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Artist_Global K-Art Anna Park’s First Solo Exhibition at Lehmann Maupin London: Contemporary Drawing that Disturbs Archetypes of Femininity Anna Park’s work exemplifies a mode of contemporary drawing in which abstraction and figuration, impulsive gesture and meticulous description, playfulness and critique operate simultaneously within a single pictorial field.
2026.04.14
Art Fair_Global K-Art Gana Art Becomes the First Korean Gallery to Participate in New York’s "AIPAD Photography Show" Gana Art will become the first Korean gallery to participate in “The Photography Show presented by AIPAD”, to be held in April 2026 at Park Avenue Armory in New York. This participation marks a key moment for Korean photography as it enters the U.S. photography scene and is introduced and evaluated in earnest.
2026.03.31

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Artist_News Artist Eunju Hong Performs Opening Performance at Taiwan Pavilion of the 61st Venice Biennale Eunju Hong (b. 1993), an artist working between Korea and Germany, will present a performance to mark the opening of the Taiwan Pavilion at the 61st Venice Biennale.
2026.04.21
Artist_Global K-Art Anna Park’s First Solo Exhibition at Lehmann Maupin London: Contemporary Drawing that Disturbs Archetypes of Femininity Anna Park’s work exemplifies a mode of contemporary drawing in which abstraction and figuration, impulsive gesture and meticulous description, playfulness and critique operate simultaneously within a single pictorial field.
2026.04.14
Artist_News Artist Moka Lee Named to ‘Forbes Korea 30 Under 30’ List for 2026 Moka Lee, a young painter born in the 1990s, has been named to the ‘Forbes Korea 30 Under 30’ list for 2026.
2026.03.31
Artist_Global K-Art Ham Jin, Who Has Built a World of Microscopic Sculpture, Presents His First Solo Exhibition in France,《MICROmégas》, at Galerie Dohyang Lee in Paris The first solo exhibition in France by Korean artist Ham Jin,《MICROmégas》, will be held at Galerie Dohyang Lee in the Marais district of Paris. Introducing the artist’s work to Paris for the first time, the exhibition presents another sculptural perspective on the world through a microscopic scale, showcasing the distinctive visual language Ham Jin has developed through extremely small sculptures and installations.
2026.03.17
Artist_News Artist Yoora Park Named a Winner of the ‘Ars Viva Prize 2027’ Korean artist Yoora Park (b. 1991) has been selected as a recipient of the ‘Ars Viva Prize 2027’, one of Germany’s leading awards for emerging artists.
2026.03.17
Artist_News Artist Haegue Yang Unveiled Special Collaborative Program ‘Star-Crossed Rendezvous’ with the LA Phil On March 10, contemporary artist Haegue Yang presented the collaborative program 《Star-Crossed Rendezvous》 with The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles (MOCA) and the Los Angeles Philharmonic (LA Phil).
2026.03.17

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Museum_Global K-Art Sook-kyung Lee of the Gwangju Biennale and Haeju Kim of the Busan Biennale Are Also Actively Engaged in the International Art Scene Sook-kyung Lee, who served as the artistic director of the Gwangju Biennale 2023 and previously worked as the senior curator of international art at Tate Modern in the UK, has been appointed as the new director of the Whitworth Art Gallery at the University of Manchester in the UK.
2023.07.31
Museum_Global K-Art Korean Curatorial Position at Overseas Art Institutions to Introduce Korean Culture and Art The new Korean curatorial position at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Asian Art (NMAA) in Washington, D.C. will expand the museum’s Korean programs and collections.
2023.05.08
Biennale_Global K-Art Binna Choi Has Been Appointed as One of the Three Curators of the Hawai‘i Triennial 2025 In numerous international exhibitions, new perspectives and alternative ways of perceiving the world are being presented. Alongside this ongoing trend, Korean art leaders have been incorporating new voices into mainstream art history.
2023.02.06
Art+_Art Focus 5 Koreans and People of Korean Descent Who Have Influenced the Global Contemporary Art Scene The art world is intertwined in a very complex network. Artists, museums, galleries, auction houses, nonprofit art organizations, related experts, collectors and art appreciators, and even government agencies are the members that form this complicated and tangled universe.
2022.12.12
Museum_Global K-Art International Curators of Korean Descent Who Are Remapping the Art World Curatorial practice now seeks to break down fixed ideas and introduce new ways of experiencing art. It now includes not only caring for artworks and displaying objects but also creative activities such as organizing exhibitions that connect different contexts and cultures.
2022.06.06
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Nonprofit_News Korean Performances Officially Invited to the 2026 Festival d’Avignon After 28 Years As Korean has been selected as the guest language of the 80th Festival d’Avignon, the festival’s board announced on the 8th that a total of nine works by seven Korean performing arts groups have been selected for the official program (IN). This marks the first time in approximately 28 years that Korean works have been officially invited, since “Désir d’Asie” in 1998.
2026.04.21
Art Fair_Global K-Art Gana Art Becomes the First Korean Gallery to Participate in New York’s "AIPAD Photography Show" Gana Art will become the first Korean gallery to participate in “The Photography Show presented by AIPAD”, to be held in April 2026 at Park Avenue Armory in New York. This participation marks a key moment for Korean photography as it enters the U.S. photography scene and is introduced and evaluated in earnest.
2026.03.31
Art Fair_Global K-Art Frieze Los Angeles 2026, Kukje Gallery · Gallery Hyundai · Johyun Gallery Participate Frieze Los Angeles will be held from February 26 to March 1, 2026, at Santa Monica Airport in Los Angeles, California. Now in its seventh edition since its launch in 2019, the fair has established itself as the largest contemporary art platform on the U.S. West Coast, with more than 95 international galleries participating.
2026.02.24
Museum_Global K-Art 《Treasures of Korea: Collected, Cherished, Shared》, The Lee Kun-hee Collection Touring Exhibition at the Smithsonian National Museum of Asian Art A special exhibition of Korean art,《Treasures of Korea: Collected, Cherished, Shared》, is currently on view at the Smithsonian National Museum of Asian Art in Washington, D.C. This exhibition marks the first stop of an international tour based on the collection donated by the late Lee Kun-hee. It is jointly organized and presented by the National Museum of Korea and the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea.
2026.01.20
Nonprofit_Global K-Art Space ZeroOne, New York: A New Platform Expanding Korean Contemporary Art Located in Tribeca, New York, Space ZeroOne is a non-profit exhibition space established by the Hanwha Foundation of Culture. The institution positions itself as a global platform for emerging Korean artists seeking to engage with the international stage, with the long-term aim of connecting experimental practices in Korean contemporary art to the broader global art ecosystem.
2026.01.06
Gallery_Global K-Art 《Kang Seok Ho: Hold Still》, "The winter sea the eyes have seen is wider than itself." Tina Kim Gallery is presenting《Kang Seok Ho: Hold Still》, the gallery’s second solo exhibition of the late Korean artist, currently on view from November 20, 2025 through January 24, 2026. Bringing together Kang’s ‘Couple’ and ‘Nude’ paintings—created between the mid-2010s and 2021—the exhibition traces the artist’s sustained engagement with the human figure as a site for exploring painterly surface, materiality, and form.
2025.12.23