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Designer Jung Ku-ho named creative director for Kiaf Seoul 2026

Kiaf has appointed designer Jung Ku-ho as the creative director for Kiaf Seoul 2026, organizers said Monday, marking the first time the Korean art fair has brought in an external figure to oversee its direction and vision.

2026.4.20

Visitors check out paintings displayed at Kiaf Seoul at the Coex exhibition center in southern Seoul on Sept. 3. [YONHAP]

Seoul art fairs affirm global potential as Kiaf, Frieze close

The country's two largest art fairs — Kiaf Seoul and Frieze Seoul — concluded over the weekend, drawing a substantial crowd of art enthusiasts and reaffirming their potential to become pivotal art events beyond Asia.

2025.9.8

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Paris-based Perrotin gallery sold 12 paintings by Japanese artist Takashi Murakami at Frieze Seoul on Sept. 3, while works by other “blue-chip” artists such as Mark Bradford and Georg Baselitz also remained in high demand. [LEE EUN-JU]

Annual art events Frieze and Kiaf take over halls of Coex in Seoul

Frieze Seoul and Kiaf Seoul, the country’s biggest annual art events, opened Wednesday at Coex in southern Seoul with a VIP preview, drawing high-profile figures from both Korea and abroad.

2025.9.4

Visitors browse gallery booths during Frieze Seoul's VIP preview at Coex, southern Seoul, on Wednesday. [NEWS1]

Much to see, more to buy: Frieze Seoul offers more 'affordable' artworks in third edition

Now in its third edition, Frieze Seoul's participating galleries have safely settled on selling less expensive works that buyers would be less intimidated to take home.

2024.9.5

Hwang Dal-seung, president of the Galleries Association of Korea, left, and Patrick Lee, director of Frieze Seoul, speak during a news conference for the upcoming KIAF Seoul and Frieze Seoul in central Seoul on Thursday. [NEWS1]

Frieze and KIAF organizers ready to make 'big statement' for art events' third edition

With just two weeks left until Korea’s most extravagant art fairs kick off, Frieze Seoul and KIAF Seoul revealed highlights that collectors and visitors can expect to see.

2024.8.22

Visitors take part in the VIP opening of Frieze Seoul 2023 on Sept. 6, 2023, at Coex convention hall in southern Seoul. Frieze Seoul ran until Sept. 9 in tandem with KIAF, or the Korea International Art Fair, also in COEX. [YONHAP]

Culture Minister Yu In-chon gears up for Korea Art Festival

Culture Minister Yu In-chon visited the Asian Students and Young Artists Art Festival, or Asyaaf, in preparation for the upcoming Korea Art Festival the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism is hosting this fall.

2024.8.14

Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama's pumpkin on display at Frieze Seoul 2023 in Coex convention center in southern Seoul.The piece was sold to a Korean collector during the VIP preview held on Wednesday. [YONHAP]

Frieze, Kiaf art fairs in Coex bring in browsers, not so many buyers

The craze surrounding two art fairs — Frieze and Kiaf — being organized concurrently at the Coex convention center in Seoul last year has continued into this year, on an even bigger scale. The two fairs kicked off with a preview on Tuesday, and ...

2023.9.7

Frieze Seoul and Kiaf Seoul will kick off simultaneously on Sept. 7 at COEX in southern Seoul. [FRIEZE SEOUL]

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Art lovers are getting excited as two of the country’s biggest art events - Frieze Seoul and Kiaf Seoul - will kick off simultaneously for a weeklong celebration of culture and art in September 2023. The Seoul Metropolitan Government will also...

2023.8.25

Fabulous Frieze

The inaugural Seoul edition of the London-based Frieze Art Fair wrapped up on Monday. The photo above shows the solo presentation of American artist Sterling Ruby at the booth of the Brussels-based gallery Xavier Hufkens during the VIP/press preview

2022.9.5

'Wer jetzt kein haus hat...' (2016-22) by Anselm Kiefer [THADDAEUS ROPAC]

Local galleries put their best foot forward on sidelines of Frieze and Kiaf

Ahead of Korea’s biggest week for art this year, major international art galleries, especially those that significantly take up Hannam-dong of Yongsan District, central Seoul, are showcasing a number of works for the public to enjoy on the...

2022.8.31