Frieze Seoul coincides with several major art fairs, biennales and exhibitions happening around South Korea. If you are in the country, why not check them out?
The third edition of Frieze Seoul, which runs from September 4 to 7, kicks off the art fair season in Seoul, as collectors, gallerists and visitors flock to South Korea’s to discover its cultural offerings.
As the headline event of the week, Frieze Seoul will showcase more than 110 galleries from around the world featuring works by established and emerging Korean and global artists such as South Korean multimedia artists Haegue Yang and Nam June Paik; Italian visual artist Maurizio Cattelan; and American multidisciplinary artist Honor Titus.
However, beyond Frieze Seoul, South Korea is also hosting other fairs, biennales and exhibitions during this time. Here are three you can also check out if you’re in the country this autumn.
Gwangju Biennale
The 15th edition of the Gwangju Biennale returns on September 7 and is helmed by French art critic and curator Nicolas Bourriaud, best known for developing his theory on relational aesthetics in the 1990s. Referencing a 17th-century Korean musical genre, the exhibition title is Pansori, a soundscape of the 21st century, and the showcase is centred around ideas of climate change, multiverses and nature.
Participating artists include Marguerite Humeau, Cheng Xinhao, Choi Haneyl, Liam Gillick and Young Eun Kim. An opera performance will mark the opening of the Biennale, and the exhibition will be held across various cultural venues in Gwangju until December 1.