NEW YORK - In the bustling world of contemporary art, few names resonate like Tina Kim, the visionary behind Tina Kim Gallery in New York City. Coinciding with Frieze New York, Kim shared her gallery s pivotal role in bringing Korean art to the global stage and her insights into the evolving art market.
It was almost a decade ago that the Kukje Gallery brought dansaekhwa artists to the Venice Biennale, a watershed moment for Korean contemporary art as it came under the global spotlight with the artists garnering international recognition. Lee Hyun-sook, founder of the Kukje Gallery, recalled why she pushed for the exhibition at the time – to present the authenticity of Korean art. The biennale’s collater.
The octogenarian sculptor Kim Yun-shin, one of Korea s few postwar female artists, will be jointly represented by two leading galleries, Lehmann Maupin and Kukje Gallery. This marks Kim’s first time collaborating with a mega-commercial dealer in her six-decade career, which has resulted in more fame abroad than at home.
Sculptor Kim Yun-shin will work with two leading galleries, American gallery Lehmann Maupin and Kukje Gallery in Seoul, marking her first partnerships with commercial galleries the six decades of her artistic career. The 88-year-old artist had her inaugural institutional solo exhibition in South Korea at the Nam-Seoul Museum of Art in 2023, with “Kim Yunshin: Towards Oneness” comprehensively showcasing he.
Two Korean entrepreneurs - Kim Woong-ki of Global Sae-A Group and Suh Kyung-bae of Amorepacific - have been named among the Top 200 Collectors of 2023 by ARTnews.