“I am part of the new wave of architects trained at the end of the 20th century at the beginning of planetary awareness of the climate crisis and the rise in sea levels,” he said. Callebaut encouraged people involved in creating urban environments to become more aware of ecological approaches to architecture. “Young architects, real estate investors and urban operators can create new sustainable...

At the end of five hectic days, however, many local galleries were left doing some complicated calculations. Galleries that participated only in Kiaf Seoul and those that participated in both fairs clearly differed in their assessment of the first joint art fair. A total of 12 local galleries were selected to join Frieze Seoul, including those at Frieze Masters, featuring old masters. “I think w...

Works of modern art from Korea have traveled to Los Angeles, where they will be shown at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) in an exhibition titled “The Space Between: The Modern in Korean Art.” The exhibition shedding light on the development of Korea’s modern art from 1897 to 1965 opens Sunday and runs through Feb. 19, 2023. It is the first show focusing on the history of Korea's mo...

The inaugural Frieze Seoul and Kiaf Seoul together attracted more than 70,000 visitors from home and abroad. Frieze Seoul took place from Friday to Monday at Coex southern Seoul while Kiaf Seoul, also at Coex, ran through Tuesday, bringing together some 350 galleries from across the world. While the two fairs did not disclose the sales record, the transactions from the two fairs will reportedly ...

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Belin arrived in Seoul two weeks ago, ahead of the Frieze Seoul opening on Friday, to showcase the exhibition “Flesh and Soul: Bacon/Ghenie” at Boon the Shop in southern Seoul, which brought together 16 works by Francis Bacon and Adrian Ghenie -- works to which Koreans have not been widely exposed. The three-day exhibition that opened on Saturday went viral on social media and the reservation ro...

Also featured are 14 lacquerware pieces by five contemporary artists -- Kim Sung-soo, Jeong Zik-seong, Yoo Ji-an, Kim Hyun-ju and Choi Da-young -- that explore the artistic expansion of najeon by incorporating a modern aesthetic with traditional craft techniques. The exhibition at Segur Hall, Paris, runs until Sept. 14. The Korean Cultural Center in Paris will host a follow-up exhibition from Se...

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VIPs from each fair were allowed to cross between the two fairs after 5 p.m. VIPs for Kiaf Seoul, which took place on the first floor, visited Frieze Seoul on the third floor and vice versa from the early evening, while VIPs for both fairs could access either regardless of the time. Kiaf Seoul and Kiaf Plus, a satellite art fair taking place at the nearby Setec convention center, have brought to...

Lehmann Maupin held a cocktail party in presence of Chicago-based artist McAthur Binion whose show “DNA:Study/(Visual:Ear)” opened on the day. Gallery Hyundai hosted a party at Kockiri bar in collaboration with Massimo De Carlo, Petzel and Commonwealth and Council. David Zwirner gallery held a DJ party jointly with Hyundai Card at Hyundai Card UNDERSTAGE. Leeum Museum of Art had a private evenin...

Kim, who studied architecture at Seoul National University for a year, graduated from Williams College in the US, where he majored in mathematics and art, and earned a master of science degree in visual studies at MIT. A recipient of the 2021 John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship, Kim has shown works at major art institutions around the world, including the solo exhibition “Sung H...

Frieze Film, a program on the sidelines of Frieze Seoul, is open to the public from Aug. 31 to Sept. 7 at Magjib and Together Together, curated by two non-profit groups, Los Angeles-based Gyopo and Seoul-based Wess. The programming named “I Am My Own Other” will feature works of 10 local and diaspora Korean media artists spanning two locations. The artists include Cha Jea-min, Chang Seo-young and...

The first-ever Frieze Seoul event taking place in Korea could be a signal the country is attracting major notice as an Asian art hub. Behind that attention are the many notable galleries trying to develop the country’s art and artists. In the contemporary art scene, Barakat Contemporary, a Seoul-based gallery, has been laying a foundation for positioning Korea’s most noteworthy contemporary art ...

Frieze Masters, a special section dedicated to art from ancient to contemporary art curated by Nathan Clements‑Gillespie, will include “Femme au beret rouge a pompon” by Pablo Picasso presented by the New York-based Acquavella Galleries. Hakgojae Gallery and Gallery Hyundai will show pioneering Korean artists from the modern to contemporary, including Paik Nam-june, Quac In-sik, Lee Seung-taek an...

Choi is reckless as an artist, visiting the world's biggest copper mine in the Atacama Desert in northern Chile. From mining coal to mining cryptocurrency, different stories are told in “qbit to adam.” “The overarching theme of Choi Chan-sook’s artistic journey is migration. Choi’s work is presented in the form of an autobiography featuring her family history and other people’s life stories usin...