Featured Events in South Korea in November 2024 (July Updated)

In the fall of 2024, art festivals will be held in major cities across Korea. Let's experience the charm of K-art through various art events held in major cities such as Gwangju, Busan, and Seoul! KIAF Seoul and Frieze Seoul are large-scale art fairs in the Seoul area, where you can enjoy various works by famous domestic and foreign artists. Secondly, Seoul Art Week will hold a variety of exhibitions and events at art galleries, museums, and galleries throughout Seoul, providing a great opportunity to experience "Seoul, the City of Art". Finally, at the Youth Art Fair "ASYAAF", you can see the passionate works of young artists from eight Asian countries. The Gwangju Biennale, which will be held in Gwangju, will use Pansori as a medium to show the public unique creations that blend sound and space. The Busan Biennale in Busan, on the other hand, is themed around darkness, revealing a new perspective on art through various works. During the festival, a variety of discounts are prepared for tourists, including combined admission tickets to the Gwangju and Busan Biennales, free VIP admission to KIAF and Frieze Art Fair, etc. You can seize the opportunity to experience a richer art journey at a reasonable price. In addition, there are many activities such as the "Art Travel Week" to visit art galleries with experts and seminars to discuss the main hot spots of international art festivals. This autumn, let us experience the infinite charm of autumn art through various art festivals!

American artist Kelly Manning's theme exhibition "Yellow Sea" draws inspiration from the tides of the "Yellow Sea" connecting China and the Korean Peninsula. Her paintings are a mixture of seascapes and figures, spanning the realm of figuration and abstraction. The picture stands out for its rich texture and delicate color balance.

Josh Sperling’s solo exhibition “Miracles” will present a diverse range of works, including 68 new works, which will bring a shocking visual feast to the audience with its unique form and bold colors. This exhibition is curated according to the development of Sperling’s interest and research in form and color, allowing the audience to appreciate his works step by step. From the Raw series, which consists of uncolored raw canvas and various circular patterns, to the Spiral, which shows subtle color gradients and texture combinations. outline-style: initial; max-width: 100%;"spiral) and "composite" (composites) series,the exhibition fully demonstrates the artist’s ongoing experimentation and exploration of form, color, texture, and pattern. In the circular exhibition hall on the second floor, Sibo Lin created a "quiggle" mural especially for this exhibition, which was paired with a graffiti bench of the same design, forming a unique site-specific work. Through this space, the artist provides viewers with an opportunity to contemplate in a public environment, while encouraging them to feel and communicate with the work in a relaxed and comfortable manner.

The interna tionally known Scandinavian artist duo Elmgreen & Dragset have continually redefined exhibition making and the ways in which art can be experienced. Presenting over sixty works with in five immersive installations—a full-scale family house, a public pool, a restaurant with an adjacent kitchen, and an artist's studio—this exhibition marks the their most extensive presentation in Asia to date. Within Spaces viewers will experience new installations of unprecedented scale and form. In Exhibition Room 1, visitors can enter a 140 square meter single family house designed by the Elmgreen & Dragset, explore its various rooms dotted with sculptural works and furniture pieces, and uncover clues about the lives of its fictional inhabitants. In Exhibition Room 2, the duo will install a to-scale public pool emptied of water. This melancholic image—a recurring motif in their oeuvre—suggests the decline of civic gathering spaces and the subsequent loss of community. Finally, visitors will encounter a restaurant named The Cloud. Seemingly caught between its opening hours, the space will be empty except for a lifelike figure of a young woman in the middle of a FaceTime conversation. Other installations will include an industrial kitchen that is reminiscent of a laboratory and an artist ’s studio. Through this expansive survey of Elmgreen & Dragset’s spatial practice, the Amorepacific Museum of Art seeks to provide its visitors with the unique opportunity to uncover unexpected interpretations of everyday realities. Featuring a combination of existing and new works by Elmgreen & Dragset, these architectural interventions will encourage visitors to hunt for narrative threads embedded within the exhibition and become protagonists of the story along the way.

Connected Bodies: Asian Women Artists (hereinafter referred to as Connected Bodies) aims to re-examine the contemporary significance of Asian women's art since the 1960s from the perspective of "bodily nature". This exhibition is part of the National Gallery of Modern Art's Asian Art Project, which crosses borders to conduct comparative research and display contemporary Asian art. The body is a place where various ideologies and situations meet, and where differences and diversity emerge. In order to think about this theme together, the exhibition brings together about 130 works by female artists from 11 countries in Asia.

The largest exhibition in Asia focusing on the spatial work of artist duo Elmgreen and Dragset. A special experience of discovering and completing hidden stories in life-sized installations such as swimming pools, houses and restaurants.

The exhibition Sutra and Box: Vessels of Enlightenment highlights two outstanding masterpieces from the Goryeo Dynasty: a handwritten Buddhist manuscript and an intricately crafted sutra box. The seven volumes of the Lotus Sutra, written and illustrated entirely in gold, are presented in this exhibition. They reflect the ardent aspirations of the people of the time and offer visitors an opportunity to appreciate these priceless works. According to the votive inscription in the sutra, it was dedicated with utmost devotion in the first year of the reign of King Chungmok (1345) of the Goryeo Dynasty by a noblewoman of the highest rank. By means of the merit derived from this work, she hoped to ensure the royal family’s well-being and enlightenment. Also on display is the Sutra Box, an illustrative work of Goryeo mother-of-pearl inlay of which only about twenty examples are known to exist. This exquisite box is decorated with countless finely cut mother-of-pearl fragments that are intricately arranged to form various floral patterns. Fine metal wires were used to prevent the inlay from falling out and to represent the stems between the flowers, demonstrating the blend of artistry and functionality that is the quintessence of Goryeo artisanry. This exhibition provides a meaningful opportunity to deeply understand the value and significance of these masterpieces created through a grand union of faith and art.

"Poetry written on fabric, embracing special memories in everyday life" The textile design brand "minä perhonen", which weaves special memories in everyday life into fairytale-like fabrics, will hold the exhibition "Minä Perhonen Design Journey: Cycle of Memory" for the first time in Korea. This exhibition will show the process of remembering bits and pieces of daily life, such as clouds over fields, swelling buds, and sounds of the coast, incorporating them into designs and making them into fabrics. The founder Akira Minagawa's philosophy of cherishing people and memories is also reflected in his works. I hope you will have a precious opportunity to discover the charm of textile design and a feast of beautiful textiles during your design journey with Minä Perhonen.

Hueree Pink Muhly Festival is the most romantic festival in Jeju Island, where you can experience the pink waves that unfold like a picture. During the festival, countless carefully cultivated pink muhlys such as the palm tree garden, cafe garden, and sky garden dot the park, creating a charming scenery as if entering a fairy tale world. This year's Hueree Pink Muhly Festival is more colorful than last year's preparations and has become a must-see attraction for Jeju Island tourism. The pink background is the best place to take photos of life such as honeymoons, weddings, friendships, etc. It is a place for you to capture precious memories with your loved ones. When you stroll through the park with your family, lover or friends, you can record special moments in the pink muhly photo area, and the memory of the pink waves will be treasured in your heart for a long time.

Henri de Toulouse Lautrec was an artist from a French aristocratic family, known for his unique, charming and provocative handwriting lithographs of Parisian nightlife during the Belle Époque. As a painter, printmaker and illustrator, he did not belong to a specific school, but absorbed the diversity of the Art Nouveau in Montmartre, the avant-garde center of the time, and pioneered original shapes. Modern graphic posters, he is considered one of the greatest artists in the history of world art. This exhibition seeks to break away from the previous tendency to emphasize Lautrec's psychological defects and unfortunate life, and examine his art from a new perspective. I want to emphasize his freedom to interact with people despite his physical disability, his bohemian experimental spirit that did not belong to any school and freely accepted the Art Nouveau, and especially his humanistic spirit of observing the beauty behind charm and vulgarity. This exhibition explores the extraordinary nature of the art created by Toulouse-Lautrec, combining the vitality of the fin de siècle with humanism, exhibiting his monumental and fascinating works created in Montmartre, as well as posters that led the golden age of contemporary French Art Nouveau. Together with Lautrec, 159 masterpieces of prints by 13 artists, including Alphonse Mucha, are exhibited. The first part, "Bohemia," explores Lautrec's bohemian experimental spirit, who freely embraced various artistic trends and did not belong to any school of painting. The second part, "Humanists," examines Lautrec's human-centered paintings, which depict the lower classes of Montmartre with extraordinary humanity and emphasize his humanistic aspects. The third part, "Stars of Montmartre," consists of works from the second half of his creative career, highlighting his artistic legacy that continues to this day. The final chapter, "French Art Nouveau Posters," showcases the works of 13 artists who were contemporaries of Lautrec and dominated the golden age of French Art Nouveau poster art. It will be an interesting opportunity to compare their works, which have in common with Lautrec's in that they follow the lithographic medium and Art Nouveau trends, but also stand out from Lautrec's art with their own aesthetic consciousness.

Steidl, a living legend in art books The world's best museums and luxury brands, the go-to place for books by leading contemporary artists, Steidl began as a small printing house in 1968 and is now considered a legend in art books as a publishing company that elevates paper books to the level of art.

The Welcome Daehakno Festival, which has been held in the Daehakno area every autumn since 2017, is held at the Daehakno Festival every autumn. -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Apple SD Gothic Neo", helvetica, noto, notojp, notokr, "Microsoft YaHei", "Malgun Gothic", "맑은 고딕", Dotum, 돋움, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"become a representative festival of performance tourism. The Welcome Daehakno Festival, which showcases the charm of K-performances for domestic and foreign tourists, is held at the event. -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Apple SD Gothic Neo", helvetica, noto, notojp, notokr, "Microsoft YaHei", "Malgun Gothic", "맑은 고딕", Dotum, 돋움, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"Provide fun such as highlights and discounts on performances through street performances. In addition, we will introduce tourist routes and gourmet restaurants related to the performances.: transparent; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Apple SD Gothic Neo", helvetica, noto, notojp, notokr, "Microsoft YaHei", "Malgun Gothic", "맑은 고딕", Dotum, 돋움, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"Introducing various contents combining performances and tours.A performance and tourism festival that everyone can enjoy together, Everyone is invited to join the Welcome Daehakno Celebration.

Korea's first immersive media art exhibition about the story of Leonardo da Vinci.

Loved by the public for reminiscent of a haven in the busy daily life, Kang Joon-seok harmoniously expresses his memories and the utopia he dreams of through the scenery of Jeju and the creatures that wander in the vast nature. This exhibition features 32 new works that reflect a collection of memory fragments that are like afterimages mixed with various colors, containing warm moments and promises that we will not forget all the moments we encounter in the future. Kang Joon-seok realized the limitations of tiny humans in nature and the weaknesses he felt in the vast nature, and began to create works using vast lands, abandoned swimming pools, and amusement parks as backgrounds. The main location of the works is Jeju Island, where the artist actually lives, and all the scenery depicted helps us escape from complex thoughts and reflect on stability and leisure. The personal space you live in, such as your home or the community you live in, always exists. For modern people who live a busy life every day, it is the perfect space to rest and escape. This secret space where nothing disturbs me is my best place, the only place that understands me the most and embraces me. In addition, the simple and comfortable backgrounds in Kang Joon-seok's works, which are not easy to feel the perspective, maximize psychological stability. These elements play an important role in helping viewers discover themselves in the works, find inner peace, and fully face their emotions. This solo exhibition "Melange" exhibits new works that project the complex inner self by mixing various floating thoughts and emotions. Starting with strong colors similar to raw emotions, Jiang Junshi found and presented the appropriate emotional range through the process of layering and building colors. In this exhibition, we hope to boldly express the two inner conflicts of wanting to maintain the present and longing for change through a sense of layering that does not rely on a specific shape or appearance. In addition, he uses memory and experience as the great roots of his works, and blooms into various forms through various imaginations. Through this new work, I want to collect some memories of vague topics and re-examine the mixture of different color memories. In this exhibition, Jiang Junshi honestly captures the thoughts and emotions of the scene at the moment, redefines the theme in his own way, and unfolds the landscape where memory and imagination blend. You can feel the artist's new look and deeper feelings. Diverse emotions, enjoy the work, and hope that this can be a moment to recall the precious memories we missed.

"The most beautiful colors in the world come from flowers." French figurative painting master Michel Henry returns after nine years. Showcasing more than 70 original paintings by the artist known as a great colorist.

The Walt Disney Archives opens its treasure trove to showcase hundreds of extraordinary items, including many of Disney’s “Crown Jewels” – over 250 rare artifacts and artworks, costumes and props, and incredible memorabilia. Nine imaginatively themed galleries showcase celebrated classics from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937) to Tangled (2021), including the newest members of the Disney family – Pixar, Star Wars and Marvel! This is a chance for families, children and loved ones to celebrate their love of Disney’s most timeless stories!

Hello, aspiring adventurers! For those who hesitate to take on new challenges, we have created an opportunity for you to escape from your daily life and go on adventures around the world. Are you ready to face unexpected moments and make unusual choices in unfamiliar landscapes?

In the fast-paced modern society, personal life and leisure are more precious than ever. The breadwinners of the family who are busy with work are gradually alienated from their families, and the work messages that keep popping up on their mobile phones disrupt our rhythm of life. Under the pressure of responsibility, the weekend rest time that originally belonged to us often has to give way. The highly competitive social environment makes us unconsciously compare ourselves with others and ourselves, and measure ourselves by external standards. In this fast-paced urban life, having a period of rest time that belongs to us is becoming more and more precious, which is our pursuit of a more humane life. I also work hard on days without weekends. Occasionally when I go out, I always find that summer has already turned into winter, and winter has quietly turned into spring. The passing of time has gradually made me accustomed to it. In such a life, I release the energy that seems to be about to burst by riding a bicycle and skateboarding, and after clearing my mind, I return to work with a clearer mind. My work is based on the bits and pieces I have experienced in this rhythm of life, as well as the records of memories and residual impressions in my heart. When I see the lights of the city, I can't help but think of the crowd. The personality and vitality of the city come from people, and the little actions of people inject vitality into the streets. From the city with tall buildings and constant traffic, to the brownstone buildings with small trees and steps, and the park in the quiet evening, these are part of my daily life. This work incorporates the people I met in the city of New York, the exchanges with various cultures, and the emotions and personal moments I experienced in the changing environment. Standing in front of the blank canvas, I often think back to the moments that made me calm and the impressions left at that time. In the work, the lines and dots with strong rhythm, the traces of movement, the rough texture and the seemingly perfect but slightly incomplete elements are all intertwined. This exhibition explores the busy daily life of the city in depth, showing the unique impression left in the memory of the city through the close footsteps, neighborhood interactions and communication between people. In a busy day, temporarily put down the burden of emotions, these moments of leisure and communication are the source of making our lives more fulfilling and rich. Artist Yin Xie continues to reflect on the lives of modern people by recording the emotional impressions of individuals when the inner and outer worlds meet in the rapid changes of modern society. The sense of speed brought by urban changes, the energy that is condensed and released in an instant, and the emotions and imperfections that naturally flow out in the process are all key elements to understanding his works. His creations capture the energy of the city, freeze the moment of time and its preciousness, and advocate emotional resonance between people. The minimalist dots and lines, as well as the carefully blended colors of the artist, are a restrained way for him to perceive and interpret the energy of the current city and society through the light, sound and people's movements of the city. Through this unique way of expression, the artist not only perceives the space he is in, but also realizes his existence in it, and records the rich emotions and wonderful impressions generated at this moment. When you look closely at those seemingly perfect dots and lines, you often find that there is a certain imperfect "human" quality hidden in them. This difference between visual illusion and reality inspires a unique sense of beauty, prompting the viewer to focus on his own sensory experience. When aware of this difference, the audience will begin to be aware of their own existence and experience their own sensory feelings in the present time and space. This method is very similar to the artist's cognition of reality and existence. The impression projected on the canvas cannot fully restore the scene at that time. The gaps between dots and lines are what turn dots and lines on the canvas into beautiful light, rhythm and energy, carrying our stories and making the space of memory and emotion more moving. In this modern society where everything seems to be oversaturated, the process of pursuing inner freedom and tranquility gives new meaning to life and also opens up a space of one's own in the heart. Like a letter to the audience of "Next Scene: Coexistence", I hope that this exhibition can bring them a journey of enriching their souls and lives when they meet Yin Xie's works in the busy rhythm of life.

People, living things will die. Death covers the faces of those who survived the eternal years. So I always feel strange about death. Death is the beginning of a journey to an unknown place. Facing death, the living are heartbroken, That journey cannot be taken together. You can only provide a companion for those who are leaving. The only friend on that road with no solution is. Just like the midwife accepted me and my parents guided me when I was born The moment this life ends and the underworld begins to breathe, the existence that accepts me and guides me, has prepared an exhibition introducing "puppets". The ancestors used the word "passing away" to describe it. This means that the place we go after death is ultimately where we came from. With various puppets on the journey of our souls returning home and the traditional worldview of Koreans now transformed into a beautiful cultural heritage display material I hope it will be a time to think about life and death

The theme of the 2024 festival of Seokchon Lake Luminarie is "Dream, Universe & Love". "The seasonal festival Luminarie, which represents the autumn and winter of Songpa, has set up a variety of landscape lighting, light sculptures, and photo areas in Seokchon Lake, a unique tourist resource, to unfold a feast of light." "Luminarie" is a festival that uses lighting to make or decorate buildings, also called light art or light sculpture. Starting from the main gate that welcomes tourists at the entrance of Seokchon Lake East Lake, large and small Luminari will set up gates, Luminari will set up tunnels, bridge gates, dreamy and mysterious landscape lighting and photo areas.

The Korean Artist Award is a prize system and support program jointly organized by the National Museum of Contemporary Art (MMCA) and the SBS Foundation. Since its establishment in 2012, the award has selected four artists each year, provided support and exhibition opportunities for their new artistic creations, and continued to help them carry out international activities to showcase the potential of Korean contemporary art. Unlike previous exhibitions that mainly featured new works, starting in 2023, new works and artists' previous works will be organized together to broadly illuminate the artists' working worlds.

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As you walk around the Seoul Museum of Craft, you will come across a variety of craft works. Just as each form was created to suit its use, the colors were not created by chance. The colors of each work reflect the artist’s thoughts and feelings. Artists devote themselves to research to find the most unique colors and repeat experiments to apply the desired colors to their works. No color is simple and can never be easily expressed. This exhibition is a record of the process in which craftsmen create their own colors, and a story about the time and dedication they put into it. The archive materials, including research notes on colors, poems, materials, and tools, are like looking at a palette filled with the unique colors that the artists wanted to express through their works. The three craftsmen in different fields, Noh Kyung-jo in ceramics, Lee Byeong-chan in dyeing, and Kim Heon-cheol in glass, all obtain colors from nature. Baking colors from the earth, dyeing colors from plants, and making colors shine more colorfully with light transmitted through glass. Creating colors is another way that craftsmen relate to nature. The colors they create enrich our daily lives and stimulate our senses. And these colors will meet you and create another relationship. I hope you will rediscover the colorful colors you witnessed in this exhibition and treasure them in your hearts. ※ ​​The Craft Archives exhibition is only open on weekdays (Tuesday to Friday). Please take note when viewing.

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World Coffee Leaders Forum is a prestigious global event that brings together coffee experts and professionals from around the world. Supported by the International Coffee Organization (ICO), it serves as a vital platform for industry leaders to discuss key topics shaping the global coffee market. The annual four-day conference, held alongside the Seoul International Cafe Show in Seoul, Asia's largest coffee exhibition, delves into critical issues and trends influencing the coffee industry. For over a decade, the forum has examined the evolving global and regional coffee markets, identifying growth opportunities and challenges. By fostering dialogue on pertinent issues and proposing innovative solutions, World Coffee Leaders Forum aims to drive the sustainable development of the global coffee community and chart the course for the future of the coffee market. The upcoming World Coffee Leaders Forum 2024 is scheduled to take place from November 6th to November 9th at the Seoul COEX Convention & Exhibition Center in Seoul, South Korea.