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New Artists

Articles [Critique] Unbound Assemblage: The Sculptural “-ic” Movements of Kwon Osang and Haneyl Choi The constraints of the system called the “contemporary,” which constantly demands renewal, are also applied to art, driving repeated transformations through frameworks such as expansion, deconstruction, recontextualization
2022.08.23
Exhibitions 《What We Talk About When We See Exhibition》, 2021.10.12 – 2021.11.21, SeMA Bunker 《What We Talk About When We See Exhibition》 is an exhibition that reflects on the meaning and value of exhibitions and the act of viewing them in an era saturated with visual attractions.
2021.10.11

Emerging Artists

Activities “Future Present: Contemporary Korean Art,” the First English-language Anthology Focusing on Contemporary Korean Artists from the Millennial Generation, Has Been Published Skira editore and SONGEUN announced the publication of Future Present: Contemporary Korean Art by Andy St. Louis, a survey of Korean artists from the Millennial Generation.
2024.06.10
Exhibitions 《With Night’s Nape Between Our Jaws》, 2024.08.29 – 2024.10.12, P21 P21 will present Keem Jiyoung's solo exhibition ‘With Night’s Nape Between Our Jaw’ from August 29 to October 12.
2024.08.27

Mid-Career Artists

Exhibitions 《Last of Us》, 2023.03.03 – 2023.03.19. Sahng-Up Gallery Euljiro Not long ago, I came across news that the seed vault located in the Arctic had been flooded due to an unusual heatwave. Meanwhile, in the Alps, as the eternal snow melts, debris long buried within is beginning to surface.
2023.03.01

Late Mid-Career Artists

Exhibitions “Within and Without” on View Through June 28, 2026, at Gyeongnam Art Museum Gyeongnam Art Museum presents the exhibition 《Within and Without》 through June 28. Today, as our bodies, memories, and modes of survival have undergone rapid transformation, the forms of community that once defined us can no longer fully account for our lives. We now find ourselves in a position to reco
2026.04.21
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Pre-Established Artists

Articles [Column] [Woo Jung-ah’s Art Story] [567] The Other Side of the World In 2012, the artist duo MOON Kyungwon (b. 1969) and JEON Joonho (b. 1969) presented the video work El Fin del Mundo at documenta in Kassel, Germany. Two screens installed side by side depict a man and a woman living in completely separate worlds. The man, played by actor Lee Jung-jae
2025.02.04
Exhibitions 《Korean Contemporary Art K-P.O.P.》, 2014.04.19 – 2014.06.15, MOCA Taipei K-pop is commonly used today to refer to Korean pop, a popular music genre. Along with the rapid economic growth of Korea, K-pop has also risen to represent Korean culture as the music genre finds commercial success in the global market.
2014.04.19

Established Artists

Articles [Critique] “Still Images” of Ajummas I have a memory of crying so bitterly before a family photograph taken prior to my younger brother was born. While growing up, I was always possessed by the question of why I had been so sad before a harmonious looking family photograph.
1999.03.10
Exhibitions 《Painting, Traces of Intersected Eras》, 2025.07.10 - 2025.09.28, Museum Hodu The exhibition 《Painting, Traces of Intersected Eras》, the fourth to be presented at Museum Hodu, is organized in collaboration with Artertain and the Total Museum of Contemporary Art. This exhibition brings together mid-career artists active from the 1970s to the 1990s—centered on nominees and award recipients of the 1st to 5th Total Art Awards—as well as emerging artists of the 2020s.
2025.07.08