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Summer of Seoul: why the South Korean capital is a new art world hub

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

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Hosted by Ben Luke and Kabir Jhala. Produced by David. Clack, Aimee Dawson and Henrietta Bentall
1 July 2022
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Is Seoul's art scene and market set for a boom?

Is Seoul's art scene and market set for a boom?

The Week in Art

From breaking news and insider insights to exhibitions and events around the world, the team at The Art Newspaper picks apart the art world’s big stories with the help of special guests. An award-winning podcast hosted by Ben Luke.

On 29 June, Frieze announced the details of the first edition of its art fair in Seoul, South Korea. So for this last episode of the current season, we’re exploring the art scene and market in the Korean capital.

Ben Luke talks to the art historian and curator Jiyoon Lee about contemporary art in Seoul and beyond, and the origins of the current art scene in 1990s globalisation.

The new Lehmann Maupin space at 213 Itaewon-ro, Yongsan-gu, Seoul Courtesy Lehmann Maupin, New York, Hong Kong, Seoul, and London

The Art Newspaper’s associate editor, Kabir Jhala, speaks to two gallerists—Joorhee Kwon, deputy director at the Kukje Gallery and Emma Son, senior director at Lehmann Maupin, about the growing market and collector base, and the effect Frieze may have on the existing scene.

The artist Dahye Jeong with her Loewe Craft Foundation Prize winner, A Time of Sincerity (2021)

And this episode’s Work of the Week is Dahye Jeong’s A Time of Sincerity, a basket made with horsehair that this week won the Loewe Foundation Craft Prize. Kabir talks to the creative director at the fashion brand Loewe, Jonathan Anderson, about Jeong’s piece.


• Frieze Seoul, COEX, Seoul, 2-5 September.

• The Space Between: The Modern in Korean Art, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 11 September-19 February 2023.

• The 2022 Loewe Foundation Craft Prize, Seoul Museum of Craft Art, until 31 July.

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