Image: National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul
The National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul, will open a large-scale retrospective of Lee Daiwon on August 6, 2026. Titled 'Lee Daiwon: Nothing Here Makes You Sad', the exhibition is presented at MMCA Deoksugung and is scheduled to run through November 8, 2026.
According to the museum, the exhibition brings together roughly 70 years of Lee Daiwon’s artistic career. The presentation is framed as a retrospective, placing emphasis on the breadth of the artist’s output rather than a single period or medium.
The show’s title, 'Nothing Here Makes You Sad', signals an exhibition built around Lee’s long practice and the sustained development of his work over decades. With a span of seven decades represented, the retrospective is positioned as a substantial survey of an artist whose career extends across a long stretch of modern and contemporary Korean art.
No further curatorial details were provided in the source material, but the museum’s announcement confirms the exhibition’s scale and its focus on career overview. The retrospective will be on view at MMCA Deoksugung in Seoul, South Korea, from August 6 to November 8, 2026.
