Axel Vervoordt Gallery presents a solo exhibition of Chung Chang-Sup (Cheongju, 1927 ? Seoul, 2011). The exhibition features works from the artist’s forty-year quest to master his technique with tak, a natural material that’s made from the inner bark of the mulberry?a native tree in Korea. Works from Chung’s three most important series, Return, Tak, and Meditation (in chronological order), are juxtaposed in the installation.

Lehmann Maupin Seoul is pleased to present Inside Out: The Body Politic, an exhibition featuring sculpture, work on paper, and painting by Lee Bul, Tony Oursler, Mandy El-Sayegh, and McArthur Binion. In light of the current global uprisings against systems of oppression, this exhibition examines the ways each artist has dealt with an expansive notion of the political in relation to globalization, technology, and personal identity. While Lee Bul creates sculptures and installations that investigate the societal desire for utopian idealism and its inevitable failure, Oursler examines the role that technology plays in controlling and understanding humanity and human psychology. El-Sayegh makes drawings and paintings using an intensive exploratory and observational process?which she likens to the mechanics of contemporary social and political events that unfold in unanticipated and often chaotic ways?while Binion creates abstract paintings of laboriously hand-drawn grids of oil stick and ink over images containing details of his identity and personal history as an African American man.

Kukje Gallery is pleased to announce Short People, a solo exhibition of the Korean contemporary artist Gimhongsok at the gallery’s Busan space, on view from June 26 to August 16, 2020. The first exhibition of the year at Kukje Gallery’s satellite space in Busan, this is the artist’s third exhibition with the gallery following Blue Hours (2014) and In through the outdoor (2008). The show centers around three-dimensional works inspired by everyday objects, along with a new group of spray paintings on canvas.

Kukje Gallery, which has established a reputation as a pivotal cultural hub in Seoul, Korea, since its inception in 1982, will open its newly renovated K1 building to the public on June 18, 2020. Initially founded in Seoul’s Insa-dong by chairman Hyun-Sook Lee, the gallery relocated in 1987 to its iconic K1 building in the heart of Samcheong-dong, an area rich with historical and cultural context. Currently, Kukje Gallery operates across four unique spaces, designated as K1 (1987), K2 (2007), and K3 (2012), as well as the recently opened Kukje Gallery Busan (2018). The gallery, which celebrates its 38th anniversary this year, welcomes a significant moment in its history and a new beginning, with the reopening of its historic K1 building.

Nabi Open Lab is a program for creators, developers, programmers, producers, designers, etc. to gather, share knowledge and information, explore and apply technologies, and create various productions. The first series of Nabi Open Lab will be based on artificial intelligence technology that is affecting many parts of our lives. The program aims to see artificial intelligence as a ‘media’ and share ideas on technological trends and socio-cultural issues throughout the society and apply and explore various forms of culture and art through workshops. Art Center Nabi awaits active participation from those who are interested in the program.

The V&A has announced a new five-year partnership with the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism in Korea. This major grant will enable the redevelopment of the museum’s Korean Gallery as well as support an expansion in future programming dedicated to contemporary Korean culture. V&A curator Dr Rosalie Kim will now lead the research and development plans to improve the current Korean Gallery with a new curatorial narrative, never-before-seen objects, recent acquisitions and new display cases.