"Mask II," an enlarged self-portrait by Ron Mueck, is one of several hyper-realistic works on display at the National Museum ...

SEOUL—Move over, Hong Kong. There’s a new global art hub emerging in Asia: Seoul, South Korea’s capital whose cultural clout already extends to high-end food, Oscar-winning films like ...

The inaugural Frieze Seoul fair was one sign of the city’s ascent. Now a dealer invasion is underway and artists are navigating a new landscape, as competition heats up.

With the launch of Frieze Seoul, the South Korean capital is attracting the attention of art lovers and collectors around the ...

“Queer art in South Korea seems to be going through a period of quiet but significant growth,” says the Seoul-based journalist Raphael Rashid.

A piece from "Back to the Future: An Exploration of Contemporaneity in Korean Contemporary Art," an exhibit at the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art in Seoul, South Korea ...

Outside the hotel, you'll find ample bars and restaurants, Korean beauty clinics, an outpost of the popular Olive Young cosmetics store where you can pick up all the popular K-beauty products, and ...

Many tourists in Seoul seemed largely unfazed by the political turmoil unfolding in the capital as they flocked to the city’s largest palace, local landmarks, and shopping streets.

Frieze Doubles Down on Korea With Frieze House Seoul—But Is Now the Right Time? As South Korea’s art market cools, the fair’s latest initiative raises questions about the long-term viability ...

The Henri Cartier-Bresson of South Korea Han Youngsoo chronicled the postwar transformation of mid-century Seoul, complicating popular depictions of that era as one solely of deprivation and hardship.