Exhibitions in Seoul
June 2026
June 2026 at a glance: 7 exhibitions opened, 0 closed, and 9 more were on view across the city.
Opened in June
Kwon Byungjun: I Embrace You11 JunBuk-Seoul Museum of Art · Free
A media-art show of imperfect, experimental humanoid robots and sound works by Kwon Byungjun, inviting visitors to reconsider how they welcome "strangers" and difference.
- Baby Shark The Experience: Unlock the Secret Ocean18 Jun
Dongdaemun Design Plaza (DDP)
An interactive family exhibition based on the global children's franchise Baby Shark, inviting visitors to explore a secret ocean through immersive play zones.
This is (Not) Conceptual Art19 JunMMCA Seoul
Around 140 works by 28 artists, including Kim Beom, Kim Soun-Gui, Bahc Yiso, Ahn Kyuchul, and Lee Kun-Yong, tracing conceptual tendencies in Korean art from the 1970s to the 2000s.
- Evergreen Bamboo Through the Four Seasons Embodied in Ceramics23 Jun
National Museum of Korea
A thematic display of ceramics decorated with bamboo motifs across the seasons, in the Buncheong Ware and White Porcelain Gallery, permanent exhibition hall 3F.
You, As You Are — SimLee Da Eun25 JunBuk-Seoul Museum of Art · Free
A sound installation in which visitors turn handles to blend live audio streamed from around Nowon-gu with the imagined footsteps of a fictional stray cat, exploring whose sensory experience of the city counts as "normal".
Goya, the Spanish Master: The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters26 JunHangaram Art Museum
A retrospective of Francisco Goya's prints, drawings and court paintings, centered on his "Caprichos" series and its dark social commentary.
Taehwagwan: A Space Weaving Together Time26 JunSeoul Museum of History · Free
The layered history of one Insa-dong site, from a Joseon yangban residence and royal quarters to a modern restaurant and the site of the 1919 Declaration of Independence.
Was on view in June
2026 Korean Modern Masters: Yoo Youngkuk — A Mountain Within Meto 25 OctSeoul Museum of Art · Free
A comprehensive retrospective marking the 110th birth anniversary of abstract pioneer Yoo Youngkuk, with over 170 works and archival materials spanning six decades, opening SeMA's new Korean Modern Masters series.
The 5th Hangeul Design Project: Senses of Writing — Tools & Perception at Gimhaeto 1 NovNational Hangeul Museum · Free
Touring design exhibition on Hangeul, tools and perception, hosted at Gimhae's Kimyoungwon Museum of Art while the main building is closed for fire-damage repairs.
GanaArt Collection: Beneath Technology — Scenes at the Thresholdto 22 NovSeoul Museum of Art · Free
Works from the donated GanaArt Collection of Korean realist art examining how technology and industrialization reshaped urban life, social order and individual experience.
- Inside Other Spaces: Environments by Women Artists 1956-1976to 29 Nov
Leeum Museum of Art
Immersive, sensory environments by pioneering women artists including Judy Chicago, Lygia Clark and Marta Minujin, reconstructing a radical strand of postwar art often left out of the canon.
SeMA Public Space Project: Dance of Eternal Polaritiesto 31 DecSeoul Museum of Art · Free
A large-scale crocheted installation by Ernesto Neto, filled with guava and tea-tree leaves, transforming the museum's lobby and public spaces with sensory forms drawn from Brazil's Neo-Concrete movement.
From Lacquer Tree to Lacquerwareto 31 DecSeoul Museum of Craft Art · Free
Traces the journey of lacquerware craftsmanship, from cultivating lacquer trees to the artisan techniques behind finished pieces.
Beyond project: Somatic Ground — Small Studio Semito 30 MayBuk-Seoul Museum of Art · Free
Woodworking sculptures and geometric installations by Small Studio Semi that engage senses beyond sight, inviting visitors to experience the museum's spaces through their bodies rather than in silence.
Folded Time, Unfolded Memory—Andong Palaceto 29 AugSeoul Museum of Craft Art · Free
A collaboration with the Oryundae Korean Martyrs Museum exploring how craft mediates the memories of the site's people and places across eras.
Twinkle Twinkle, Hippity-Hopto 31 DecNational Folk Museum of Korea · Free
Interactive Children's Museum exhibition following a bunny doll into the museum's collection, with hands-on excavation, cleaning, conservation and packing activities.
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