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SongEun Art SpaceCheongdam-dong, Gangnam-gu

LIGHT, FORM AND VISION: Roman Heritage in Dialogue with Korean Contemporary Art

Closes this week29 October 2026 – 14 November 2026Free

Exhibition at SONGEUN setting Roman heritage in dialogue with Korean contemporary art.

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Choi Sung-im's Golden Quilt hangs from ceiling to floor, more than seven metres of glinting gold weave. Get close and it turns out to be wire bag ties, the kind that close a bread bag. That's every twist tie you've binned from a Paris Baguette loaf, finally put to use.

The show is a Bvlgari commission: six Korean artists and teams from SONGEUN's own programmes answer the B.zero1 ring, a band modelled on the Colosseum, in about 20 works across video, sound, scent and sculpture. Harper's Bazaar Korea found the responses varied enough to dodge the usual sponsored-show déjà vu. Down in the B2 bunker room, a retrospective covers the ring's history.

Go if you're curious how a brand brief becomes art; it's short-run and closes 14 November. Entry is free but needs a Naver booking, docent tours run at 15:00 and 17:00, and actor Byeon Woo-seok narrates a Korean audio guide.

Look for

  • Golden Quilt

    Look for Choi Sung-im's gold textile falling from ceiling to floor, woven entirely from bread-bag wire ties.

  • Empty, Yet Already Full

    In the basement, GRAYCODE and jiiiiin set a 7-metre black reflective circle under Colosseum-style arches, with stone-like speakers playing sound generated live, never looped.

  • Space-Time Fragrance

    Kim Jee Soo's 9.8-metre wall of wooden modules releases Jeju plant scents that strengthen and fade as the air moves along the passage gallery.

  • Similar Alley

    Junebum Park's seven-minute 4K video studies Roman alleys, doors and shadows at the Pantheon, Trajan's Forum and Villa Giulia, old and restored stone in one frame.

Good for

  • Cheap Culture
  • Locals Who've Seen It All

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