This looks like an interesting project to kick of the Autumn at the KCC: Round and Around Audio-Visual Project by Jang Minseung and Jung Jaeil 27 September – 22 Octocber 2021 @ KCCUK The video plays for 90mins starting at 10:00 | 11:30 | 13:00 | 14:30 | 16:00 The Korean Cultural Centre UK is […]
Visual arts, crafts, design, fashion
Welcome to LKL’s visual arts pages. Here you will find our exhibition notices, and our reviews and coverage of Korean art, design, fashion and crafts in London and elsewhere.
Korea Day Festival and group exhibition in Coventry
Coventry University is hosting a special Korean cultural event on 1 October and a month-long art exhibition with some established and emerging Korean artists. Families and friends are welcome as the event is open to the public. The fine details are still being finalised, but the big picture shouldn’t change. I’ll update this post when […]
Yoo Youngkuk: “painter of mountains” and “magician of colours”
Today, the publishers of a recent monograph on the Korean artist Yoo Youngkuk got in touch to ask me to add the title to the LKL Korea Book Database – something I was very happy to do. There’s far too little material available in English on modern Korean art so I’m always delighted when I […]
TOUCH – a group project by ISKAI Art at Gallery 46
Looks like a really interesting group exhibition coming up – but only for a week. TOUCH Gallery 46 | 46 Ashfield St | London E1 2AJ | gallery46.co.uk 2 – 9 September 2021 | Tuesday – Saturday 12 – 6pm The exhibition celebrates the spirit of Joie de vivre in the face of the pandemic. […]
The Moon Jar: a piece of happiness, at Han Collection
Han Collection’s late summer exhibition brings together moon jars from both Korean and British artists. The Moon Jar: a piece of happiness Han Collection | 33 Museum Street | Bloomsbury | London WC1A 1LH | www.hancollection.co.uk 26 August – 2 October 2021 | Monday-Saturday 11am-6pm Our new exhibition features stunning works created by UK-based artists […]
Hallyu Con 2021
Hallyu Con returns to London for its second edition. There are opportunities for you to participate and share your passion in several ways. Follow the links below to find out more. Hallyu Con will be streamed from 2pm UK time on 4 September 2021 Watch on the KCCUK’s YouTube Channel or the dedicated Hallyu Con […]
Gallery: Yang Mi-young’s Royal Wedding Procession, at the KCC’s Royal Palaces exhibition
The KCCUK’s current Royal Palaces of Joseon exhibition contains three main elements: a large three-channel video work by Park Jong-woo focusing on the Jongmyo Shrine, installed in what was once the theatre area on the main floor; and some impressive still and video photographs of the main palaces by Seo Heun-kang. There’s a nice video […]
Sojung Jun’s Green Screen shows at Piccadilly Lights
Following the presentation of a new work by David Hockney at Piccadilly Circus and COEX Kpop Square a couple of months ago, Korean artist Sojung Jun will have a new work presented on the same screens during August: Green Screen (2021) 1 – 31 August 2021 Piccadilly Lights | CIRCA.ART Sojung Jun transfigures space and […]
Exhibition visit: Swimming Backwards, at Sid Motion Gallery
Artist Sunyoung Hwang had her works on display at Sid Motion gallery, London, between 21 June and 16 July 2021 as part of the group show ‘Swimming Backwards’ with fellow artists Emily Stollery and Henry Ward. The exhibition title itself has been inspired by Hwang’s homonymous painting, also displayed at the exhibition. The London-based artist […]
Hyangmok Baik: Forgotten By Us, at BEERS London
Despite what is often a summer lull in the London exhibition calendar, BEERS is treating us to a new name from Korea: Hyangmok Baik: Forgotten By Us BEERS London | 51 Little Britain | London EC1A 7BH | beerslondon.com 9 July – 7 August 2021 Tues – Fri: 10am – 6pm | Saturday: 11am – 5pm […]
Minyoung Choi: Things That Happen When We Are Not Looking, at Lychee One Gallery
Minyoung Choi returns to Lychee One Gallery with a solo show to give us something good to see as lockdown eases: Things That Happen When We Are Not Looking 2nd July – 6th August 2021 Lychee One | Unit 1 | The Gransden | 39 Gransden Avenue | London E8 3QA Gallery opening hours: Thursday […]
Haegue Yang: Strange Attractors, at Tate St Ives
I’m not quite sure how I managed not to hear about an 11-month-long show billed as “the UK’s largest exhibition to date by celebrated South Korean artist Haegue Yang”… but you’ve still got a few months to pop down to Cornwall to see it, and I guess it’s really only in the last couple of […]
Ceramics by Ree Soo-Jong and Lee Hun Chung, at Messums Harrogate
One of the last exhibitions in London before COVID hit in the spring of last year was a lovely ceramics show in Messums Cork Street gallery. Many of the pieces exhibited there have now made their way up to Yorkshire for a second showing in a new environment. Korean Ceramic Ree Soo-Jong & Lee Hun […]
Korean crafts from Lloyd Choi Gallery, at ARTEFACT
As the UK gradually opens up, it’s good to see some high quality Korean crafts come to a new fair in Chelsea Harbour: ARTEFACT Design Centre | Chelsea Harbour | Lots Road | London SW10 0XE 22 – 29 June 2021 | Register here Artists: Choi Boram | Kwak Hye-Young | Kim Hyun-Ju | Lee […]
Sunyoung Hwang in Swimming Backwards, at Sid Motion Gallery
Korean artist Sunyoung Hwang participates in a group show in Bermondsey: Swimming Backwards: A group show by Sunyoung Hwang, Emily Stollery and Henry Ward 22nd June – 16th July 2021 Sid Motion Gallery | 24a Penarth Centre | Hatcham Road | Bermondsey | London SE15 1TR | www.sidmotiongallery.co.uk Sid Motion Gallery is pleased to present ‘Swimming […]
KCC exhibition: the Royal Palaces of Joseon
What a relief: we’re back to physical exhibitions again! Royal Palaces of Joseon 8 June – 21 August 2021 @ KCCUK Pre-booking required to enable social distancing From 8 June – 21 August 2021, the Korean Cultural Centre UK presents Royal Palaces of Joseon – an exhibition that introduces the shrines and royal palaces of Korea’s Joseon […]