Kim Heecheon: Moles
First media-focused solo survey at SeMA explores gamification, AI, and digital perception
Seoul Museum of Art launches its inaugural programme for moving-image practitioners with Kim Heecheon's latest commissions.
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Rites of Passage: Navigating Liminality at Gwangju Biennale 2026
Liminality and cross-cultural dialogue at the 2026 edition
The Poland Pavilion examines transition through spatial choreography and a curated convergence of Polish and Korean practices.
The Art of Learning: Becoming Each Other's School
How autonomous collectives are redefining peer education outside traditional institutions
A look at how eight independent artist groups are building alternative pedagogical networks at ARKO Art Center this autumn.
MMCA Gwacheon's 40th Anniversary Programme Explores Light and Memory
A multifaceted celebration spanning installations, archives, and spatial redesigns across the campus grounds
MMCA Gwacheon marks four decades of operation with a comprehensive anniversary framework exploring light, memory, and institutional evolution.
Body, Under Experiment: Three Laboratories of Becoming at Busan MoCA
Geumhyung Jeong, Hoonida Kim and Kwon Byungjun explore the unresolved tension between performance and exhibition across a three-month unfolding
Busan Museum of Contemporary Art presents a sequential exhibition where three experimental spaces open monthly, questioning how live art exists within institutional frameworks.
This is (Not) Conceptual Art: Tracing Korea's Linguistic Turn at MMCA Seoul
How Korean artists reimagined conceptual practice beyond Western frameworks
A major survey at the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul examines the evolution of Korean conceptual art through four thematic chapters, featuring 28 artists and around 140 works from the late 1960s to present.
Gwangju Biennale Opens Applications for 2026 International Curator Course
Emerging practitioners under 35 are invited to apply for an intensive programme tied to the 16th edition of the South Korean biennial.
The Gwangju Biennale Academy has launched its call for the 2026 International Curator Course, a two-week programme running from August 29 to September 10 that places emerging curators alongside the artistic team of the 16th Gwangju Biennale.
Martin Parr's Candid Gaze: A Comprehensive Retrospective Opens in Seoul
We Are Martin Parr surveys four decades of the late photographer's unflinching documentation of contemporary life
Following the photographer's death in 2025, Seoul Museum of Art presents a major retrospective examining Parr's distinctive approach to photographing everyday consumption and leisure across four decades.
Gwangju Biennale Opens Artistic Director Search to Global Candidates
For the first time, the 17th edition will be selected through an open international call rather than closed recommendations.
The Gwangju Biennale Foundation is inviting curators worldwide to apply for the artistic directorship of its 2028 edition, replacing its long-standing recommendation-based appointment system with a fully open process.
Kwon Byungjun: I Embrace You at Buk-Seoul Museum of Art
A sprawling exhibition of wobbling robots, sound installations and participatory workshops explores what it means to welcome the stranger
Running from June 2026 to May 2027, SeMA Buk-Seoul presents Kwon Byungjun's ambitious project using robots and sound to question how we encounter difference and build a shared sense of 'we'.
OCAD University Brings Kanien'kehá:ka-Led Pavilion to 2026 Gwangju Biennale
Skennen'kó:wa ken? (Do You Carry Great Peace?) features Shelley Niro, Melissa General, and Hannah Claus at the Canada Pavilion
A Kanien'kehá:ka-led exhibition curated by Ryan Rice will represent Canada at the 2026 Gwangju Biennale, exploring Haudenosaunee philosophies of peace, rematriation, and self-governance through interdisciplinary contemporary art.