Seoul

Seoul is represented at Art Market Brief with 69 museums and galleries. Frequently mentioned artists connected to South Korea currently include Do Ho Suh, Georg Baselitz and Lee Dae-won.

CountrySouth Korea

Institutions69

Museums26

Galleries43

Active stories29

Image: Exhibition poster, Georg Baselitz, Sehwa Museum of Art, Seoul, 2026

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Georg Baselitz Retrospective Opens in Seoul, Tracing Six Decades of Work

A retrospective of Georg Baselitz opens on August 13 at the Sehwa Museum of Art in Seoul, presenting a survey of the German artist’s 60-year trajectory across paintings, sculptures, drawings and other works.

Read full story Seoul · 10 Aug 2026 [REPORT]

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Christine Sun Kim Selected for TIME’s 2026 TIME100 Art ‘Innovators’ Category

Image: National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul

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Christine Sun Kim Selected for TIME’s 2026 TIME100 Art ‘Innovators’ Category

Christine Sun Kim has been selected for TIME’s 2026 TIME100 Art ‘Innovators’ category. The announcement identifies Kim as an artist in the ‘MMCA × LG OLED Series 2026’.

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‘Road Movie’ Continues at MMCA Gwacheon Through September 27

Image: National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul

Museum

‘Road Movie’ Continues at MMCA Gwacheon Through September 27

‘Road Movie: Art in Korea and Japan after 1945’ continues at the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, through September 27.

Read full story Seoul · 23 Sept 2026 [REPORT]

'Vulnerable Histories (A Road Movie)' Is Dated 2018

Image: National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul

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'Vulnerable Histories (A Road Movie)' Is Dated 2018

'Vulnerable Histories (A Road Movie)' is dated 2018. Tanaka began reconsidering community and the position of the other after the 2011 Great East Japan earthquake.

Read full story Seoul · 11 Sept 2026 [REPORT]