Korean National Museum Debuts Georgia O'Keeffe, Marks Gwacheon Branch 40th Anniversary
Creatrip Team
2 months ago
The National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art (MMCA) announced its 2025 exhibition program, featuring the first-ever Korea show of American modernist Georgia O’Keeffe. The O’Keeffe exhibition, organized with the Art Institute of Chicago, will highlight her flower close-ups, New Mexico landscapes, and cityscapes alongside works by Alfred Stieglitz and other American modern artists. To celebrate the 40th anniversary of its Gwacheon (a MMCA branch) location, the museum will present a large-scale light-themed installation project including a recent donation by James Turrell and new works by Korean and international contemporary artists such as Koo Jeong A and Kim Ah-young. The museum also plans a major Damien Hirst retrospective (with a ~3 billion KRW budget), regular international artist retrospectives including Do Ho Suh, and expanded research-driven shows on conceptual art, graphic design, and Korean artists in postwar Paris. Additional initiatives include nationwide touring exhibitions, a new nine-month training program for 18 young art conservation specialists across six specialties, and a digital archive release of roughly 100,000 collection images (expanding to ~520,000 by 2028).
