Exhibitions in Seoul
May 2026
May 2026 at a glance: 3 exhibitions opened, 0 closed, and 6 more were on view across the city.
Opened in May
- Inside Other Spaces: Environments by Women Artists 1956-19765 May
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.
Twinkle Twinkle, Hippity-Hop5 MayNational 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.
2026 Korean Modern Masters: Yoo Youngkuk — A Mountain Within Me19 MaySeoul 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.
Was on view in May
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.
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.
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