Our picks this month include ‘Vertiginous Data’ at MMCA Seoul, David Hockney at SeMA, James Jean at Lotte Museum of Art, ‘DMZ’ at Culture Station 284, ‘Brussels in SongEun’ at SongEun Art Space and ‘Web-Retro’ at SeMA Buk-Seoul.
Jongno-gu
Jaime Hayon: Serious Fun
Daelim Museum – Seochon
27 April – 17 November 2019
http://www.daelimmuseum.org
Anton Vidolke: Immortality for All
MMCA Seoul – Samcheong-dong
27 April – 21 July 2019
http://www.mmca.go.kr
Alternative Languages: Asger Jorn, the artist as a social activist
MMCA Seoul – Samcheong-dong
12 April – 8 September 2019
http://www.mmca.go.kr
Vertiginous Data (group show)
MMCA Seoul – Samcheong-dong
23 March – 28 July 2019
http://www.mmca.go.kr
The Essential Duchamp
MMCA Seoul – Samcheong-dong
22 December 2018 – 7 April 2019
http://www.mmca.go.kr/
What Ought to Be Done? Work and Life: Harun Farocki Retrospective
MMCA Seoul – Samcheong-dong
14 November 2018 – 7 April 2019
http://www.mmca.go.kr
Lee Kit: Resonance of a Sad Smile
Artsonje Center – Samcheong-dong
1 March – 28 April 2019
http://www.artsonje.org/main/
Kumho Young Artist: The 69 Times of Sunrise
Kumho Museum of Art – Samcheong-dong
21 March – 30 June 2019
http://www.kumhomuseum.com/
Spectres of the Avant-Garde (group show)
Homecoming Exhibition of the Korean Pavilion of 16th Venice Architecture Biennale
Arko Art Center – Daehangno
27 March – 26 May 2019
https://www.arko.or.kr/infra/pm1_04/m2_02/m3_01.do?&mode=view&page=&cid=535658
The Wall and Other Stories: Von Kelterborn Collection (group show)
Jeremy Shaw, Harun Farocki, Hito Steyerl, Korakrit Arunanondchai, and others
Total Museum of Art – Pyeongchang-dong
28 March – 28 April 2019
http://www.totalmuseum.org/
Jungki Beak: Contagious Magic
OCI Museum – Susong-dong
13 March – 4 May 2019
http://ocimuseum.org/
Chris Jordan: Intolerable Beauty
Sungkok Art Museum – Sajik-dong
22 February – 5 May 2019
http://www.sungkokmuseum.org
Immortality in the Cloud (group show)
Fabien Verschaere, Cho Eunji, Lee Woosung, Kang Yiyun, Suh Yongsun, Kwon Hayoun
Ilmin Museum of Art – Gwanghwamun
22 February – 12 May 2019
http://ilmin.org/kr/
Don Sunpil: Kitsutaiten
Arario Museum in Space – Gahoe-dong
20 February – 13 June 2019
http://www.arariomuseum.org
Phantom City (group show)
Yong Rae Kwon, Lovot Lab, Changwon Lee, Heejoon Lee, Jeong Ju Jeong, Sung Rok Choi, Eunjeong Choi, Hye Ja, Sungwoo Hong
Sehwa Museum of Art – Sinmunno
3 April – 21 July 2019
https://www.sehwamuseum.org
Jeong Cheolkyo: Burning Landscape, Portrait of Blood Circulation
Zaha Museum – Buam-dong
5 April 2019 – 28 April 2019
http://www.zahamuseum.com/
Whanki, From Modern to Contemporary
Whanki Museum – Buam-dong
5 April 2018 – 7 July 2019
http://www.whankimuseum.org
The Public Commemorate Sculpture of Kim Chong Yung
Kim Chong Yung Museum – Pyeongchang-dong
19 April – 23 June 2019
http://kimchongyung.com
Unnecessary Exhibition in Life (group show)
Seoul Museum – Buam-dong
3 April – 15 September 2019
https://seoulmuseum.org/
Paul Jacoulet: Colors of Joseon
Seoul Museum – Buam-dong
13 November 2018 – 28 April 2019
https://seoulmuseum.org/
Gangbuk – Jung-gu, Yongsan-gu, Dongdaemun-gu, Seongbuk-gu
David Hockney
SeMA – Jung-gu/City Hall
22 March 2018 – 4 August 2019
http://sema.seoul.go.kr/
Multi-Access 4913: New Acquisitions 2018
SeMA – Jung-gu/City Hall
16 April 2018 – 2 June 2019
http://sema.seoul.go.kr/
Modern Transitions in Korean Calligraphy and Painting (group show)
National Museum of Korea – Yongsan-gu/Seobinggo-dong
16 April – 2 June 2019
https://www.museum.go.kr/site/eng/home
Being and Time (group show)
Kim Bong-tae, Kim Tschang-yeul, Suh Se-ok, Suh Seung Won, Shim Moon-seup, Yoo Hee-young, Choi Jong Tae
Seongbuk Museum of Art – Seongbuk-gu/Seongbuk-dong
11 April – 9 June 2019
https://sma.sbculture.or.kr/sma/index.do
DMZ (group show)
Lee Bul, Minouk Lim, Yeondoo Jung, Kyungah Ham, Seungwoo Back, Noh Suntag, Min Joung-ki, Nam June Paik, Bahc Yiso, Tobias Rehberger, Tomas Saraceno and others (curated by Sunjung Kim)
Culture Station 284 – Jung-gu/Seoul Station
21 March – 6 May 2019
https://www.seoul284.org/
APMA Chapter One: From APMA Collection (group show)
Amore Pacific Museum of Art – Yongsan-gu/Yongsan Station
14 February – 19 May 2019
https://apma.amorepacific.com
Gangnam – Gangnam-gu/Seocho-gu/Songpa-gu
The Security Has Been Improved (group show)
Xu Bing, Jane & Louise Wilson, Adam Broomberg & Oliver Chanarin, Kyung Woo Han, Jung Kyun Shin, Evan Roth, Eunhee Lee, Eteam, Unmake Lab
Coreana Museum of Art – Gangnam-gu/Sinsa-dong
25 April – 6 July 2019
http://www.spacec.co.kr
James Jean: Eternal Journey
Lotte Museum of Art -Songpa-gu/ Jamsil
4 April – 1 September 2019
https://www.lottemuseum.com/
Brussels in SongEun: Imagining Cities Beyond Technology 2.0 (group show)
Je Baak, Younes Baba-Ali, Pierre Jean Giloux, LAb[au], LarbitsSisters, Félix Luque Sánchez, AnneMarie Maes, Mioon, Hye Min Park, Beat Streuli, Ji Hye Yeom
SongEun ArtSpace – Gangnam-gu/Cheongdam-dong
25 March – 8 June 2019
http://www.songeunartspace.org
Zero Gravity World (group show)
Ahmet Ögüt, Yao Jui-Chung, William Kentridge, Nguyễn Trinh Thi, Jane Jin Kaisen, Hikaru Fujii
SeMA Nam-Seoul – Gwanak-gu/Sindang-dong
1 March – 26 May 2019
http://sema.seoul.go.kr/
Take Me Home (group show)
SoSho, Artist Proof, Pack, Factory 2, Casuko
Platform-L – Gangnam-gu/Nonhyeon-dong
15 March 2018 – 26 May 2019
https://platform-l.org/
Lies (group show)
Gu Minja, Kim Beom, Shin Jungkyun, Ahn Kyuchul, Oh Jaewoo, Lee Byungsu, Lee Sooyoung, Lee Joonhyung, Jang Boyun
Seoul National University Museum of Art – Gwanak-gu/Seouldae
7 March – 26 May 2019
http://www.snumoa.org/
Thoma Vuille: M.Chat
Seoul Arts Center Hangaram Art Museum – Seocho-gu/Nambu Terminal
16 March – 13 May 2019
http://www.sacticket.co.kr
Byung-Hun Min: Moss
The Museum of Photography, Seoul – Songpa-gu/Jamsil
2 February – 18 May 2019
http://www.photomuseum.or.kr/
Korean Modern and Contemporary Drawings
Soma Seoul Olympic Museum of Art – Songpa-gu/Jamsil
12 April – 23 June 2019
https://soma.kspo.or.kr
Seoul Outskirts and Beyond
New Acquisitions 2017 – 2018 (group show)
MMCA Gwacheon – Gwacheon-si
21 March – 1 September 2019
http://www.mmca.go.kr/
Awakenings: Art in Society in Asia in 1960s-1990s (group show)
MMCA Gwacheon – Gwacheon-si
31 January – 6 May 2019
http://www.mmca.go.kr/
Modern Art from the MMCA Collection: 1900-1960s (group show)
MMCA Gwacheon – Gwacheon-si
18 October 2018 – 12 May 2019
http://www.mmca.go.kr/
Web-Retro (group show)
Kim Beom, Rho Jae Oon, Mioon, Yangachi, Jung Sungyoon, Rostlaub, I/O/D, Takuji Kogo and others
SeMA Buk-Seoul – Nowon-gu
12 March – 9 June 2019
http://sema.seoul.go.kr/
2019 Seoul Focus: Nothing Twice (group show)
SeMA Buk-Seoul – Nowon-gu
26 February – 9 June 2019
http://sema.seoul.go.kr/
From Here to There (group show)
Showna Kim, Monica Nickolai, Yangbin Park, Sascha Pohle
SeMA Storage – Eunpyeong-gu
13 April – 27 April 2019
http://sema.seoul.go.kr/
Na Na Land: It’s My World (group show)
Savina Museum of Contemporary Art – Eunpyeong-gu
14 March – 7 July 2019
http://www.savinamuseum.com
Jordan Matter: Magical Moment
Savina Museum of Contemporary Art – Eunpyeong-gu
14 March – 7 July 2019
http://www.savinamuseum.com
Interchanges for a Thousand Years (group show)
Jungnang Art Center – Jungnang-gu
13 March – 25 April 2019
https://www.instagram.com/jungnangartcenter/
Less is More (group show)
Koo Jiyoon, Baek Inhye, Shin Sunjoo, Lee Heejoon, Leehaeminsun, Cho Munhee
SODA Museum: Space of Design and Architecture – Hwaseong-si/Annyeong-dong
10 April – 28 July 2019
https://museumsoda.org
The Memory of Space (group show)
Kimchungup Architecture Museum – Anyang-si/Manan-gu
19 April – 23 June 2019
http://www.ayac.or.kr/museum/main/main.asp
Prism Fantasy (group show)
Daniel Buren, Thomas Canto, Gabriel Daer, Olafur Eliasson, Jeppe Hein, Ryota Kuwakubo, Lee Bul, Lee Yongbaek, Ivan Navarro, Daniel Rozin, Bongchull Shin
Paradise Art Space – Incheon-si/Jung-gu
19 April – 18 August 2019
https://www.p-city.com/front/artSpace/overview
Nam June Paik Media ‘n’ Mediea
Nam June Paik Art Center – Yongin-si/Giheung-gu
16 February 2019 – 20 February 2020
http://njp.ggcf.kr/
Rene Magritte: The Revealing Image
Museum Ground – Yongin-si/Suji-gu
2 April – 10 July 2019
https://www.museumground.org/
With, Together: GMoMA Public Art Project 2015-2018 (group show)
Mioon, Park Keun-ju, Junkhouse, Sixcoin, Artime Joe, Kiil Lee, Alex Senna, Rukkit, and others
Gyeonggi MoMA – Ansan-si/Danwon-gu
26 March 2018 – 23 June 2019
http://gmoma.ggcf.kr/
Post Human: 5th International Exhibition on New Media Art (group show)
CICA Museum – Gimpo-si/Yangchon-eup
29 March – 14 April 2019
http://cicamuseum.com/
Welcome! You Are Connected! (group show)
An Gayoung, Yeom Jihye, O Taekwan, Yoon Hyangro, Limm Bongho, Im Youngzoo, Ryoichi Kurokawa
Suwon iPark Museum – Suwon-si/Paldal-gu
2 April – 30 June 2019
https://sima.suwon.go.kr
Coexisting Space (group show)
Lee Daesong, Choi Eunhye
Suwon iPark Museum – Suwon-si/Paldal-gu
11 April – 22 September 2019
https://sima.suwon.go.kr
Re-Classification: The Night Leads to the Night (group show)
Yoon Suk-nam, Kim In-soon, Han Aegyu, Yoo Hyesook, Song Sanghee
Suwon iPark Museum – Suwon-si/Paldal-gu
2 April – 15 December 2019
https://sima.suwon.go.kr
Choi Jeong Hwa: Goods and Things
Art Space Gwanggyo – Suwon-si/Suwon Convention Center
29 March – 25 August 2019
https://sima.suwon.go.kr
Pop Art (group show)
Koo House Museum of Art & Design – Yangpyeong-gun/Seojong-myeon
5 March – 23 June 2019
http://koohouse.org/
Geometry, Beyond Simplicity (group show)
Museum SAN – Gangwon-do/Wonju-si
22 March – 25 August 2019
http://www.museumsan.org
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