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New Artists

Articles [Critique] What to Do After Photography: Critical Review of the Exhibition 《Super-fine》 at Ilmin Museum of Art "Understanding photographic media, whether old or new, is completely impossible unless one captures its relationship with all other media."[1] This statement by Marshall McLuhan, made in passing while organizing the complex structure of the media world, provides an important clue for understanding contemporary art mediums, despite being originally addressed in a different context.[2]
2021
Exhibitions 《Create Together, Change Tomorrow》, 2025.08.22 – 2022.09.07, Hangaram Design Museum The Seoul Arts Center, in cooperation with the Seocho District Office and the Seocho Cultural Foundation, will present the 2025 Young Artists Special Exhibition 《Create Together, Change Tomorrow》 at Hangaram Design Museum from Friday, August 22 to Sunday, September 7.
2025.08.20

Emerging Artists

Articles Artist Seoul Kim: A Meta-Exploration into Painting as a Classical Medium Seoul Kim (b. 1988) has developed his practice through a sustained process of posing and responding to fundamental questions about painting as a classical medium. His work engages with the meta-exploration of the way physical elements such as brushes, paint, canvas fabric, and frames work in painting.
2026.03.16
Articles [Column] Woo Hannah Brings ‘The Great Ballroom’ to Frieze Seoul Fabric is a familiar material to the artist Woo Hannah. It has given rise to irrepressible stories of chaotic and campy creatures.
2023.10.10

Mid-Career Artists

Activities Ilwoo Foundation of Hanjin Group Selects Hyung-Geun Park, Kim Shinwook, and Sung Huyn Sohn as Winners of the Ilwoo Photography Award The Ilwoo Foundation, a public interest foundation under the Hanjin Group, announced on the 17th the recipients of the 12th Ilwoo Photography Award.
2022.01.17

Late Mid-Career Artists

Exhibitions Ji Yongho's Solo Exhibition "Evolved Mutant" on View Through May 28, 2022, at UARTSPACE UARTSPACE is pleased to announce Ji Yong-Ho’s solo exhibition from April 27 to May 28, 2022. In this exhibition, the artist will present 13 new works created using 3D modeling techniques.
2022.04.27
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Pre-Established Artists

Articles [Critique] How to inhabit Cyber Culture? It is indeed digital ‘revolution’, how rapid and immense changes the Internet communication network has brought into our lives—our way of thinking and our life styles. So-called, N-generation has witnessed the explosive growth of the IT industry in the 90’s.
2004
Articles [Column] After the Exhibition Ends Where do artworks go once an exhibition ends? It is a question that rarely crossed my mind despite having seen countless shows. In 2021, the artist Taehun Lee, supported by the Gwangju Cultural Foundation, presented
2024.05.15

Established Artists

Articles [Critique] Seeing “We” through “I” and “You”: Artistic Representation as Dialogue — Ahn Kyuchul Put bluntly, art is a reconstruction of reality. By emphasizing certain aspects of reality while concealing others, art reveals what is otherwise invisible. Through the persistent tension between what is ‘seen’ and what is ‘unseen’, art invites us to reflect on everyday life. This is possible because art enables dialogue between the
2005
Activities [Lee Jung-seob Art Prize] Suh Yongsun’s Works as a ‘Repository of Memory’… Emitting Tense, Surging Energy The jury convened twice to review ten mid-career artists recommended by the steering committee. In the first round, the criteria for the award were shared and the candidates were narrowed down to five.
2014.04.01
Articles [Review] Kiwon Park’s Red Room
2019.06.25