Frieze Week Seoul 2024
September 2024

‘Frieze Seoul 2024 coincides with the internationally renowned Gwangju and Busan Biennales and, in the coming weeks, Korean artists take center stage from London to New York to São Paulo. This feels like a significant moment in the conversation between Korea and the global art world. We aim in this issue to reflect that dialogue as well as we can. As they say, “A good word spoken goes well, and a good word heard is beautiful.’

- Matthew McLean, Creative Director, Frieze Studios & Editor, Frieze Week

From this issue

This year’s Artistic Director explains how he was inspired by sonic metaphors, including the Korean musical tradition of pansori

BY Johanna Hedva |

The commission by the winner of this year’s Frieze Artist Award explores the networks that secretly circulate around us

BY Yoon Yuli |

Supporting Lee Bul’s upcoming Met commission, the Korean-American collector shares her philosophy of generosity and tips for Frieze Week in Seoul

BY Miyoung Lee AND Matthew McLean |

From Chinatown to the Jagalchi fish market, the 2024 edition maps the landscape and hidden histories of the maritime city

BY Hayoung Chung |

Specially commissioned for Frieze Week, the Seoul-born graphic novelist offers a new episode in the life of Kwak Kyeongsu: socialite, crypto-investor and (sometimes) painter

BY Yeong-shin Ma |

From a survey of Asian feminist art to exhibitions by Elmgreen & Dragset and Anicka YI

BY Andy St. Louis |

Layered meanings in a haunting piece by the L.A.-based artist, whose work is currently on view at MASP Sao Paulo and the Venice Biennale

BY Leslie Dick |

Though London-based, the designer finds endless inspiration in the city where she was born

BY Joe Bobowicz |

This year’s Artistic Director explains how he was inspired by sonic metaphors, including the Korean musical tradition of pansori