Neighbourhood Nights during Frieze Week Seoul 2024
Join us for late openings and special events across the city from 2–5 September, including a new Euljiro Night celebrating small galleries and independent spaces
Join us for late openings and special events across the city from 2–5 September, including a new Euljiro Night celebrating small galleries and independent spaces
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During Frieze Week, a festival of evening events will open up and celebrate galleries and non-profits in neighbourhoods across the city.
Free and open to all, the 2024 programme of Gallery Night events include:
- Monday 2 September: Euljiro Night
- Tuesday 3 September: Hannam Night
- Wednesday 4 September: Samcheong Night
- Thursday 5 September: Cheongdam Night
New for 2024: Euljiro Night (2 September)
Taking place for the first time, Euljiro Night will showcase the diverse array of small galleries, independent and non-profit spaces in the neighbourhood of Euljiro.
Highlights include a talk with director Vera Mey, Philippe Pirotte (curator, 2024 Busan Biennale), Minji Kim (curator, MMCA Goyang Residency) and art critic Hanbum Lee at d/p Heritage Lab; a late night preview of Sinae Yoo ‘Derivative Messiah’ at Doosan Gallery; and SPACE CADALOGS: ‘Under installation_Gaze without a Symbol’, a drinks reception with Lee Dong-geun as the artist installs his exhibition.
Here are the events and late-night openings taking place during Euljiro Night, Monday 2 September:
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Late-night Opening | Jungganjijeom I: Group exhibition ‘Credits’
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Late-night Preview | Doosan Gallery: Sinae Yoo ‘Derivative Messiah’
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‘Under installation_Gaze without a Symbol’ at SPACE CADALOGS
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Opening Reception <Vampire Problem?> with Ginny on Frederick at N/A
Hannam Night (3 September)
Featuring many Frieze galleries as well as the Italian Cultural Institute in Seoul, highlights include private views of Wang Guangle & Lee Ufan and Mark Rothko at PACE and the opening reception of Sam Falls at Galerie Eva Presenhuber. The participating galleries and spaces are:
- Whistle, Drinks Reception | ‘Transposition 1’, 5PM - 9PM
- Lehmann Maupin, Drinks Reception | Nari Ward, 6PM - 11PM
- Thaddaeus Ropac, Opening Reception & Artist Talk | Sean Scully, 5PM - 10PM
- Mai 36 Galerie, Drinks Reception | Group Exhibition, 6PM - 9PM
- P21, Drinks Reception | Keem Jiyoung ‘With Night’s Nape Between Our Jaws’, 7PM - 10PM
- Galerie Eva Presenhuber x P21, Opening Reception | Sam Falls, 5PM - 10PM
- Embassy of Italy, Italian Cultural Institute in Seoul, Drinks Reception | Italy at Frieze, 5PM - 8PM
- Esther Schipper, Drinks Reception | Tomasz Kręcicki ‘Gentle Spin’, 6PM - 11PM
- Pace Gallery, Private Viewing | Wang Guangle & Lee Ufan and Mark Rothko, 7PM - 10PM
- Gallery Baton
- Harper's BAZAAR KOREA, Private Viewing | ‘BAZAAR Exhibition: UNDER⎪STAND’, 10AM - 10PM
- Huh Myoungwook Showroom, Drinks Reception | Huh Myoungwook Atelier Night, 6PM - 10PM
Samcheong Night (4 September)
Join us for late openings at exceptional galleries and major museums in Samcheong. Highlights include late openings of Do Ho Suh ‘Speculations’ at Art Sonje; James Rosenquist at Sehwa Museum of Art and IMA Picks 2024 at Ilmin Museum of Art.
All participating spaces include:
- Futura Seoul, Drinks Reception | Refik Anadol ‘Echoes of the Earth: Living Archive’, 5PM - 10:30PM
- Art Sonje Center, Late Night Opening | Do Ho Suh ‘Speculations’, 7PM - 10PM
- Korea Arts Management Service (KAMS), Drinks Reception | DIALOGUE: I Am Because We Are, 7PM - 10PM
- PKM Gallery, Drinks Reception | Yoo Youngkuk, 7PM - 10PM
- LEEAHN GALLERY, Opening Reception | Taeksang Kim, 6PM - 10PM
- YÉOL, Private View | The Craft of Temperature and Sound: A Guide to the Four Seasons, 11AM - 9PM
- Ilmin Museum of Art, Late Night Opening | Ilmin Museum of Art, 7PM - 9PM
- Mazzoleni, Private Viewing | Morandi e Salvo: l'eco della luce, 7:30PM - 11PM
- Art Chosun Space, Drinks Reception | Karen Kilimnik, 5PM - 9PM
- Sehwa Museum of Art, Late Night Opening | James Rosenquist, 10AM - 9PM
- Kukje Gallery, Drinks Reception | Kyungah Ham and Michael Joo, 8PM - 12AM
- Korea Craft & Design Foundation, Drinks Reception | ‘Like the Moon, Mountains and Winding Rivers’, 6PM - 9PM
- Seoul Museum of Craft Art, Opening Reception & Performance | Crafting the House, 5PM - 7PM
- MMCA
- Gallery Hyundai
Cheongdam Night (5 September)
Highlights include the private view of Hwang Sueyon ‘Pastel, Bullet, Beautiful Fingers’ at G Gallery; late night openings for ‘Portrait of a Collection: Selected Works from the Pinault Collection’ at SONGEUN and Heecheon Kim ‘Studies’ at Atelier Hermès.
Participating galleries are:
- G Gallery, Private Viewing | Hwang Sueyon ‘Pastel, Bullet, Beautiful Fingers’, 6PM - 8PM
- SONGEUN, Late Night Opening | ‘Portrait of a Collection: Selected Works from the Pinault Collection’, 11AM - 10PM
- Atelier Hermès, Late Night Opening | Heecheon Kim ‘Studies’, 7PM - 10PM
- White Cube, Drinks Reception | Gabriel Orozco, 6PM - 10PM
Explore the full Frieze Week events programme here
Main image: Yoo Youngkuk, Work, 1967, Oil on canvas, 130 x 130 cm © Yoo Youngkuk Art Foundation. Courtesy of PKM Gallery.