Kiaf SEOUL

Kiaf SEOUL's 2025 edition will feature over 125 Korean galleries alongside participants from more than 20 countries, reaffirming its role as a leading platform for global engagement with Korea's art scene. The fair highlights works by celebrated Korean modernists such as Seo-Bo Park and Whanki Kim, while also spotlighting emerging Korean artists. Major galleries like Kukje Gallery present internationally acclaimed artists including Anish Kapoor, Ugo Rondinone, and Ha Chong-Hyun, while the Kiaf PLUS section focuses on material experimentation and cross-cultural exchange from emerging voices. The fair also includes the third edition of the Kiaf HIGHLIGHTS Award, themed "Resonance," and a special exhibition "Reverse Cabinet" commemorating the 60th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Korea and Japan.

Emerging artists explore identities and bodies through queer perspectives at Frieze Seoul

Frieze Seoul 2025 is spotlighting queer and female artists through two major exhibitions: “off-site 2: Eleven Episodes” at Kukje Gallery K2, organized in partnership with Art Sonje Center, and “UnHouse” at the new Frieze House space. The former features works by 11 emerging Korean female and genderqueer artists exploring non-normative bodies and identities, including photography by Hong Ji-young, video by duo Yagwang, and an experimental piece by Kwak So-jin. The latter reimagines domestic space through a queer lens with 14 artists such as Anne Imhof, Catherine Opie, and Xiyadie.

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Frieze Seoul 2025 will bring together 120 galleries from over 30 countries for its fourth edition, running September 4–6 at the COEX convention center with a preview day on September 3. The fair coincides with Kiaf Seoul and is split into three sections: the main Galleries section (90 exhibitors), Focus Asia (10 solo presentations of emerging artists), and Frieze Masters (20 booths covering works from the Middle Ages to the 20th century). Blue-chip participants include Gagosian, Hauser & Wirth, Pace Gallery, and David Zwirner, alongside leading Korean galleries such as Gallery Hyundai and Kukje Gallery. Five galleries have graduated from Focus Asia to the main section, and 20 first-time participants join the main section.

A 30-year media artist transforms: “I wanted to awaken tradition through painting”

A 30-year media artist transforms: “I wanted to awaken tradition through painting”

Renowned South Korean media artist Park Chan-kyong has returned to his roots with a solo exhibition of paintings titled "Zen Master Eyeball" at Kukje Gallery. The show features over 20 satirical works that reinterpret Buddhist myths, shamanic traditions, and folk beliefs through a lens of "Zen Buddhist Grotesque Science Fiction." By utilizing traditional temple wall painting techniques and architectural layouts, Park explores themes of enlightenment, self-punishment, and the futility of contemporary visual consumption.

Artist Hong Seung-hye opens first solo exhibition in three years, traces inspiration from 'organic geometry'

Korean artist Hong Seung-hye opens her first solo exhibition in three years, titled "On the Move," at Kukje Gallery Busan. The show traces her decades-long exploration of "organic geometry," a concept she coined after a 1997 Photoshop glitch where pixels appeared to move organically on her screen. The exhibition brings together recent works across multiple mediums, including video, sculpture, and audio, such as "Snoopy in Space" (2019), "Light Upon" (2021), "MOVE" (2022), and the new video "Emotical Practice" (2025). Hong draws inspiration from music and choreography, and she expresses wariness about artificial intelligence, preferring to control every aspect of her work herself.

Korea's longest-running art fair to open with largest exhibition to date in April

The Galleries Association of Korea has announced that the 2025 Galleries Art Fair will be its largest edition since its inception in 1979. Opening on April 8 at the Coex convention center in Seoul, the fair will feature 169 member galleries, including major names like Kukje Gallery and Gana Art. The event will include a "Zoom In" section highlighting 10 emerging artists and a special archival exhibition celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Galleries Association of Korea.