Dia Art Foundation presents a major solo exhibition of Lee Ufan at SMAC Venice, opening May 9, 2026, as an Official Collateral Event of the 61st Venice Biennale. Curated by Jessica Morgan, the show spans over sixty years of the artist's career, featuring historical and unseen paintings, monumental installations, and new site-specific works across eight rooms. It includes seminal series such as *From Point*, *From Line*, *From Winds*, *With Winds*, *Correspondance*, and *Dialogue*, tracing Lee's evolution from the 1960s to the present.
This exhibition matters because it celebrates Lee Ufan's 90th birthday and underscores his pivotal role in both the Japanese Mono-ha and Korean Dansaekhwa movements, which redefined the relationship between painting, sculpture, space, and philosophy. The Venice show complements a simultaneous exhibition at Dia Beacon, together offering a comprehensive international tribute to an artist who has profoundly influenced contemporary art through his meditative, bodily approach to mark-making and his fusion of artistic practice with existential thought.