in Frieze Seoul | 28 AUG 24

Neighbourhood Nights during Frieze Week Seoul 2024

Join us for late openings and special events across the city from 2–5 September, including a new Euljiro Night celebrating small galleries and independent spaces 

in Frieze Seoul | 28 AUG 24

During Frieze Week, a festival of evening events will open up and celebrate galleries and non-profits in neighbourhoods across the city.

Free and open to all, the 2024 programme of Gallery Night events include:

  • Monday 2 September: Euljiro Night 
  • Tuesday 3 September: Hannam Night 
  • Wednesday 4 September: Samcheong Night 
  • Thursday 5 September: Cheongdam Night 

New for 2024: Euljiro Night (2 September)

 

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Lee Donggeun, Sewing Peripheral Vision (1), Patchworked acrylic painting,  130x130x90cm_2024 

Taking place for the first time, Euljiro Night will showcase the diverse array of small galleries, independent and non-profit spaces in the neighbourhood of Euljiro.

Highlights include a talk with director Vera Mey, Philippe Pirotte (curator, 2024 Busan Biennale), Minji Kim (curator, MMCA Goyang Residency) and art critic Hanbum Lee at d/p Heritage Lab; a late night preview of Sinae Yoo ‘Derivative Messiah’ at Doosan Gallery; and SPACE CADALOGS: ‘Under installation_Gaze without a Symbol’, a drinks reception with Lee Dong-geun as the artist installs his exhibition.

Here are the events and late-night openings taking place during Euljiro Night, Monday 2 September: 

Hannam Night (3 September)

 

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Tomasz Kręcicki, off...on, 126x190 cm, oil on canvas, 2024. Photo: Szymon Sokołowski. Courtesy: Esther Schipper, Berlin/Paris/Seoul

Featuring many Frieze galleries as well as the Italian Cultural Institute in Seoul, highlights include private views of Wang Guangle & Lee Ufan and Mark Rothko at PACE and the opening reception of Sam Falls at Galerie Eva Presenhuber. The participating galleries and spaces are:

  • WhistleDrinks Reception | Transposition 1, 5PM - 9PM
  • Lehmann MaupinDrinks Reception | Nari Ward, 6PM - 11PM
  • Thaddaeus RopacOpening Reception & Artist Talk | Sean Scully, 5PM - 10PM
  • Mai 36 GalerieDrinks Reception | Group Exhibition, 6PM - 9PM
  • P21Drinks Reception | Keem Jiyoung With Night’s Nape Between Our Jaws, 7PM - 10PM
  • Galerie Eva Presenhuber x P21Opening Reception | Sam Falls, 5PM - 10PM
  • Embassy of Italy, Italian Cultural Institute in SeoulDrinks Reception | Italy at Frieze, 5PM - 8PM
  • Esther SchipperDrinks Reception | Tomasz Kręcicki Gentle Spin, 6PM - 11PM
  • Pace GalleryPrivate Viewing | Wang Guangle & Lee Ufan and Mark Rothko, 7PM - 10PM
  • Gallery Baton
  • Harper's BAZAAR KOREAPrivate Viewing | BAZAAR Exhibition: UNDER⎪STAND, 10AM - 10PM
  • Huh Myoungwook Showroom, Drinks Reception | Huh Myoungwook Atelier Night, 6PM - 10PM

Samcheong Night (4 September)

 

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Taeksang Kim, A sky full of stars 24-1, water acrylic on canvas,113.5x118.5cm, 2024

Join us for late openings at exceptional galleries and major museums in Samcheong. Highlights include late openings of Do Ho Suh ‘Speculations’ at Art Sonje; James Rosenquist at Sehwa Museum of Art and IMA Picks 2024 at Ilmin Museum of Art.

All participating spaces include:

  • Futura Seoul, Drinks Reception | Refik Anadol Echoes of the Earth: Living Archive, 5PM - 10:30PM
  • Art Sonje Center, Late Night Opening | Do Ho Suh Speculations, 7PM - 10PM
  • Korea Arts Management Service (KAMS), Drinks Reception | DIALOGUE: I Am Because We Are, 7PM - 10PM
  • PKM Gallery, Drinks Reception | Yoo Youngkuk, 7PM - 10PM
  • LEEAHN GALLERY, Opening Reception | Taeksang Kim, 6PM - 10PM
  • YÉOL, Private View | The Craft of Temperature and Sound: A Guide to the Four Seasons, 11AM - 9PM
  • Ilmin Museum of Art, Late Night Opening | Ilmin Museum of Art, 7PM - 9PM
  • Mazzoleni, Private Viewing | Morandi e Salvo: l'eco della luce, 7:30PM - 11PM
  • gallerychosun, Drinks Reception | Karen Kilimnik, 5PM - 9PM
  • Sehwa Museum of Art, Late Night Opening | James Rosenquist, 10AM - 9PM
  • Kukje Gallery, Drinks Reception | Kyungah Ham and Michael Joo, 8PM - 12AM
  • Korea Craft & Design Foundation, Drinks Reception | Like the Moon, Mountains and Winding Rivers, 6PM - 9PM
  • Seoul Museum of Craft Art, Opening Reception & Performance | Crafting the House, 5PM - 7PM
  • MMCA
  • Gallery Hyundai 

Cheongdam Night (5 September)

 

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Hwang Sueyon, Pastel, Bullet, Beautiful Fingers, All Things Where They Belong, 2023, Courtesy of the artist and G Gallery ⓒ Hwang Sueyon

Highlights include the private view of Hwang Sueyon ‘Pastel, Bullet, Beautiful Fingers’ at G Gallery; late night openings for ‘Portrait of a Collection: Selected Works from the Pinault Collection’ at SONGEUN and Heecheon Kim ‘Studies’ at Atelier Hermès.

Participating galleries and spaces are:

  • G Gallery, Private Viewing | Hwang Sueyon Pastel, Bullet, Beautiful Fingers, 6PM - 8PM
  • SONGEUN, Late Night Opening | Portrait of a Collection: Selected Works from the Pinault Collection, 11AM - 10PM
  • Atelier Hermès, Late Night Opening | Heecheon Kim Studies, 7PM - 10PM
  • White Cube, Drinks Reception | Gabriel Orozco, 6PM - 10PM
  • Casa LOEWE, Art, Music, and Champagne | 2023 LOEWE Craft Prize finalist Jaiik Lee, 7:30PM – 10PM
  • MCM Haus, Opening Reception | “MCM Wearable Casa” Collection, 6:30PM – 8:30PM
  • DYAD Gallery, Official Frieze LIVE Party, 7PM – 11PM (by invitation only)

Explore the full Frieze Week events programme here 

Main image: Yoo Youngkuk, Work, 1967, Oil on canvas, 130 x 130 cm © Yoo Youngkuk Art Foundation. Courtesy of PKM Gallery.

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