South Korea

We spoke with the artists representing Japan and South Korea about their Venice exhibitions and the obsolescence of national divisions

Multi-media sculptures and a video work installed at the Leeum Museum of Art, Seoul, create a playfully immersive environment

At P21, Seoul, a group show of intimate mixed media works draws on Byung-Chul Han’s revolutionary The Agony of Eros (2017)

How the city’s skateboarders are radically reshaping its fashion landscape

Created as a memorial to suffering, this year’s iteration sees a shift in both the exhibition and the city toward a new historiography

Marking the centenary of the artist's birth, a retrospective at MMCA Deoksugung presents a survey of his most influential paintings and abstract sculptures

Liz Kim on how the social and artistic movement of the 1980s inspired a new generation of Korean artists

At Lehmann Maupin, Seoul, the artist presents a suite of hand-sewn paintings affectionately depicting day-to-day domesticities and family life

A collaborative effort between authors, musicians and visual artists, this year’s edition presents site-specific works that focus on quotidian experiences and hidden histories 

South Korea’s Culture Minister resigns over alleged cultural blacklist; Museum of Islamic Art Cairo reopens after three years

A troupe of holographic protesters descends on Seoul's Gwanghwamun Square