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Thaddaeus Ropac to open in Seoul
Kyu Jin Hwang, Director, Asia.
SEOUL
.-Thaddaeus Ropac announced that the gallery will open a new location in Seoul, South Korea, with its inaugural exhibition taking place in early Autumn 2021. The inaugural exhibition will be announced in due course.
Thaddaeus Ropac s new gallery will be located in Seoul s Hannam-dong district, in a 750sqm space on the first floor of the outstanding architectural landmark the Fort Hill building, awarded the Korean National Architecture Award 2011 and Seoul Architecture Award 2011 and designed by SAI architects, led by the celebrated Director Architect Prof. Juhwan Park. The bespoke gallery interior will be designed by acclaimed interior designer Teo Yang Studio to create a unique setting for the presentation and experience of exhibitions by the gallery s artists.
Thaddaeus Ropac s new gallery will be located in Seoul s Hannam-dong district, occupying the first floor of the Fort Hill building Courtesy of Thaddaeus Ropac
Thaddaeus Ropac is to open its first Asian gallery, in Seoul, this October as the South Korean capital attracts increasing attention from the global art industry.
Located in Seoul s Hannam-dong district, the gallery will take over the first floor of the Fort Hill building, designed by Juhwan Park, which won both the Korean National Architecture Award and Seoul Architecture Award in 2011. Teo Yang Studio has been brought on by Ropac to design the interiors and the gallery will be led by Kyu Jin Hwang, Ropac s Asia director, who will continue to split her time between Seoul and London.