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Exhibitions
“SYMBOLIC” on View Through November 1, 2026, at Mimesis Art Museum
Mimesis Art Museum presents a special exhibition 《SYMBOLIC》, on view through November 1.
Symbols embody fluid narratives as well as spiritual and unconscious meanings that shift according to the era, culture, and the context of the individual who employs them. Even today, countless symbols continue to be endlessly reinterpreted—by newly appropriating what has already been used in the past or by overlaying new meanings onto what has been forgotten. If so, can there truly be such a thing as a perfect symbol?
2026.08.04
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Artist Moon Sanghoon: On the Question of Boundaries
Moon Sanghoon (b. 1987) is an artist and curator who has questioned what it is that oppresses and separates minorities within our society, as well as what kinds of boundaries remain uncrossed. Working across various media including performance and video, they have connected the voices of minorities with sensations of failure and the emotions surrounding things that are disappearing.
2026.06.08
Exhibitions
“Rehearsing Transformation” on View Through June 7, 2026, at Incheon Art Platform
Incheon Art Platform presents a special exhibition 《Rehearsing Transformation》 on view through June 7. Rehearsing Transformation is an exhibition centered on contemporary sculpture that explores changes in the body, material, and modes of creation and production under the theme of “transformation.” Here, “transformation” refers not to a finished result, but to the process through which forms are made and continually shift into other states.
2026.04.07
Exhibitions
《We must run WWW》, 2022.12.16 – 2023.02.05, Daejeon Museum of Art
In 2022, the Daejeon Museum of Art explored the overarching theme of the “city,” revisiting both the tangible and intangible values that shape urban life. Within cities that have grown and evolved under the banner of a “better future,” hope and despair, virtue and vice, wealth and poverty coexist—revealing that the challenges facing humanity persist under different names.
2022.12.15
