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The second edition of Frieze Seoul takes place this week (6-9 September), alongside the longstanding Korea International Art Fair (Kiaf), bringing the art world to South Korea's capital. Explore all our on-the-ground coverage of the fairs, exhibitions, and happenings taking place.
Frieze Seoul diary: from BTS at Bottega Veneta to Korea’s sweaty answer to Basel Social Club
Plus, designer and fair director Teo Yang opens his chic home to the public
Seoul gets another art fair as Art Busan opens design-led outpost
The Korean capital’s status as an art world hub will be bolstered by Define Seoul
Inaugural Frieze Seoul artist award winner Woo Hannah to make breast-shaped fabric installation at fair
The Korean artist's work will be suspended from the ceiling of the Coex venue
Seoul Mediacity biennial to open section early to coincide with Frieze and Kiaf
The exhibition, hosted at Seoul Museum of Art (SeMA), focuses on media art
‘Seoul is still a boomtown’: solid sales at Frieze and Kiaf defy market dip
An economic downturn and an overlap with the Armory fair in New York appear not to have put off collectors at the concurrent fairs in the South Korean capital
Dealers look to Frieze Seoul after bumpy year for Korean art market
After breaking records in 2022, South Korea's art sales have dropped to pre-Covid 19 levels amid wider economic problems
White Cube is latest Western gallery to open in Seoul
Meanwhile Esther Schipper will stage a show of Korean artists across in Seoul and Berlin this summer, and Thaddaeus Ropac is doubling its gallery space in the South Korean capital
Korean emerging artists to watch at Frieze Seoul and Kiaf
From Boschian epics and BDSM hardware to understated sculptures and irreverent paintings, a new generation of Korean artists is making a splash
First suppressed, then disregarded, Korea’s pioneering experimental women artists of the 1960s are finally taking centre stage
Recent exhibitions are shining a deserved light on a generation of artists who defied patriarchal norms to make their work
Venture capitalist Tony Lyu on his collection and favourite spots in Seoul
Lyu discusses how a light-filled former apartment informed his early art purchases, and what the legacy of the crypto boom will be for South Korea