National Museum of KoreaYongsan-gu
Modern Art in Times of Change: Masterpieces from Kunsthaus Zürich
85 paintings and sculptures from Kunsthaus Zürich tracing European modern art from the 18th to the 20th century, with works by Monet, Picasso, Hodler, Klee and Giacometti.
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Preview: written before the show opened
In Monet's Houses of Parliament, Sunset, from 1904, the building is barely the subject: the paint goes on the light and air around it. It is one of 85 paintings and sculptures lent by Kunsthaus Zürich, whose collection has never been shown in Korea before.
The route runs from the 1760s to the 1950s, from art before modernism through Impressionism, Expressionism and abstraction to Surrealism. You pass Rodin's Age of Bronze, Matisse, Munch and Dalí, but the Swiss strand is what sets it apart: a section for Ferdinand Hodler, plus Klee, Sophie Taeuber-Arp, Giacometti and Zurich Dada, born in the city during the First World War.
It's in Special Exhibition Gallery 1. Adults pay 20,000 won; an early-bird ticket at 12,000 won for any age covers visits from 27 November to 17 December. Entry is in 30-minute slots that can sell out, and the museum stays open until 9pm on Wednesdays and Saturdays.
Look for
Monet's Houses of Parliament, Sunset
Look for an 81 by 92 cm canvas from 1904 where Monet paints London's shifting light and atmosphere rather than the outline of the building.
Good for
- Evening Visits
- Out-Of-Town Guests
With kids
Youth tickets are 18,000 won against 20,000 for adults, and the 12,000-won early-bird ticket costs the same at any age.
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Image credits
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- FROM 1926 TO INFINITYCourtesy of National Hangeul Museum
- Sol LeWitt: Open StructureCourtesy of Amorepacific Museum of Art (APMA)
- National Museum of KoreaJinah78 / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0
- War Memorial of KoreaAdbar / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Amorepacific Museum of Art (APMA)kallerna / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0