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Covering things Korean in London and beyond since 2006

Jay Park SEXY4EVA tour at Olympia

Tickets for Jay Park’s return to London on 20 October go on sale on 8 June at 11am UK time. Jay Park “SEXY4EVA” Tour Sunday 20 October 2019, 19:00-23:00 Olympia London | Hammersmith Road | Kensington | London W14 8UX Check the event’s Facebook Page for updates Tickets from Cult of Ya Multi-platinum, Korean-American hip-hop … [Read More]

Reports from the London Korean Festival 2017

LKL didn’t make it to this year’s London Korean Festival at Olympia. Saturdays are precious, and I needed to spend this particular Saturday at the KCC doing background research on the current exhibition and upcoming film series which hopefully will inform my write-ups. In-depth reports of the Festival are now available on a couple of … [Read More]

Korean-focused galleries at Art 15

The third iteration of Art Fairs London is upon us, and while there are fewer of the big name galleries from Seoul coming this year there are still plenty of Korean artists who are new to London. A quick look at the art fair’s website indicates the following artists and galleries, and I’m sure there … [Read More]

A brief tour of the Korean galleries at Art 14

Korean artists and galleries put on a good show at Art14, and got plenty of attention from the press. Time Out spotted (they were hard to miss) Choi Jeong-hwa’s huge collection of colourful pieces which looked like giant hubble-bubbles, installed at Hong Kong’s Pearl Lam Galleries. Also recommended in the same article was 43 Inverness … [Read More]

Korean artists and galleries at Art14

As an addendum and recap to my post of last December, here are the galleries I know of who will be presenting Korean artists at Art14 (28 Feb – 2 Mar at Olympia Grand): Section Gallery Artists (if announced) London First 43 Inverness Street (London) Kim Ha-young, Oak Jungho Choi & Lager (Cologne) Lee Seahyun, … [Read More]

Hanmi Gallery at Art14

As we noted in December last year, Hanmi Gallery is in the Emerge section of Art14. Here are further details of what to expect at Hanmi’s stand: Set in Motion Yingmei Duan | Junebum Park | Sungfeel Yun EMERGE -­‐ Stand EM10 Olympia Grand Hall, Hammersmith Rd, London W14 8UX 27TH FEBRUARY – 2ND MARCH … [Read More]

Art14 London announces participating galleries

Art13 London, held at the beginning of March this year, was a feast of contemporary art which needed at least half a day to enjoy the Korean artists alone, forgetting about everything else. Looking forward to next year, Art14 has announced the participating galleries for the second incarnation of London’s latest art fair. Here are … [Read More]