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Nonprofit_Global K-Art Space ZeroOne, New York: A New Platform Expanding Korean Contemporary Art
Located in Tribeca, New York, Space ZeroOne is a non-profit exhibition space established by the Hanwha Foundation of Culture. The institution positions itself as a global platform for emerging Korean artists seeking to engage with the international stage, with the long-term aim of connecting experimental practices in Korean contemporary art to the broader global art ecosystem.
2026.01.06
Gallery_Global K-Art 《Kang Seok Ho: Hold Still》, "The winter sea the eyes have seen is wider than itself."
Tina Kim Gallery is presenting《Kang Seok Ho: Hold Still》, the gallery’s second solo exhibition of the late Korean artist, currently on view from November 20, 2025 through January 24, 2026. Bringing together Kang’s ‘Couple’ and ‘Nude’ paintings—created between the mid-2010s and 2021—the exhibition traces the artist’s sustained engagement with the human figure as a site for exploring painterly surface, materiality, and form.
Artist_News Minjeong An Becomes the Youngest Korean Artist to Enter MoMA’s Permanent Collection
A work by Korean artist Minjeong An (b. 1981), Self-Portrait_Rachaph (2024), has been newly acquired for the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York. Minjeong An is the youngest Korean artist ever to be included in MoMA’s permanent collection.
2025.12.16
Artist_Global K-Art Do Ho Suh’s〈Some/One〉at "Art Basel Miami Beach 2025"
At Lehmann Maupin’s booth at last week’s “Art Basel Miami Beach 2025”, Do Ho Suh’s seminal work Some/One (2014) made an immediate visual impact. The work was acquired by a collector on the fair’s second day for 1 million USD and is reportedly destined as a promised gift to a major American museum. Another version of this piece is known to be in the collection of the Seattle Art Museum.
2025.12.09
Artist_News Artist Lee Ufan Wins ‘32nd Wolfgang Hahn Prize’
Renowned Korean contemporary artist Lee Ufan has been selected as the recipient of the 32nd Wolfgang Hahn Prize, awarded by the Gesellschaft für Moderne Kunst at the Museum Ludwig in Cologne. This marks the second time a Korean artist has received the award, following Haegue Yang’s win in 2018.
Art+_Art Focus 5 Koreans and People of Korean Descent Who Have Influenced the Global Contemporary Art Scene
The art world is intertwined in a very complex network. Artists, museums, galleries, auction houses, nonprofit art organizations, related experts, collectors and art appreciators, and even government agencies are the members that form this complicated and tangled universe.
2022.12.12
Museum_Global K-Art International Curators of Korean Descent Who Are Remapping the Art World
Curatorial practice now seeks to break down fixed ideas and introduce new ways of experiencing art.
It now includes not only caring for artworks and displaying objects but also creative activities such as organizing exhibitions that connect different contexts and cultures.
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Nonprofit_Global K-Art Space ZeroOne, New York: A New Platform Expanding Korean Contemporary Art
Located in Tribeca, New York, Space ZeroOne is a non-profit exhibition space established by the Hanwha Foundation of Culture. The institution positions itself as a global platform for emerging Korean artists seeking to engage with the international stage, with the long-term aim of connecting experimental practices in Korean contemporary art to the broader global art ecosystem.
2026.01.06
Gallery_Global K-Art 《Kang Seok Ho: Hold Still》, "The winter sea the eyes have seen is wider than itself."
Tina Kim Gallery is presenting《Kang Seok Ho: Hold Still》, the gallery’s second solo exhibition of the late Korean artist, currently on view from November 20, 2025 through January 24, 2026. Bringing together Kang’s ‘Couple’ and ‘Nude’ paintings—created between the mid-2010s and 2021—the exhibition traces the artist’s sustained engagement with the human figure as a site for exploring painterly surface, materiality, and form.
2025.12.23
Biennale_News The 13th Seoul Mediacity Biennale Selected for Artforum's 'TOP TEN 2025'
The 13th Seoul Mediacity Biennale, which concluded to great acclaim on November 23, has been selected for Artforum’s ‘TOP TEN 2025,’ the annual list published by the leading American contemporary art magazine.
Museum_Global K-Art 《Kitsch & Pop: Korean Pop Art Now》
《Kitsch & Pop: Korean Pop Art Now》 is an exhibition that re-examines the formation and development of Korean Pop Art through the lens of contemporary art. Organized by the Seoul Museum of Art and presented at the Korean Cultural Center in Hong Kong, the exhibition runs from October 2 to November 22,
2025.10.07
Nonprofit_News Korean Selected as the Official Guest Language for the 2026 Festival d’Avignon
Korean has been selected as the official guest language for next year’s Festival d’Avignon, the world’s largest performing arts festival held annually in Avignon, France. This marks the first time an Asian language has been chosen, and the only instance in which a single national language has received this distinction.
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