한국국제교류재단

This exhibition presents the latest works by Ahn Kyuchul, who seeks to uncover the hidden dimensions of everyday objects and spaces through both visual art and writing. The pieces on display embody his four-decade journey of questioning the nature of art. Asking some thought-provoking questions, the artist invites viewers to contemplate not only broader societal and artistic dialogues but also the subtle arratives woven into our daily lives.

DATE : Aug. 23, 2024 to Jan. 3, 2025
VENUE : Space ISU
WEBSITE: isu.co.kr/kor/culture/spaceisu.jsp

This exhibition stems from an international project conducted by the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art that explored Asian women’s artistic expressions through the lens of “corporeality.” Transnational and crosscultural perspectives are evident in around 130 works by women artists from 11 Asian countries, which explore the idea of the body as a place where various ideologies and situations intersect, and also a locus that reveals difference and diversity. It aligns with contemporary discourses on art’s role in fostering interconnected networks.

DATE : Sept. 3, 2024 to Mar. 3, 2025
VENUE : MMCA Seoul – National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea
WEBSITE: mmca.go.kr

Art Spectrum, a platform that supports emerging Korean artists, presents Dream Screen, an exhibition that departs from the notion that millennial and post-millennial artists perceive the physical world differently after growing up with the internet, movies, and other ubiquitous screen experiences. It explores how the new generation of artists navigate the conditions of life and weave together their own stories based on screen-mediated experiences and fragmentary afterimages when the grand narrative and the myth of linear progress no longer provide a reliable prospect for the future.

DATE : Sept. 5, 2024 to Dec. 29, 2024
VENUE : Leeum Museum of Art
WEBSITE: www.leeumhoam.org

Mika Rottenberg: NoNoseKnows highlights the career of the Buenos Aires-born, New York-based artist, who is known for video and kinetic artworks that explore the production of goods and the relationship between the body and labor. Spanning from Rottenberg’s early works to her latest creations, the exhibition offers a comprehensive view of her oeuvre, connecting viewers to her world through videos, including the titular work NoNoseKnows, installations, and sculptures that appear to emerge directly from the screen.

DATE : Oct. 23, 2024 to Mar. 2, 2025
VENUE : Hyundai Card Storage
WEBSITE: www.dive.hyundaicard.com/web/storage/spaceMain.hdc

This year’s Korea Artist Prize exhibition showcases four distinguished artists: Hayoun Kwon, Yang Jung Uk, Ji Young Yoon, and Jane Jin Kaisen. Their works explore themes such as psychological dynamics, daily life, historical memory, mythologies, and rituals. In this exhibition, the artists navigate the innermost depths of the human experience, expand into grander realms, and challenge and reimagine social conventions through their skillful interweaving of reality and fiction.

DATE : Oct. 25, 2024 to Mar. 23, 2025
VENUE : MMCA Seoul – National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea
WEBSITE: www.mmca.go.kr

This exhibition traces the process by which artists create their unique colors as well as the time and dedication they put into their work. Presented are artworks in a variety of mediums, including ceramics, natural dyeing, and glass. They show the ways that artists are inspired by colors from nature, while allowing viewers to contemplate the meanings and significance of color in their works.

DATE : Oct. 31, 2024 to May 2, 2025
VENUE : Seoul Museum of Craft Art
WEBSITE: www.craftmuseum.seoul.go.kr

This exhibition at the Goheung Buncheong Culture Center commemorates the centennial of artist Chun Kyung-ja’s birth. Showcasing approximately 160 works, including paintings, drawings, ink works, and archival materials, this multilayered exploration of Chun’s life and artistic world features not only her representative works but also unpublished pieces and personal items that are being displayed for the first time.

DATE : Nov. 11 to Dec. 31, 2024
VENUE : Goheung Buncheong Culture Museum, Goheung Culture & Arts Center
WEBSITE: : www.buncheong.goheung.go.kr

D MUSEUM hosts the Art in Life, Life in Art exhibition to celebrate its tenth anniversary. This art and design exhibition consists of a series of rooms where five different imaginary people express themselves through their tastes, thus reinterpreting personal identities in an era dominated by consumer trends. These rooms feature a wide range of works, from masterpieces by Kim Whanki, Park Seo-Bo, Alexander Calder, and Pablo Picasso to design furniture by Jean Prouvé, Finn Juhl, and others.

DATE : Nov. 15, 2024 to May 18, 2025
VENUE : D MUSEUM
WEBSITE: www.daelimmuseum.org

Tracing the evolution of contemporary Korean ceramics from the 1950s to the present, this exhibition highlights the emergence of indigenous ceramic traditions in modern Korea, followed by the transformation of ceramic styles during the country’s rapid urbanization and industrialization in the 1970s. It further explores how Korea’s internationalization in the 1980s and 1990s led to the creation of monumental ceramic works and architectural collaborations, and also delves into how the digital generation has been reinterpreting ceramic history and traditions since the new millennium.

DATE : Nov. 21, 2024 to May 6, 2025
VENUE : MMCA Gwacheon – National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea
WEBSITE: www.mmca.go.kr

Goryeo celadon represents the pinnacle of Korea’s ceramic craftsmanship, showcasing advanced techniques developed dur ing the Goryeo Dynasty. Among these masterpieces, sculpted celadon pieces modeled after animals, plants, and human figures — called sanghyeong cheong ja — exemplify the extraordinary technical skill and aesthetic sophistication of Goryeo artisans. This exhibition features approximately 300 pieces, offering a glimpse into the cherished world of the Goryeo period.

DATE : Nov. 26, 2024 to Mar. 3, 2025
VENUE : National Museum of Korea
WEBSITE: www.museum.go.kr

Through Koo Bohnchang’s photographs, this exhibition explores both macroscopic and microscopic narratives of selected objects, highlighting the Korean perspectives and Asian sensibilities reflected in them. It features 14 major series of works by this pioneer of contemporary Korean photography, including Mask and DMZ, Vessel. Also on display are Koo’s previously unpublished single-channel video work, Korean Fantasy, around 160 pieces from his private collection, and 200 archival materials.

DATE : Nov. 22, 2024 to Mar. 30, 2025
VENUE : National Asian Culture Center
WEBSITE: www.acc.go.kr

Illuminating the artistic explorations of Nam June Paik, this large-scale retrospective of the first videoartist and globally renowned pioneer of avantgarde art presents 160 of Paik’s key works. The presentation is in reverse chronological order, starting with laser pieces from the 2000s, and moving on to video installations from the 1980s and 1990s, robots and videos from the 1960s and 1970s, and television work and other pieces from his first solo exhibition in 1963, as well as Fluxus producti

DATE : Nov. 30, 2024 to Mar. 16, 2025
VENUE : Museum of Contemporary Art Busan
WEBSITE: www.busan.go.kr/moca