in her São Paulo studio. The title 《Míope》 means “myopic” in Portuguese. As the title suggests, the exhibition explores how images shift between near and far vision.
Art Voice
Art Voice
Biennale
The History of Korea’s Biennales:
Biennale
This autumn, biennales of different character will take place, or are about to open, across six regions of Korea—Gwangju, Busan, Jeju, Gyeonggi, Changwon, and Gongju. The fact that so many international art events are being held across the country within a single season speaks to the scale and expanding reach of Korea’s art ecosystem.
The History of Korea’s Biennales:
Where Are the Records That Prove
Their Value? On the Construction
and Importance of Digital Archives
Biennale
The History of Korea’s Biennales: Where Are the Records That Prove Their Value? On the Construction and Importance of Digital Archives
Jay Jongho Kim | Editor in ChiefThis autumn, biennales of different character will take place, or are about to open, across six regions of Korea—Gwangju, Busan, Jeju, Gyeonggi, Changwon, and Gongju. The fact that so many international art events are being held across the country within a single season speaks to the scale and expanding reach of Korea’s art ecosystem.
Art Insight
Art Insight
Art Theory
The Conditions of the Post-Contemporary and
Art Theory
The Conditions of the Post-Contemporary and the Future of Korean Contemporary Art (18):
Jay Jongho Kim | Editor in Chief
To consider the future of Korean contemporary art, we must first examine the structures and standards through which the global art world operates today. Over the past century, Korean modern and contemporary art has developed by absorbing artistic forms, concepts, and institutions that originated in the West and transforming them within Korea’s own historical and social conditions.
The Conditions of the Post-Contemporary and
the Future of Korean Contemporary Art (18):
Global Standards (I) — The Globalization of Form
and the Localization of Content
Art Theory
The Conditions of the Post-Contemporary and the Future of Korean Contemporary Art (18):
Global Standards (I) — The Globalization of Form and the Localization of Content
Jay Jongho Kim | Editor in ChiefTo consider the future of Korean contemporary art, we must first examine the structures and standards through which the global art world operates today. Over the past century, Korean modern and contemporary art has developed by absorbing artistic forms, concepts, and institutions that originated in the West and transforming them within Korea’s own historical and social conditions.
Global K-Art
Global K-Art
