Arts Council Korea (hereafter ARKO) has announced the annual exhibition program for 2026 at the ARKO Art Center.
 
In 2026, the ARKO Art Center will present five exhibitions throughout the year, grounded in experimentation and diversity. Through this program, ARKO will strengthen connections with its funding and support initiatives while further expanding the Art Center’s long-established identity of “discovery and experimentation,” built over more than fifty years.

The first exhibition will be the homecoming exhibition of the Korean Pavilion from the 19th International Architecture Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia, titled 《Little Toad, Little Toad: Unbuilding Pavilion》 (Feb 6–Apr 5). Marking the 30th anniversary of the Korean Pavilion’s construction, the exhibition explores the pavilion’s architecture and reconsiders its meaning through the perspective of the “house.”
 
The second exhibition, 《Untuned Time》 (working title, May 21–Jul 19), will be presented in connection with ARKO’s Visual Arts Creative Subject Support Program. Conceived as a two-person exhibition, it dismantles hierarchies of time and perception while examining attitudes of coexistence.
 
Participating artists include Min Oh, a recipient of ARKO’s multi-year support program, and Camille Norment, who has developed distinctive multimedia artistic experiments on the international stage. This exhibition will mark Camille Norment’s first presentation in an Asian art museum.

The thematic exhibition 《Art School》 (working title, Aug 7–Sep 27) examines the role of Insa Art Space (2000–2025), which has served an educational function in discovering and nurturing emerging artists. Movements that practice becoming institutions themselves—such as schools, collectives, and studios—seek alternative modes of knowledge production, democratic participation, collaboration, and learning.
 
《The Collection Highlights Exhibition》 (working title, Oct 16–Nov 29) explores the exhibition history of the museum through its collection, situating it within the broader context of Korean art history and providing a meaningful opportunity for research into the history of contemporary Korean art.
 
The final exhibition, 《ARKO Art Center × ARKO LEAP Collaborative Exhibition》 (working title, Dec 18–Feb 14, 2027), is organized in connection with ARKO LEAP (Regional Arts Leap Support Program). It will function as a platform to support the creation of new works by promising regional artists while expanding the visibility and impact of regional artist discovery and support initiatives.

References

• 한국문화예술위원회 보도자료 (Arts Council Korea Press Release)