The four-storey space is located near historic city sites such as the National Palace

The South Korean exhibition has come under fire for its Park Seo-Bo art prize which has now been abolished

The country recognises the arts as a powerful driver of education and professional identity, a beacon of corporate social responsibility and as a valuable tool of soft power and diplomacy

Many of the works are deeply but not overtly political in a festival created to commemorate the 1980 Gwangju Uprising and Massacre

Youn Bum-mo's priorities believed to be out of step with the new right-wing administration

A print of the "Great Wave" by Hokusai sold for a record-breaking $2.8m at Christie’s during the series of exhibitions and auctions

Paris-headquartered museum brand will open its South Korean outpost in 2025

Shutdown of the exhibition "Goodbye in Seoul" is the latest in a series of censorship controversies around negative images of Yoon Suk-yeol

The BTS musician and avid collector has donated hundreds of thousands of dollars to the preservation and promotion of Korean cultural heritage

His eponymous Seoul gallery has opened Urs Fischer's first solo show in South Korea

From hidden taxes to auction house competition, here are some of the unique facets of South Korea's art scene

From Do Ho Suh's child-friendly clay wonderland to Korakrit Arunanondchai's films on grief and love

The South Korean capital cements its position as a key art centre as Frieze opens its inaugural edition alongside local player Kiaf, together hosting more than 300 galleries

According to Korean media, the group is close to finalising a contract to spend around $173m to acquire a majority share in the country’s largest auction house

With the inaugural Frieze Seoul opening in September, more international gallerists are staking a claim in the city's rapidly expanding scene

Plus, the Loewe Foundation Craft Prize winner: a basket made with horsehair

The global fair brand will bring an international flavour to the Korean capital when it debuts this September, but exact terms of its partnership with the Kiaf fair remain unclear

At least four Russian institutions are thought to have loaned the works, including the Nizhny Novgorod State Art Museum and the Ekaterinburg Museum of Fine Arts

Against a backdrop of misogynistic rhetoric, President-elect Yoon Suk-yeol promises to create half a million jobs in the Korean cultural industry

A museum in Yekaterinburg sent 63 pieces to a show on the Russian avant-garde at the Sejong Center for the Performing Arts in Seoul—and now wants them back

Two bronze Buddha statues are likely to make records for cultural artefacts at auction in Korea

Currently the executive director of Hyundai gallery, Lee says there is a “long history of collecting culture” in the South Korean capital

With Frieze preparing a new Seoul fair, and a growing roster of galleries, the city could steal Hong Kong’s crown

Lee Kun-hee, the Samsung Electronics chairman who died in October, leaves collection worth $2.2bn, including works by Monet, Dali and Chagall

The biennial will highlight the conflicting narratives of the deadly uprising that paved the way for democracy

Opening next month, the new space will include a sculpture garden on a roof terrace

The Bangtan Boys musician was recognised for donating $90,400 to the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art in Seoul last September

Some art institutions foresee a rolling series of partial lockdowns in future

Museums in South Korea and Hong Kong have also started reopening after coronavirus lockdowns