Originally established as the Rodin Gallery in 1999, the newly named Plateau Gallery has reopened after a three year absence from the art scene here in Seoul. The gallery focuses on contemporary art “dedicated to introducing the newest experiments and significant achievements in the field”. Run by the Leeum Samsung Museum of Art I had high expectations for what I would find here. To pu ...

Gallery Sun contemporary caught my eye during the Anguk wander the other day with its big front window showcasing a few works by artist Koh Sang Woo just asking me to walk in the door. So, I did. On the first floor the few works seem to showcase a nude neon painted womna and wondering how the effect was captured I followed the signs out the back door and up the staircase to the second floor showc ...

Wandering in Anguk always surprises me. Around every corner is another gallery and though I tend to take the same route as usual and add one more street the exhibitions are always changing so there’s always something to see. Today, after stopping into a gallery that was in the setting up process and talking with the owner about any other galleries he would suggest I ended up at Hakgojae Gal ...

Leeum Samsung Gallery can be found about 150 metres from Hangangjin Station, a stop away from the ever popular Itaewon Station – the foreign hub of Korea. It is situated just off the main road, atop a steep incline. I was thoroughly distracted by the houses in this area, very upmarket and of a very different architecture  common to Korea – some exhibiting bare industrial  ...

Ararior Gallery is currently hosting an exhibit by Han Sungpil called Dual Realities. The exhibit will be there until May 8 and urge you to go. Quoting from the explanation provided by the gallery for the work “his subject is made by duplicating a duplicate. To duplicate the duplicate blurs the distinction between the actual and virtual object. Reality and virtuality hold the same virtual p ...

After the extremes of Hongdae's titillating art scene, this blogger needed a little break and a trip out of the city. Heyri, only 35 minutes from Seoul, proves to be just the kind of get away you ought to treat yourself to if you want a nice trek in the countryside for a day with more cafes, restaurants and galleries than you can shake a stick at. And being outside of the city, you can actually f ...

Welcome to Hongdae -- leave your inhibitions behind for this art tour extravaganza, because Hongdae can get a little messy. (I'm serious, though, don't scroll down too fast if you are at work).