Top museum picks this month include Asger Jorn at MMCA Seoul, Nayoungim & Gregory Maass at Sungkok Museum of Art, ‘The Island of the Colorblind’ at Art Sonje Center, ‘Phantom City’ at Sehwa Museum of Art, and ‘Welcome! You Are Connected!’ at Suwon iPark Museum of Art.
Gangbuk – Jongno-gu
Alternative Languages: Asger Jorn, the artist as a social activist
MMCA Seoul – Samcheong-dong
12 April – 8 September 2019
http://www.mmca.go.kr
Park Seo-Bo: The Untiring Endeavorer
MMCA Seoul – Samcheong-dong
18 May – 1 September 2019
http://www.mmca.go.kr
Anton Vidolke: Immortality for All
MMCA Seoul – Samcheong-dong
27 April – 21 July 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 Island of the Colorblind (group show)
Yu Araki, Manon de Boer, Ursula Biemann & Paolo Tavares, Part-Time Suite, Xu Tan, Kim Juwon, Björn Braun, Rim Dongsik & Woo Pyongnam
Art Sonje Center – Samcheong-dong
17 May – 7 July 2019
http://www.artsonje.org/main/
Jaime Hayon: Serious Fun
Daelim Museum – Seochon
27 April – 17 November 2019
http://www.daelimmuseum.org
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
Nayoungim & Gregory Maass: Reprospective
Sungkok Art Museum – Sajik-dong
22 May – 30 June 2019
http://www.sungkokmuseum.org
Chris Jordan: Intolerable Beauty
Sungkok Art Museum – Sajik-dong
22 February – 5 May 2019
http://www.sungkokmuseum.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
Painters’ Time (group show)
Sejong Museum of Art/Sejong Center – Gwanghwamun
3 May – 12 May 2019
http://www.sejongpac.or.kr/main/main_real.asp
Dear Amazon: Brazil x Korea – The Anthropocene (group show)
Ilmin Museum of Art – Gwanghwamun
31 May – 25 August 2019
http://ilmin.org/kr/
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/
After Internet 632 (group show)
Donghyun Kim, Haein Kim, midiDICE, Jinhyun Park, Jaewook Lee, Jueun Lee, Seokhwan Cheon, Youngjun Choi, Buhm Hong, Andreas Schlegel, Ong Kian Peng, Rémi Klemensiewicz
Total Museum of Art – Pyeongchang-dong
23 May – 16 June 2019
http://www.totalmuseum.org/
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 – 19 May 2019
http://www.totalmuseum.org/
OCI Young Creatives: Kim Shinae & Choi Yoonhee
OCI Museum – Susong-dong
16 May – 8 June 2019
http://ocimuseum.org/
Jungki Beak: Contagious Magic
OCI Museum – Susong-dong
13 March – 4 May 2019
http://ocimuseum.org/
Cha Kyusun
Zaha Museum – Buam-dong
3 May 2019 – 26 May 2019
http://www.zahamuseum.com/
Don Sunpil: Kitsutaiten
Arario Museum in Space – Gahoe-dong
20 February – 13 June 2019
http://www.arariomuseum.org
Yoonhee Chung Paik: Chorus of Trees
Whanki Museum – Buam-dong
4 May – 30 June 2019
http://www.whankimuseum.org
Whanki, From Modern to Contemporary
Whanki Museum – Buam-dong
5 April – 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/
Gangbuk – Jung-gu, Yongsan-gu, Dongdaemun-gu, Seongbuk-gu
The Rediscovery of Modern Artists 1 (group show)
Jung Chanyoung, Baik Yoonmoon, Chung Chong-yuo, Lim Gunhong, Lee Kyusang, Chung Kyu
MMCA Deoksugung – Jung-gu/City Hall
30 May – 15 September 2019
http://www.mmca.go.kr/
David Hockney
SeMA – Jung-gu/City Hall
22 March – 4 August 2019
http://sema.seoul.go.kr/
Multi-Access 4913: New Acquisitions 2018
SeMA – Jung-gu/City Hall
16 April – 27 October 2019
http://sema.seoul.go.kr/
Peter Pabst: White Red Pink Green
(Installations – After Works for Dance Pieces by Pina Bausch)
Piknic – Jung-gu/Hoehyeon-dong
25 May – 27 October 2019
http://www.piknic.kr/
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
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
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
Chang Dong Ho: Spring and the Cross
Kim Sechoong Museum – Yongsan-gu/Hyochang-dong
9 May – 9 June 2019
http://kimsechoong.com
3rd Park Soo Keun Art Award: Lee Jae-sam
Dongdaemun Design Plaza – Dongdaemun-gu/Changsin-dong
17 May – 31 May 2019
http://www.ddp.or.kr/event/detail/1841?menuId=20
Gangnam – Gangnam-gu, Seocho-gu, Songpa-gu, Gwanak-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
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
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/Seoul National University
7 March – 26 May 2019
http://www.snumoa.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/
Sketchbook: Landscape in Mind (group show)
Minjoo Kim, Minwook Jin
Hanwon Museum of Art – Seocho-gu/Nambu Bus Terminal
11 April – 14 June 2019
http://www.hanwon.org/
Thoma Vuille: M.Chat
Seoul Arts Center Hangaram Art Museum – Seocho-gu/Nambu Bus Terminal
16 March – 13 May 2019
http://www.sacticket.co.kr
James Jean: Eternal Journey
Lotte Museum of Art -Songpa-gu/ Jamsil
4 April – 1 September 2019
https://www.lottemuseum.com/
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 – Seoul/Nowon-gu
12 March – 9 June 2019
http://sema.seoul.go.kr/
2019 Seoul Focus: Nothing Twice (group show)
SeMA Buk-Seoul – Seoul/Nowon-gu
26 February – 9 June 2019
http://sema.seoul.go.kr/
Shin EP: Emotion of Leg
SeMA Storage – Seoul/Eunpyeong-gu
10 May – 29 May 2019
http://sema.seoul.go.kr/
Na Na Land: It’s My World (group show)
Savina Museum of Contemporary Art – Seoul/Eunpyeong-gu
14 March – 7 July 2019
http://www.savinamuseum.com
Jordan Matter: Magical Moment
Savina Museum of Contemporary Art – Seoul/Eunpyeong-gu
14 March – 7 July 2019
http://www.savinamuseum.com
Choi Jeong Hwa: Goods and Things
Art Space Gwanggyo – Gyeonggi-do/Suwon
29 March – 25 August 2019
https://sima.suwon.go.kr
Welcome! You Are Connected! (group show)
An Gayoung, Yeom Jihye, O Taekwan, Yoon Hyangro, Limm Bongho, Im Youngzoo, Ryoichi Kurokawa
Suwon iPark Museum of Art – Gyeonggi-do/Suwon
2 April – 30 June 2019
https://sima.suwon.go.kr
Coexisting Space: Lee Daesong & Choi Eunhye
Suwon iPark Museum of Art – Gyeonggi-do/Suwon-si
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 of Art – Gyeonggi-do/Suwon
2 April – 15 December 2019
https://sima.suwon.go.kr
Less is More (group show)
Koo Jiyoon, Baek Inhye, Shin Sunjoo, Lee Heejoon, Leehaeminsun, Cho Munhee
SODA Museum: Space of Design and Architecture – Gyeonggi-do/Hwaseong
10 April – 28 July 2019
https://museumsoda.org
Je Baak x Fred Sandback: The Feast of Time and Space
Um Museum – Gyeonggi-do/Hwaseong
9 April – 20 June 2019
http://ummuseum.com/
The Memory of Space (group show)
Kimchungup Architecture Museum – Gyeonggi-do/Anyang
19 April – 23 June 2019
http://www.ayac.or.kr/museum/main/main.asp
Nam June Paik Media ‘n’ Mediea
Nam June Paik Art Center – Gyeonggi-do/Yongin
16 February 2019 – 20 February 2020
http://njp.ggcf.kr/
Rene Magritte: The Revealing Image
Museum Ground – Gyeonggi-do/Yongin
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 – Gyeonggi-do/Ansan
26 March 2018 – 23 June 2019
http://gmoma.ggcf.kr/
Mysterious Morning: 2019 GCC Preview Exhibition (group show)
Gyeonggi Creation Center – Gyeonggi-do/Ansan
25 April – 30 June 2019
http://gcc.ggcf.kr/
Pop Art (group show)
Koo House Museum of Art & Design – Gyeonggi-do/Yangpyeong-gun
5 March – 23 June 2019
http://koohouse.org/
Body Aesthetics in Sculpted Form (group show)
Noh Joon, Lee Hwankwon, Cheon Seongmyeong, Choi Xooang
Moran Museum of Art – Gyeonggi-do/Namyangjiu
30 April – 30 June 2019
http://www.moranmuseum.org/
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
19 April – 18 August 2019
https://www.p-city.com/front/artSpace/overview
Beyond the Sun (group show)
Kim Kira, Kim Hyungkyu, Byun Wol-ryong, Min Sunghong, Lee Sooyoung, Im Heung-soon, Kanazawa sumi, Cody Choi
Incheon Art Platform – Incheon
24 May – 23 June 2019
http://www.inartplatform.kr
Geometry, Beyond Simplicity (group show)
Museum SAN – Gangwon-do/Wonju
22 March – 25 August 2019
http://www.museumsan.org
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