The Chaebol Fortunes That Built South Korea’s Art World
The country's cultural rise is often credited to ambitious government policy, but corporate dynasties have spent decades transforming private wealth into public-facing art infrastructure.
National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art Korea
Korea’s National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art (MMCA) is a contemporary art museum, founded in 1969, with branches in Gwacheon, Deoksugung, Seoul and Cheongju. Read more about Museums.
Kim Tschang-yeul’s Water Droplets Flow Through Eternity at MMCA Seoul
A major career survey of the artist's work reveals a life spent transforming the traumas of war, displacement and memory into something equal parts beautiful and ephemeral.
What’s Behind the ‘Korean Wave’ in U.S. Museums and Galleries
Strategic government policies fueled by billions of won in investments are helping spread Korean contemporary culture abroad.
