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Art+_News Hundreds of Art Professionals Denounce Censorship at Seoul Museum of Art On June 19, the Seoul Museum of Art (SeMA) issued an official statement regarding the censorship incident surrounding the exhibition catalogue of the Art Archives of the Seoul Museum of Art (SeMA AA). However, criticism from the Korean art community has only intensified in response.
2025.07.01
Gallery_News Gallery Hyundai Selected Among “The 10 Best Booths at Art Basel 2025” Gallery Hyundai’s booth (G13) at Art Basel 2025 has been selected by Artsy as one of “The 10 Best Booths at Art Basel 2025.” The featured presentation is a solo booth dedicated to Seung-taek Lee, a pioneering figure in Korean experimental art, and is the only solo presentation among the ten selected booths.
2025.07.01

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Artist_News Artist Hyunsun Jeon Becomes First Korean Emerging Artist in Art Basel Unlimited Korean artist Hyunsun Jeon (b. 1989) has been selected for the Unlimited sector of the world-renowned art fair, Art Basel.
2025.06.24
Artist_News Artist Im Youngzoo Selected as Winner of the Artist Award at Frieze Seoul 2025 South Korean media artist Im Youngzoo (b. 1982) has been selected as the winner of the 3rd Frieze Seoul Artist Award.
2025.06.17
Artist_News Atelier Park Eun Sun, the First Art Museum by a Korean Artist in Italy, Opens On May 31, 2025, Korean sculptor Park Eun Sun opened a new art museum, Atelier Park Eun Sun, in Pietrasanta, Tuscany, Italy. Known as the “mecca of sculpture,” Pietrasanta now houses its first-ever art museum dedicated to a Korean artist.
2025.06.10
Artist_News Artist Eugene Jung Named to ‘Forbes Asia 30 Under 30’ List for 2025 Eugene Jung (b. 1995), a young Korean sculptor, has been named to the ‘2025 Forbes Asia 30 Under 30’ list. Published annually by the American media company Forbes, the ‘30 Under 30’ highlights 30 individuals under the age of 30 who are making notable contributions across various fields.
2025.06.03
Artist_News Artist Jeehye Song Wins Germany’s Emerging Artist Award ‘Kunstpreis junger westen 2025’ Emerging South Korean artist Jeehye Song (b. 1991) has been selected as the 2025 recipient of the ‘Kunstpreis junger westen’ in the category of painting.
2025.06.03
Artist_News Artist Rachel Youn Selected as One of the 20 Artists of “New Talent 2025” by Art in America Korean-American artist Rachel Youn (b. 1994) has been named one of the 20 artists featured in "New Talent 2025," announced by the internationally renowned art magazine Art in America.
2025.05.27

Museum

Museum_News Busan MoCA’s Rebranding Project Wins at 'TDC Awards 2025' The rebranding project of the Busan Museum of Contemporary Art (Busan MoCA) has won a Main Award in the Communication Design category at the 2025 TDC (Type Directors Club) Awards in New York, one of the world’s most prestigious design competitions.
2025.06.24
Museum_News Photography Seoul Museum of Art, Korea’s First Public Museum Dedicated to Photographic Media, Opens on May 29 The Seoul Museum of Art (SeMA) will open the Photography Seoul Museum of Art (Photo SeMA) on May 29, marking the launch of Korea’s only public art museum dedicated to photographic media. Located in Chang-dong, Dobong-gu, the newly built museum will serve as a branch of SeMA and has been in development for over a decade in preparation for its opening.
2025.05.27
Museum_News MMCA’s “Ron Mueck” Exhibition Draws Over 210,000 Visitors in First Month The National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea (MMCA) announced that its exhibition 《Ron Mueck》, currently on view at the Seoul branch, has attracted more than 210,000 visitors within just over 30 days since its opening.
2025.05.27
Museum_News Busan Museum of Art Opens ‘Moving on Asia’: A Platform for Contemporary Asian Video Art Exchange The Busan Museum of Art is hosting the international exchange event 《Moving on Asia》 through June 29 at Domoheon and the Busan Cinema Center, with the goal of exploring trends in video art across the Asia-Pacific region.
2025.04.29
Museum_News Hong Ra-hee, Former Director of Leeum Museum of Art, Returns as Honorary Director After 8 Years Hong Ra-hee, who resigned from the position of director at the Leeum Museum of Art in 2017, has returned to the art world as an honorary director after eight years. On April 2, the Samsung Foundation of Culture announced this news in conjunction with the opening of the special exhibition 《Gyeomjae Jeong Seon》at the Hoam Museum of Art, celebrating its 60th anniversary.
2025.04.08
Museum_News MMCA Launches Eco-Friendly Living Products Made from Exhibition Waste The National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea (MMCA) has launched three types of eco-friendly everyday living products made from discarded exhibition waste, reflecting ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) values.
2025.03.11
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Nonprofit_News Insa Art Space Closes Its Doors After 25 Years of Supporting Emerging Artists in June On April 9, the ARKO Art Center of the Arts Council Korea announced that the operation of Insa Art Space (IAS), a venue dedicated to supporting emerging artists, will come to an end this June.
2025.04.22
Nonprofit_News ACC Launches ‘ACC CREATORS 2025 Residency’ Open Call Program The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism’s National Asian Culture Center (ACC) is launching a global open call for creators to participate in the “ACC CREATORS 2025 Residency,” a support program for interdisciplinary content creation and production. Applications will be accepted until April 30.
2025.04.15
Nonprofit_News Platform Project Exploring the Intersection of Art, Technology, and Society: “Forking Room 2025” Opens on April 16 The temporary platform project Forking Room, which addresses phenomena commonly faced by contemporary society, technology, and art, will be held under the title 《Left Tech》 from April 16 to April 20 at Post Territory Ujeongguk.
2025.04.15
Nonprofit_News Asia’s First Digital Media Art Festival ‘Loop Lab Busan’ to Open in April The Busan Museum of Art will host Asia’s first digital media art festival, "Loop Lab Busan," for approximately two months, from April 22 to June.
2025.04.08
Nonprofit_News Corporate Cultural Foundations Triple Their Contribution to Arts and Culture Over the Past Decade On the 11th, the Arts Council Korea (ARKO) released a report on the state of arts and culture sponsorship by corporate cultural foundations—nonprofit organizations established by domestic companies to support arts and culture. The report revealed that corporate contributions have tripled over the past decade.
2025.02.18
Nonprofit_News The House of Painter Kim Tschang-Yeul to Be Reborn as a Public Cultural Facility in 2026 Jongno-gu has announced plans to transform the late world-renowned ‘water drop’ painter Kim Tschang-Yeul’s house in Pyeongchang-dong into a public cultural facility called 'Kim Tschang-Yeul Atelier.'
2025.02.11

Biennale

Biennale_News See Art Festival 2025 “Undercurrents: Waves Walking on the Water” Opens on September 27 The Busan Biennale Organizing Committee has announced that the Sea Art Festival 2025 will take place under the theme 《Undercurrents: Waves Walking on the Water》 at Dadaepo Beach and its surrounding areas from September 27 to November 2, spanning a total of 37 days.
2025.07.01
Biennale_News Korean Pavilion 30th Anniversary Archive Book, “International Architecture Exhibition — Korean Pavilion at the Venice Biennale 1996–2025,” Has Been Published The Arts Council Korea (ARKO) has published an archival publication commemorating the 30th anniversary of the Korean Pavilion: “International Architecture Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia, The Korean Pavilion 1996–2025.”
2025.06.17
Biennale_News The 13th Seoul Mediacity Biennale “Séance: Technology of the Spirit” Announces Participating Artists Seoul Museum of Art announces that 49 artists and collectives will participate in the 2025 edition of the Seoul Mediacity Biennale, titled 《Séance: Technology of the Spirit》.
2025.06.10
Biennale_News Rewriting 30 Years of the Korean Pavilion: ‘2025 Venice Biennale International Architecture Exhibition’ Opens The Arts Council Korea (ARKO) officially opened the Korean Pavilion exhibition at the 19th International Architecture Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia on May 10.
2025.05.20
Biennale_News Joon Lee, Former Deputy Director of Leeum Museum of Art, Appointed as the 15th Executive Director of the Busan Biennale On May 14, the Busan Biennale Organizing Committee officially approved art critic Joon Lee as the 15th Executive Director of the Busan Biennale.
2025.05.20
Biennale_News Binna Choi Appointed as Artistic Director for the 61st Venice Biennale Korean Pavilion The Arts Council Korea (ARKO) has appointed curator Binna Choi as the Artistic Director for the Korean Pavilion at the 61st International Art Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia (Venice Biennale) in 2026. Binna Choi previously served as a curator for the 2016 Gwangju Biennale and as a co-artistic director for the 2022 Singapore Biennale. She was the Director of Casco Art Institute in the Netherlands from 2008 to 2023. She is currently serving as a co-artistic director for the Hawai‘i Triennial 2025, which runs until May 4 this year.
2025.05.06

Art Market

Art Market_News The Korean Art Auction Market in the 3rd Quarter of 2024 Saw 26% Decrease Compared to the Previous Year The "2024 3rd Quarter Art Market Report," released on October 31 by the Korea Art Authentication & Appraisal Research Center's corporate research lab KAAI, indicated that the slump in the Korean art market continues.
2024.11.19
Art Market_News South Korea’s MCST Plans to Implement Art Policies for the Continued Growth of the Korean Art Market, Which Exceeded 1 Trillion KRW in 2022 Over the past year, many local experts predicted that the size of the Korean art market would surpass 1 trillion KRW (Korean won) in 2022. This speculation has turned out to be true, as the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism (MCST) and the Korea Arts Management Service (KAMS) announced on January 4, 2023, that the size of the art market in 2022 was estimated to be 1.0377 trillion KRW (approximately $1 billion USD).
2023.01.09
Art Market_News "Korea Art Market 2022" Delivers Various Trends and Issues in the Korean Art Market in English The most-searched term in the Korean art world in 2022 was “Frieze Seoul.” The inaugural fair received not only explosive attention from the domestic art world but also aroused international interest in the Korean art market, bringing many global artists to Korea.
2023.01.02
Art Market_News Korean Arts Management Services Estimates the Size of the Korean Art Market in 2021 The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Korea (MCST) and the Korean Arts Management Services (KAMS) have been publishing a report on the previous year’s Korean art market since 2008.
2022.02.21

Auction

Auction_News Seoul Auction to Host ‘Connect Seoul 2024’ During Frieze·Kiaf Seoul Week Seoul Auctions hosts ‘Connect Seoul 2024,’ a series of exhibitions and events from August 24 to September 13 at its Gangnam Center, to coincide with Frieze-Kiaf Seoul Week. Connect Seoul consists of two special exhibitions highlighting major Korean and international artists of modern and contemporary art, a group exhibition of media art, and a preview of upcoming auctions.
2024.09.03
Auction_News SBI Art Auction to Host Its First Overseas Auction Preview at Art Chosun Space in Seoul Japan’s SBI Art Auction will present its first overseas auction preview, "Early Highlight Viewing in Seoul," from October 1 to 6 at Art Chosun Space (ACS) in Gwanghwamun, Seoul. The preview is part of the "68th SBI Art Auction | MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY ART" to be held on October 25 and 26.
2024.08.13
Auction_News Global Auction House Phillips Appoints Lim Yeon-ah to Lead the Korean office On the 5th, Phillips, one of the world’s top three auction houses, appointed Lim Yeon-ah as the head of its Korean office. Since joining Phillips in 2020, she has overseen Phillips exhibitions during the Frieze Seoul art fair over the past two years.
2023.12.11
Auction_News 3 Korean Women Leaders Who Are Demonstrating Their Leadership at the Asian Offices of the World's Top 3 Art Auction Houses Today, many women figures are active in the contemporary art world, trying to reflect diversity and fostering Korean art.
2022.11.28
Auction_News Phillips Will Hold Its First Exhibition in South Korea during the Frieze Art Fair in Seoul Phillips, one of the three largest auction houses in the world with headquarters in London, has announced that it will hold its first exhibition in Seoul concurrently with the Frieze Seoul and Kiaf Seoul art fairs.
2022.08.15
Auction_News Christie’s First Exhibition in South Korea, What Does This Mean for the Local Art Market? The booming Korean art market attracts many international art galleries and art fairs to Seoul. World-renowned galleries, including König Galerie, Thaddeus Ropac, and Gladstone Gallery, have opened a branch in Seoul, and Frieze has partnered with Kiaf SEOUL to hold art fairs in Seoul for five years from this year.
2022.08.01

Art Fair

Art Fair_News Korean Galleries Make Strong Statement at Art Basel Hong Kong 2025 Amid Market Slowdown Art Basel Hong Kong 2025 officially opened on March 26 with a VIP preview at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, drawing attention as Asia’s largest art fair resumes at full scale. Despite a global art market slowdown, Korean galleries are showing remarkable presence and vitality at this year’s event.
2025.03.25
Art Fair_News ‘Access Bangkok’, the First Korean Art Fair to Expand Internationally The first Korean art fair to venture overseas, ‘Access Bangkok,’ was held from December 5 to 7 at ICONSIAM in Bangkok, Thailand, garnering significant attention.
2024.12.10
Art Fair_News Director Kim Jeong Eun Appointed to Lead 'T3 PHOTO ASIA’ Art Fair in Tokyo, Japan Kim Jeong Eun has been appointed as the Fair Director of ‘T3 PHOTO AISA’, which will be held at Tokyo Midtown Yaesu in Japan from October 18 to October 21.
2024.10.08
Art Fair_News Highlights at Frieze Seoul 2024 Highlights of Frieze Seoul 2024, taking place September 4-7 at COEX, Gangnam, Seoul, have been revealed. The world's leading galleries participating in Frieze Seoul 2024 are highlighting a wide range of distinguished artists in the Solo, Group, Frieze Masters, and Focus Asia sections.
2024.09.03
Art Fair_News Kiaf SEOUL 2024 to Host Special Exhibition “Kiaf onSITE: Invisible Transitions” The Galleries Association of Korea announced that it will present the special exhibition “Kiaf onSITE: Invisible Transitions” at Kiaf SEOUL 2024, which will be held for five days from September 4 to 8. “Kiaf onSITE” is a special exhibition showcasing the
2024.08.27
Art Fair_News How to Enjoy Frieze Seoul 2024 to the Fullest Frieze Seoul 2024 will not only feature a fair showcasing globally acclaimed artworks but also present the most extensive and diverse Frieze Week to date, featuring a variety of programs including cultural events in collaboration with galleries and nonprofit organizations.
2024.08.27

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Art+_News Hundreds of Art Professionals Denounce Censorship at Seoul Museum of Art On June 19, the Seoul Museum of Art (SeMA) issued an official statement regarding the censorship incident surrounding the exhibition catalogue of the Art Archives of the Seoul Museum of Art (SeMA AA). However, criticism from the Korean art community has only intensified in response.
2025.07.01
Art+_News Seoul Citizens Attend Cultural and Art Exhibitions 7.2 Times a Year, Returning to Pre-Pandemic Levels The Seoul Foundation for Arts and Culture (SFAC) has released the results of its ‘2024 Survey on Cultural Engagement of Seoul Citizens,’ conducted with 10,024 residents. According to the findings, average annual per capita spending on culture reached 214,000 KRW, marking a steady increase from 168,000 KRW in 2022.
2025.06.24
Art+_News Eight Recipients of the SeMA-Hana Art Criticism Award Issue Statement on the Censorship of the Art Archives of Seoul Museum of Art Catalogue On May 12, the Seoul Museum of Art (SeMA) announced the open call for the ‘2025 SeMA-Hana Art Criticism Award.’ In response, eight previous recipients of the award released a joint statement, urging the institution to issue an apology for a recent censorship controversy and to take measures to prevent its recurrence.
2025.06.10
Art+_News Getty & ARKO Sign Korea–U.S. Art Research Partnership, Beginning with Nam June Paik Study Arts Council Korea (ARKO) and the Getty Research Institute (Los Angeles) have agreed to enter an exploratory phase of international collaboration and exchange, in the interest of furthering connections between the two institutions and advancing art historical research between Korea and the United States.
2025.06.03
Art+_News World’s Largest Media Art Festival, ‘ISEA 2025’ Opens on May 23 The International Symposium on Electronic/Emerging Art (ISEA), a global media art festival that serves as a multidisciplinary platform for the convergence of art, science, and technology, will take place across Seoul from May 23 to 29.
2025.05.13
Art+_News ‘2025 Museum Week’ Opens with Participation from 260 Institutions Nationwide The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, in collaboration with ICOM Korea (International Council of Museums – Korean Committee) and the Korean Museum Association, is hosting ‘2025 Museum Week’ from May 2 to 31, with participation from over 260 museums and art institutions across the country.
2025.05.13