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Activities Seoul Auction Maintains 70% Sales Rate, Moka Lee Stands Out Seoul Auction sustained a sales rate in the 70% range at its February offline auction, continuing the recovery trend in the art market. While the sales rate has not surged sharply in the short term, the fact that it has remained stable since the latter half of last year suggests a steady recovery.
2026.02.27
Articles Artist Jiwon Choi Depicts a World Between Life and Death Jiwon Choi (b.1996) is an emerging artist gaining recognition for her paintings that capture contemporary emotions through the imagery of antique porcelain dolls.
2025.04.08

Emerging Artists

Articles Artist Hannah Woo’s Hybrid and Horizontal World Woven in Fabric Hannah Woo (b.1988) presents works that transcend genre boundaries—from two-dimensional pieces to sculptures and installations—using fabric as her primary medium to explore situations where opposing forces and entities such as the living and the inanimate, the protector and the protected, aging and youth, pain and ecstasy, merge and complement one another.
2025.05.01
Exhibitions 《Flags》, 2019.01.31 – 2019.02.23, DOOSAN Gallery New York This was the headline of an article featuring interviews with Korean secondary school students serving in the Youth Assembly. When I read the article some time ago, I was reminded of a conversation I had with my mother two years ago.
2019.01.31

Mid-Career Artists

Articles [Critique] Woosung Lee "I Hope These Drawings on Thin Fabric Can Reach Your Heart. I still find the size of my paintings too small to fully capture what I see." These words, written in the notes sent by artist Woosung Lee, leave a lasting impression.
2017

Late Mid-Career Artists

Exhibitions 《LOGOTYPE》, 2007.04.04 - 2007.04.22, DoArt gallery Son Donghyun (b.1980) began to gain attention two years ago after presenting Portrait of Hero, James Bond at Gallery Kkot and holding his solo exhibition 《Pop-Icon》 at Art Space Hue.
2007.04.02
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Pre-Established Artists

Exhibitions 《Islands》, 2022.05.10 – 2022.06.18, Natalie Karg Gallery Sunny Kim reconstructs emotions of loss and displacement into an image that blurs the boundaries between reality and illusion. In her new paintings, presented in this online exhibition, 《Islands》, classic elements of nature such as rocks, trees, and water are invoked alongside abstracted forms, such as the round fluffy organisms that permeate through her landscapes
2022.05.10
Exhibitions 《Artists in Their Times: Korean Modern and Contempory Art》, 2020.07.21 – 2022.09.18, MMCA Gwacheon The exhibition 《Artists in Their Times: Korean Modern and Contemporary Art》 is a large-scale permanent collection exhibition that traces the key developments of modern and contemporary Korean art through the holdings of the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art (MMCA).
2020.07.20

Established Artists

Activities REAL DMZ PROJECT 2015: Lived Time of Dongsong The REAL DMZ PROJECT Committee is pleased to present the 《REAL DMZ PROJECT 2015: Lived Time of Dongsong》. From August 13th to 23rd, 2015, this contemporary art festival will take
2015.08.11
Activities Artist Ahn Kyuchul Wins Rado Art Canal Prize Artist Ahn Kyuchul, President of the School of Visual Arts at Korea National University of Arts, has been selected as the recipient of the Art Canal Prize at 《Fluid Art Canal 2006》, an international outdoor exhibition officially sponsored by Swiss watch brand RADO.
2006.09.27