December 2018 – Museums – Seoul Art Friend

Duchamp comes to Seoul, performance at Ilmin Museum, sculpture at Total Museum, design by Jasper Morrison at Piknic and Karel Martens at Platform-L, a pair of well-curated shows at Art Sonje Center, and the 18th SongEun Art Award group exhibition. Plus, the last chance to catch the Yun Hyong-keun Retrospective at MMCA Seoul (UPDATE: Yun Hyong-keun has been extended until February 2019)

Seoul Gangbuk Museums

The Essential Duchamp
MMCA Seoul – Samcheong
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
14 November 2018 – 24 February 2019
http://www.mmca.go.kr

CHOIJEONGHWA: Blooming Matrix / MMCA Hyundai Motor Series 2018
MMCA Seoul – Samcheong
5 September 2018 – 10 February 2019
http://www.mmca.go.kr

Yun Hyong-keun Retrospective
MMCA Seoul – Samcheong
4 August 2018 – 6 February 2019
http://www.mmca.go.kr/

Julien Prévieux: Pinch-to-Zoom
Art Sonje Center – Samcheong
22 November 2018 – 20 January 2019
http://artsonje.org

ONE-A-DAY (group show)
Seeun Kim, Park Minhee, Jihyun Jung
Art Sonje Center – Samcheong
22 November 2018 – 20 January 2019
http://artsonje.org

The Seed of a New Society: Asif Khan
Songwon Art Center – Samcheong
2 August 2018 – 27 January 2019
http://songwonart.org/

New Wave II: Design and Engaging Communities (group show)
6699press, Garagegage, Zero Space Inc., Seungji Mun, COM, yang-jang, flat.m
Kumho Museum of Art – Samcheong
19 October 2018 – 20 February 2019
http://www.kumhomuseum.com/

Coco Capitán: Is It Tomorrow Yet?
Daelim Museum – Seochon
2 August 2018 – 27 January 2019
http://www.daelimmuseum.org

Na Hi Kyune: Space of Light and Nature
Whanki Museum – Buam-dong
12 October – 16 December 2018
http://www.whankimuseum.org

Noh Sangho: The Great Chapbook II
Arario Museum in Space – Jongno
24 August 2018 – 10 February 2019
http://www.arariomuseum.org

And Never Said A Word (group show)
Kiwon Park, Seungtalk Jang, Sohee Cho, Eun Chun
OCI Museum – Jongno
1 November – 22 December 2018
http://ocimuseum.org/

Obsession (group show)
Arko Art Center – Jongno/Hyehwa
19 December 2018 – 3 February 2019
https://www.arko.or.kr/infra/pm1_01/m2_05/m3_01.do

Double Negative: From White Cube to Netflix (group show)
Arko Art Center – Jongno/Hyehwa
19 December 2018 – 3 February 2019
https://www.arko.or.kr/infra/pm1_01/m2_05/m3_01.do

Paul Jacoulet: Colors of Joseon
Seoul Museum – Jongno
13 November 2018 – 10 February 2019
https://seoulmuseum.org/

Cava Life Open Studio (group show)
Ilmin Museum of Art – Gwanghwamun
20 December 2018 – 6 January 2019
http://ilmin.org

Perform 2018 (group show)
Ilmim Museum of Art – Gwanghwamun
12 December – 16 December 2018
http://ilmin.org

Flexible Space (group show)
Kang Eun Hye, Roh Il Hoon, Park Hye Won, Jeong Daun, Cha Seung Ean
Sehwa Museum of Art – Gwanghwamun
19 October 2018 – 24 February 2019
https://www.sehwamuseum.org

Art of the Korean Empire: Seeking a New Path (group show)
MMCA Deoksugung – City Hall
15 November 2018 – 6 February 2019
http://www.mmca.go.kr/

East Village NY: Vulnerable and Extreme (group show)
SeMA – City Hall
13 December 2018 – 24 February 2019
http://sema.seoul.go.kr/

Two Pillars and Seven Letters: Fabio Lattanzi Antinori & Mirim Chu
SeMA – City Hall
13 December 2018 – 6 February 2019
http://sema.seoul.go.kr/

News, Dear Mr. Ripley (group show)
SeMA Buk-Seoul – Nowon
30 October 2018 – 24 February 2019
http://sema.seoul.go.kr/

Joohyun Kim: Into a Curved Space
SeMA Buk-Seoul – Nowon
4 September 2018 – 10 March 2019
http://sema.seoul.go.kr/

2018 Seoul Photo Festival: Brave New World (group show)
SeMA Buk-Seoul / SeMA Storage / etc – Various locations
1 November 2018 – 10 February 2019
http://sema.seoul.go.kr/

The Expanded Manual (group show)
Suki Seokyeong Kang, Minae Kim, Eunu Lee, Soyoung Chung
SeMA Nam-Seoul – Gwanak
11 December 2018 – 17 February 2019
http://sema.seoul.go.kr/

Genre Allegory: The Sculptural (group show)
Donghee Koo, Jang Un Kim, Soyeong Ahn, Jiyoung Yoon, Soosung Lee
Total Museum of Contemporary Art – Pyeongchang-dong
15 November – 20 December 2018
http://www.totalmuseum.org/

Beyond Folding Screens (group show)
Amore Pacific Museum of Art – Yongsan
3 October – 23 December 2018
https://apma.amorepacific.com

Jasper Morrison: Thingness
Piknic – Jung-gu
16 November 2018 – 24 March 2019
http://www.piknic.kr/

Keith Haring: Art is Life. Life is Art.
Dongdaemun Design Plaza – Dongdaemun
24 November 2018 – 17 March 2019
http://www.ddp.or.kr

Leonid Tishkov: Private Moon
Savina Museum of Contemporary Art – Eunpyeong
12 September 2018 – 18 January 2019
http://www.savinamuseum.com

Enlightened Mind: The Artists’ Way to Meditate (group show)
Savina Museum of Contemporary Art – Eunpyeong
1 November 2018 – 31 January 2019
http://www.savinamuseum.com

Seoul Gangnam Museums

18th SongEun Art Award 2018 (group show)
Joon Kim, Park Kyung Ryul, Uesung Lee, Eun Chun
SongEun ArtSpace – Cheongdam
21 December 2018 – 9 February 2019
http://www.songeunartspace.org

Karel Martens: Still Moving
Platform-L – Nonhyeon
11 October 2018 – 20 January 2019
https://platform-l.org/

Art and Labor (group show)
Seo Hae-young, Lee Chunghyung, Lee Joon-hyung, Lim Gayoung
Seoul National University Museum of Art – Gwanak
4 December 2018 – 6 January 2019
http://www.snumoa.org/

Picasso and Cubism: Masterpieces from the Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris
Seoul Arts Center Hangaram Art Museum Seocho
28 December 2018 – 31 March 2019
http://www.sacticket.co.kr

Between Likeness and Unlikeness: A Dialogue with Qi Baishi (group show)
Seoul Arts Center Seoul Calligraphy Art Museum – Seocho
5 December 2018 – 17 February 2019
http://www.sacticket.co.kr

Kenny Scharf: Super Pop Universe
Lotte Museum of Art – Jamsil
3 October 2018 – 3 March 2019
https://www.lottemuseum.com/

Olympic Sculpture Project – Post 88 (group show)
Nonstop Shim, Seungtaek Lee, Woohwan Lee, and others
Seoul Olympic Museum of Art – Jamsil
14 September 2018 – 24 February 2019
http://soma.kspo.or.kr

Kim Jungman
The Museum of Photography, Seoul – Jamsil
3 November 2018 – 2 February 2019
http://www.photomuseum.or.kr/

Outside Seoul Museums

Civilization: The Way We Live Now (group show curated by William Ewing)
MMCA Gwacheon – Gwacheon
18 October 2018 – 17 February 2019
http://www.mmca.go.kr/

Cracks in the Concrete II: from the MMCA Collection (group show)
You Young-kuk, Nam June Paik, Noh Suntag, Gu Minja, and others
MMCA Gwacheon – Gwacheon
18 September 2018 – 22 September 2019
http://www.mmca.go.kr/

Bahc Yiso Retrospective: Memos and Memories
MMCA Gwacheon – Gwacheon
26 July – 16 December 2018
http://www.mmca.go.kr/

Modern Art from the MMCA Collection: 1900-1960s (group show)
MMCA Gwacheon – Gwacheon
18 October 2018 – 17 February 2019
http://www.mmca.go.kr/

Kim Chung-up Retrospective: Dialogue
MMCA Gwacheon – Gwacheon
30 August – 16 December 2018
http://www.mmca.go.kr/

#Art #Commons #NamJunePaik (group show)
Hwayeon Nam, Bahc Yiso, Nam June Paik, Joseph Beuys, Part-time Suite, & others
Nam June Paik Art Center – Yongin
11 October 2018 – 3 February 2019
http://njp.ggcf.kr/

Rémi Klemensiewicz: Disbanding Tendency (2018 Random Access Project Vol. 3)
Nam June Paik Art Center – Yongin
24 November – 16 December 2018
http://njp.ggcf.kr/

Nonunifiable Heterogeneous Individuals
Gyeonggi Creation Center – Ansan
29 December 2018 – 10 February 2019
http://gcc.ggcf.kr/

Davide Quayola: Asymmetric Archaeology
Paradise Art Space – Incheon
15 December 2018 – 24 February 2019
https://www.p-city.com/front/artSpace/overview

Jeon Boghossian: Flamme Interieure
Museum Ground – Yongin
7 October 2018 – 24 March 2019
https://www.museumground.org/