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Carefully curates and introduces three representative artists from the Korean contemporary art scene each week since the 2000s.

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Young Artists

Exhibitions 《Typojanchi 2021: A Turtle and a Crane》, 2021.09.14 – 2021.10.17, Culture Station Seoul 284 Letters are alive. And to be alive is to move slowly, at length, lightly, and high. Under the poetic title 《A Turtle and a Crane》, the 7th Typojanchi revisited the vitality of type and the liveliness of visual language under the theme “Letters and Life.” Spanning the entire Culture Station Seoul 284, this
2021.09.14
Exhibitions 《Rhizome – Network Without Center Point》, 2024.06.08 – 2024.09.15, Kunstal Aarhus Kunsthal Aarhus presents 11 young artist from all over the world in this new group exhibition. In botany, a “rhizome” is a root stem that extends horizontally throughout the ground. Unlike plant stems, which are vertical structures that receive nutrients from roots and leaves, the diverse rhizome stores nutrients
2024.06.15

Emerging Artists

Articles Artist Hannah Woo’s Hybrid and Horizontal World Woven in Fabric Hannah Woo (b.1988) presents works that transcend genre boundaries—from two-dimensional pieces to sculptures and installations—using fabric as her primary medium to explore situations where opposing forces and entities such as the living and the inanimate, the protector and the protected, aging and youth, pain and ecstasy, merge and complement one another.
2025.05.01
Exhibitions 《Intestine for Ritual》, 2023.05.24 – 2023.07.01, Arario Gallery Seoul Arario Gallery Seoul is pleased to present Park Wunggyu’s solo exhibition 《Intestine for Ritual》, on view from May 24 to July 1, 2023.
2023.05.22

Mid-Career Artists

Exhibitions 《Fun and Games》, 2024.02.24 – 2024.04.06, Perrotin New York Perrotin is pleased to present 《Fun and Games》, an exhibition of new paintings by GaHee Park. On view through April 6th, the exhibition consists of nine artworks that showcase her hyperstylized romantic scenes, where art history's favorite still life subjects appear to have soured.
2024.02.22

Late Mid-Career Artists

Exhibitions 《Gyeol》, 2013.05.24 - 2013.06.06, Gana Contemporary Gana Art presents a solo exhibition by Kim Jipyeong (Kim Jihye, b.1976–), an artist who has gained recognition for reinterpreting traditional Joseon-era genres such as chaekgado (scholar’s shelves), flower-and-bird paintings, and landscape paintings in a contemporary manner. Kim Jipyeong combines
2013.05.22
Activities [Project] Aproject X Kim Heejo 2021.08.23

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Pre-Established Artists

Activities Hanjin Group Ilwoo Foundation Announces 6th Ilwoo Photography Award Winners: Noh Sangik for Publication, Park Chanmin for Exhibition, and Lee Sangyup for Documentary The Ilwoo Foundation, a subsidiary of Hanjin Group, has announced that Noh Sangik (52) in the publishing category, Park Chanmin (46) in the exhibition category, and Lee Sangyeop (48) in the nature and ecological documentary category have been selected as the 6th Ilwoo Photography Awards.
2015.03.20
Articles [Critique] On Yongbaek Lee / A Profound Gaze on Culture When discussing Yongbaek Lee, the first thing that comes to mind is the so-called emergence of the “New Generation.” The discourse surrounding the “New Generation,” represented by the “Museum” group in 1987,
2008

Established Artists

Exhibitions 《apmap 2022 seoul - apmap review》, 2022.09.29 – 2022.12.18, Amorepacific Museum of Art The Amorepacific Museum of Art (Director: Seungchong Jeon) presents the contemporary art project 《apmap 2022 seoul - apmap review》. The exhibition runs from September 29 to December 18 at the Amorepacific Museum of Art in Yongsan, Seoul.
2022.09.30
Exhibitions 《Dui Jip Ki》, 2023.07.14 – 2023.08.26 (Berlin); 2023.07.07 – 2023.08.19 (Seoul), Esther Schipper (Berlin, Seoul) Esther Schipper is pleased to announce 《Dui Jip Ki》, a two-part exhibition of contemporary Korean art presented this summer at our Berlin and Seoul galleries. Curated in close cooperation with Esther Schipper, Seoul, 《Dui Jip Ki》 brings together artists across five generations who work in a variety of media.
2023.07.05