Things to do in South Korea, South Korea: The Best Art Galleries

Our goal is to exhibit artworks that tell inspiring stories about love, people, culture or nature of where the artwork are origin from. We believe that supporting artists is the way to preserve and share the beauty of a culture and its value. Through many international culture exchange experiences, we have learnt that there are boundaries of language, customs and geography that limit artists to share their inspiring stories to audiences. Hence, Gallery G-an would like to be the bridge to connect artists to their international audiences in the growing excited art scene of Asia.

Gallery Mare pursues to serve as a dynamic space portraying modern art from various and in-depth perspectives. In this regard, Gallery Mare is actively engaged in activities related to exhibitions, educations and collections so as to take a step closer to viewers. Based on such efforts, it is reaping fruits through temporary exhibitions on novel themes, private exhibitions that mark an epoch in the history of modern art,and academic programs on a variety of items. Gallery Mare intends to provide viewer-oriented exhibitions that display various interpretations beyond the outdated discussions and respond to the current trend focusing on inter-disciplinary studies. Moreover, it is fostering artists in the areas of painting, sculpture, photography, and media art. Based on all these activities, Gallery Mare provides the role model and continues to make efforts to take the lead in the modern art and culture.

At ARARIO MUSEUM TAPDONG CINEMA, unique art works of various artists (including Ugo Rondinone, Kohei Nawa, Andy Warhol and more) will be displayed all throughout the 1st to 5th floor. Super-sized arts which requires complicated installation such as "Hero No.2" by Zhang Huan and "What does the vessel contain, that the river does not know" by Subodh Gupta will be premiered in Korea for the first time. In addition, display of 4 large scale paintings by German Neo-expressionist Sigmar Polke will also contribute to create an overwhelming ambiance at the museum.

There is a secret bunker at on Jeju Island, which once housed old national communication facility and had remained unknown to the public for a long time. This large structure is covered with soil and trees, thus disguised to look like a mountain. This old national facility will be reborn as “Bunker de Lumieres”, a media art exhibition hall that will become Jeju's new landmark for culture and art.

Museum DAH: was established jointly by media art group, Collage Plus and an agency specializing in art content, KUNST 1. Museum DAH: aims to become the cornerstone of the cultural and artistic propagation in Busan and Gyeongnam, making the lives of citizens more affluent and beautiful. Museum DAH: has set up a whole new space with the belief that art for the masses, art for them to experience and enjoy, and art could be anything. Museum DAH: hopes users will realize the fact that they are surrounded by artistic things in our life. Museum DAH: will consistently take the lead in pioneering the future, convincing that art can make human life richer and more valuable.