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What Abstraction Can Face Up To
Hyperallergic May 15, 2021 Ha Chong-Hyun has survived the many catastrophes that have befallen Korea during his lifetime, and his work is inextricable from... Learn More -
Minouk Lim: Gwangju Biennale - GB Commission & MaytoDay: Projects by the Gwangju Biennale Foundation
e-flux April 16, 2021 Founded to commemorate the Gwangju Democratization Movement of 1980 and its lasting cultural influence, the Gwangju Biennale has established itself... Learn More -
Long Pushed to the Margins, Pacita Abad’s Art About the Immigrant Experience Gets Global Recognition
ArtNews April 15, 2021 The story of the thousands of immigrants who passed through Ellis Island in New York during the late 19th and... Learn More -
Tania Pérez Córdova: Puzzles and Promises
Art in America April 13, 2021 The materials list for Tania Pérez Córdova’s We Focus on a Woman Facing Sideways (2013/17) reads as follows: “Bronze, Swarovski... Learn More
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Ghada Amer: How Egyptian artist Ghada Amer has weaved an expression of feminism into her paintings
Arts & Culture April 1, 2021 By Nadine Khalil In Ghada Amer’s paintings, threads behave like coloured rivers, abstraction obscures figuration and unknown women proliferate. However,... Learn More -
LOOK CLOSER: Understanding Pacita Abad's European Mask
Tate April 1, 2021 'I have been very fortunate to spend most of my artistic career painting in the far-flung corners of the globe... Learn More -
Maia Ruth Lee’s Artworks Pick Up Where Language Falls Short
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'Dansaekhwa' artist Ha Chong-hyun holds exhibition in New York
The Korea Times March 12, 2021 'Dansaekhwa' artist Ha Chong-hyun, 86, is exhibiting his latest works showcasing his 'relationship with color' at Tina Kim Gallery in... Learn More
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Artists We Should Remember in 2021: Davide Balliano
Luxury Magazine February 25, 2021 2021년 우리가 기억해야 할 아티스트 시대에 대한 이해와 감성의 자극, 시각적 충격과 깊은 사유에 이르기까지, 훌륭한 예술 작품의 감상은 누구에게나... Learn More -
Minouk Lim | 13th Gwangju Biennale April 1–May 9, 2021
e-flux February 15, 2021 The Gwangju Biennale Foundation is proud to announce details of the GB Commission and Pavilion Projects, two international programmes which... Learn More -
Tania Pérez Córdova: Sculptures as Events | In Conversation with Lauren Cornell
Ocula January 13, 2021 Take We Focus on a Woman Facing Sideways (2013–2017), most recently recreated for the artist's solo exhibition at the Museum... Learn More -
An Expansive View of Asian Identity at the Asia Society Triennial
Hyperallergic January 13, 2021 Minouk Lim’s “It’s A Name I Give Myself” (2018) probes the scars of war via a compilation of video excerpts... Learn More
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Kim Tschang-Yeul, 91, Dies; Painted Water Drops Swollen With Meaning
The New York Times January 6, 2021 Hailing from South Korea, he became an international art star with luminous images informed by Eastern philosophy and the trauma... Learn More -
Tania Pérez Córdova: Short Sight Box
Artforum January 5, 2021 “Woman’s head wearing jewellry, preserved as excavated . . .” So begins the description of item No. 122294—a grouping of... Learn More -
A Festival of New Asian Art, Seeking a Direction
The New York Times November 18, 2020 There are, still and all, high points. New Yorkers have had few opportunities before to discover the work of Minouk... Learn More -
Kim Lim in Her Own Context
Ocula November 11, 2020 In 1954, Kim Lim left her native Singapore for Britain with the sole aim to become an artist. In London,... Learn More
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At Asia Society’s Inaugural Triennial, Artists Consider the Role of Borders in a Global Society
Artsy November 11, 2020 Korean artist Minouk Lim’s installation, which homes in on the function and consequences of national borders, is arguably the strongest... Learn More -
Kim Tschang-yeul’s spirituality rings through waterdrops
The Korea Herald October 25, 2020 The paintings of water drops by Kim Tschang-yeul are familiar both home and abroad, but how the artist began to... Learn More -
Dansaekhwa artist Ha Chong-hyun presents 'Conjunction' in London
The Korea Times October 7, 2020 Renowned dansaekhwa (Korean monochrome painting) artist Ha Chong-hyun opened a solo exhibition at Almine Rech Gallery London, Tuesday. The artist,... Learn More -
More Than Two Decades After Her Death, the Great Singaporean-British Artist Kim Lim Is Finally Being Written Into Art History
Artnet September 21, 2020 You may not have heard of the late Singaporean-British artist Kim Lim. But that is about to change. More than... Learn More
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Due to COVID-19 Tina Kim Gallery is currently closed.
August 5, 2020 While our physical space is currently closed, please visit us online for special programming. Our team is available remotely at... Learn More -
Geometric abstraction pioneer remembered 30 years after his death
The Korea Herald August 3, 2020 When South Korea was in political turmoil in the 1960s, after the Korean War and during the early days of... Learn More -
Mire Lee: Carriers
E-flux July 23, 2020 Mire Lee: Carriers In her sculpture and installation work, Mire Lee uses machinery that operates by simple principles, along with... Learn More -
10 Korean Artists Who Are Shaping Contemporary Art
Artsy July 8, 2020 Featuring Park Chan-Kyong, Minouk Lim, and Suki Seokyeong Kang Learn More
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[Museum of One’s Own] At age of 90, artist pioneers new phase of life
The Korea Herald July 6, 2020 A white porcelain moon jar, which resembles a full moon with its bluish hue, sits alone at the entrance hall... Learn More -
A Full View, at Last, of Modern Art in South Korea
The New York Times June 25, 2020 Many rich nations use art, music and movies to project an image to the world, but few take it as... Learn More -
Park Chan-kyong at Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul
ArtReview Asia April 1, 2020 By Andy St. Louis Andy St. Louis on the South Korean artist’s latest project that contemplates how society copes in... Learn More -
A Major Korean Painter Begins to Get His Due
Hyperallergic March 7, 2020 This is a statement that the Korean abstract artist, Lee Seung Jio (1941-1990), made in 1971, a few years after... Learn More
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WHAT’S UP IN NEW YORK
ArtAsiaPacific March 4, 2020 Lee Seung Jio: Nucleus Feb 20–Apr 4 Tina Kim Gallery Tina Kim Gallery’s retrospective survey of Korean painter Lee Seung... Learn More -
Editors Picks: 12 Things Not to Miss in New York’s Art World This Week
Artnet February 17, 2020 “Lee Seung Jio: Nucleus” at Tina Kim Gallery Though Lee Seung Jio was once deemed “a future giant of Korean... Learn More -
Access to Tools: The Glyphs of Maia Ruth Lee
The Gradient February 7, 2020 “Horoscopes have become a ‘code for feelings’ in our everyday lives, which I think is really interesting. I think about... Learn More -
8 Fascinating Finds from the FOG Design+Art Fair in San Francisco
Galerie Magazine January 15, 2020 The booming tech industry has yielded a crop of new collectors who favor younger new-media artists, as well as those... Learn More
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What to See Right Now in New York Art Galleries
The New York Times January 15, 2020 We are playing historical catch-up at the moment, driven partly by the art market’s incessant quest for fresh products, but... Learn More -
Tina Kim Gallery Presents Dansaekhwa Works at FOG
Whitewall Magazine January 15, 2020 FOG Design + Art opens tomorrow in San Francisco. Of the 48 galleries participating, there are several first-timers, including Tina... Learn More -
Inside Gallerist Tina Kim’s Masterfully Curated Manhattan Townhouse
Galerie Magazine December 9, 2019 From the street, it looks like a typical Victorian-era brick townhouse on Manhattan’s Upper West Side. One hint that something... Learn More -
Kim Tschang-Yeul: New York to Paris
The Brooklyn Rail December 6, 2019 The Korean painter Kim Tschang-Yeul is part of a generation that traveled outside East Asia in the 1960s and ’70s... Learn More
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The 10 Best Booths at Art Basel in Miami Beach
Artsy December 5, 2019 For her first-ever solo presentation at Art Basel in Miami Beach, Tina Kim selected a handful of Dansekhwa (Korean minimalist)... Learn More -
Kim Tschang-Yeul’s Oozing Guts and Water Droplets are Windows onto Invisible Worlds
Frieze December 4, 2019 Visitors to ‘Kim Tschang-Yeul: New York to Paris’, which focuses on the artist’s work from the 1960s to the ’80s,... Learn More -
‘People Get Into the Rhythm’: Here’s What VIPs Were Buying During Art Basel Miami Beach’s Leisurely Preview Day
Artnet News December 4, 2019 SeMA, Buk-Seoul Museum of Art invites leading artists to arrange children’s exhibitions that introduce contemporary art in an easy and... Learn More -
Purvis Young, Loie Hollowell, Kim Tschang-Yeul, and other Favorites from Art Basel Miami Beach 2019
Whitewall Magazine December 4, 2019 Art Basel Miami Beach held its VIP preview and vernissage Wednesday, and as usual the Miami Beach Convention Center was... Learn More
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‘It Needs to Be More Than Just a Surface-Level Effort’: Dealer Tina Kim on the Rise of Women Artists in 2019, and What Must Happen Next
Artnet News November 25, 2019 The art dealer Tina Kim opened her Chelsea gallery in 2001 with a mission to provide exposure to lesser-known international... Learn More -
Kim Tschang-Yeul: Art Without Ego
Ocula November 22, 2019 Kim Tschang-Yeul turns 90 this December, following an illustrious career that played a crucial role in bringing post-war Korean painting... Learn More -
A Modern Trompe L’Oeil Painter
Hyperallergic November 9, 2019 Kim Tschang-Yeul (b. 1929), a towering figure of Korean modern art, is best known for his trompe l’oeil depictions of... Learn More -
The powers of an art museum as a gathering place: Park Chan-kyong pushes against the authority of curators
Korea JoongAng Daily November 5, 2019 By Yoon So-Yeon In a post-apocalyptic world where society and politics no longer look like they once did, what would... Learn More
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Park Chan-kyong’s ‘Gathering’ explores what museum can become
The Korea Herald October 30, 2019 By Shim Woo-hyun Park Chan-kyong’s solo exhibition “Gathering” is an exhibition that explores what art museums can become in the... Learn More -
MoMA’s Nimble New Incarnation Is Well Suited to a World in Constant Flux
Artnet News October 17, 2019 [...] If you’ve read anything about the reinstallation of MoMA’s collection, you will know the basics: film, photography, design, and... Learn More -
Aichi Triennale Artist Minouk Lim Speaks Out on Art World Censorship and How the Exhibition Could Be ‘Reborn’
ARTNews October 15, 2019 Minouk Lim is a Seoul-based artist whose multimedia work looks at the various ways people can be marginalized, particularly by... Learn More -
Suki Seokyeong Kang Reimagines the Korean Landscape by Turning Traditional Techniques on Their Head
Cultured October 6, 2019 To depict her own visionary landscapes, Suki Seokyeong Kang re-interprets the centuries-old True-View method of Korean landscape painting. Coined in... Learn More
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SEEING THE SOUNDS
ART iT October 1, 2019 The following text is based on an interview that was conducted in English with Lim in Busan in September 2018... Learn More -
Suh Seung-Won Helped Pioneer Modernism in Korea. Now, an Exhibition in New York Takes A Close Look at His Experimental Early Years
Artnet News September 30, 2019 “Simultaneity” is an artistic theory you may not have heard about, but a trip to “Suh Seung-Won: Early Works: 1960s... Learn More -
Suh Seung-Won's geometric abstract on view in New York
The Korea Times September 24, 2019 Artist Suh Seung-won, 77, is considered one of the early members of the Dansaekhwa (Korean monochrome) movement and the founder... Learn More -
The Artsy Vanguard 2019: 50 Artists to Know Right Now
Artsy September 17, 2019 [...] There’s a reason why many of Suki Seokyeong Kang’s abstract, found-object structures feel strangely familial, even human. Her subtly... Learn More
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The Must-See Exhibitions in New York This Autumn
Frieze September 13, 2019 [...] Suh Seung-Won is a Zelig of Korean modern art: at various times, during his six-decade career, he has been... Learn More -
Object Manor: Charlap Hyman & Herrero's Tribute to Mario Praz
PIN-UP Magazine August 22, 2019 Tell a Roman you’re on your way to Casa Mario Praz, a stone’s throw away from the River Tevere, and... Learn More -
3 Must-See Shows with the Most Striking Exhibition Design
Galerie Magazine August 14, 2019 Equally playful in its presentation of art and design, “For Mario” at Tina Kim Gallery constructs an imaginary narrative via... Learn More -
Tania Bruguera and Others Are Demanding Their Works Be Removed From the Aichi Triennale After a Censorship Controversy
Artnet News August 13, 2019 Earlier this month, the organizers of the 2019 Aichi Triennale in Japan abruptly closed one of the event’s exhibitions over... Learn More
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Artists Demand Removal of Work from Aichi Trienniale Following Censorship Controversy
ARTNews August 13, 2019 In an open letter sent to ARTnews on Tuesday morning, a group of artists called on the Aichi Triennale in... Learn More -
New York Galleries: What to See Right Now
The New York Times August 7, 2019 Don’t believe that a predilection for the art of classical Greece and Rome suggests rigidity; the last time neo-Classical artists... Learn More -
In Florence, Davide Balliano strikes up a dialogue with sculptor Arturo Martini
Wallpaper August 6, 2019 By Osman Can Yerebakan Located in the heart of Florence, Museo Novecento occupies a former nunnery, a past traceable in... Learn More -
12 Incredible Group Shows to See in New York This Summer
Galerie Magazine July 9, 2019 [...] Adam Charlap Hyman of the buzzworthy creative design firm Charlap Hyman & Herrero was tapped by Tina Kim for... Learn More
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Biennale de Lyon Reveals Artist List for 2019 Edition
Artforum June 26, 2019 The fifteenth edition of the Biennale de Lyon, which will take place from September 18 to January 5, 2020, has... Learn More -
Ha Chong-Hyun Finds Conjunction Between Spirit and Performance
The Korea Times June 16, 2019 By Kwon Mee-yoo Throughout his career, artist Ha Chong-hyun, 84, has been searching for an answer to a burning question:... Learn More -
Art Basel Highlights
Cultured June 12, 2019 [...] Tina Kim Gallery / Kukje Gallery The New York and Seoul-based gallery makes a statement in the Unlimited section... Learn More -
Kim Yong Ik – Speaking to a Latter Genesis
COBO Social June 11, 2019 By Bansie Vasvani Kim Yong-Ik never fails to surprise his audience. In his second solo exhibition, “Speaking of Latter Genesis,”... Learn More
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Three exhibitions to see in New York this weekend
The Art Newspaper May 23, 2019 [...] Head inside to Tina Kim Gallery to see the ultimate version of “site-specific work” in a solo show of... Learn More -
Five Artists Representing Korea at the Venice Biennale
Cultured May 11, 2019 By Julie Baumgardner The Venice Biennale is an international expedition—so noting artists from across the world may seem a bit... Learn More -
58th Venice Biennale Review: Brilliance and Bluster
Frieze May 9, 2019 By Jennifer Higgie In Ralph Rugoff’s exhibition ‘May You Live in Interesting Times’, disorientation is the order of the day... Learn More -
The Whitney Biennial Called. How Will They Answer?
The New York Times May 9, 2019 by Siddhartha Mitter Eighty pieces of scrap metal lay on the floor of Maia Ruth Lee’s studio in Brooklyn. She... Learn More
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Mexico City’s Major Fair Exposes the Art World’s Renewed Love of Craft
Observer February 8, 2019 By Michael Anthony Farley The Subtly Subversive Artists of Korea’s Dansaekhwa For all the utopian connotations that come with evident... Learn More -
Minouk Lim on her Grandmother’s Missing Funeral Shroud
Frieze February 5, 2019 By Minouk Lim A disappearance from 2015 obsesses me. It concerns a shroud that was supposed to embrace my grandmother... Learn More -
Critics' Picks
Artforum November 13, 2018 By Tausif Noor With whimsy and candor, Gimhongsok’s sculptures reward the epicure’s predilection for subtlety as well as the hedonist’s... Learn More -
Park Seo-Bo in Conversation
Ocula November 3, 2018 By Ines Min Park Seo-Bo is widely recognised as the godfather of modern Korean art. The artist played an instrumental... Learn More
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At Frieze, a Woman’s Place Is Everywhere
The New York Times October 1, 2018 By Ted Loos [...] Frieze Masters, which looks to the past, both recent and not-so, includes a booth from the... Learn More -
Two from Korea
Whitehot Magazine September 18, 2018 By Robert C. Morgan This was my first occasion to experience the work of the Korean artist Park Chan-Kyong (born... Learn More -
Suki Seokyeong Kang in Conversation
Ocula September 14, 2018 By Stephanie Bailey In June 2018, Suki Seokyeong Kang was awarded the Baloise Art Prize at Art Basel, alongside Lawrence... Learn More -
South-North Korea Division, Folk Belief...A Study on ‘Knowing’
The Korea Daily September 12, 2018 By Ahyoung Kim 남북 분단, 민간신앙…'아는 것'에 대한 고찰 ( South-North Korea Division, Folk Belief...A Study on ‘Knowing’ ) Learn More
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Ghada Amer
Art in America September 1, 2018 Over the last twenty-five years, Ghada Amer has developed a body of work centered on installations and embroidered paintings exploring... Learn More -
The LA-Based Artist Turning Her eBay Buys into Art
Sleek July 25, 2018 By Harriet Shepherd In light of her current show at Tina Kim Gallery, New York, we catch up with Gala... Learn More -
In Perfect Harmony: Suki Seokyeong Kang’s Spatial Notation
Frieze July 13, 2018 By Evan Moffitt With work in the Liverpool Biennial and ICA Philadelphia, the Seoul-based artist reanimates an ancient Korean musical... Learn More -
Editors’ Picks: 11 Things to See in New York’s Art World This Week
Artnet News June 27, 2018 By Sarah Cascone Each week, we search New York City for the most exciting and thought-provoking shows, screenings, and events.... Learn More
