Kukje Gallery

Curated events and activations across the fair and the city reflecting Asia and beyond, and themes from the occult to queer identity

The New York chef and author discovers psychedelic pattern, intriguing texture and a craving for soft-shell crabs in works by Polly Apfelbaum, Wanda Koop and Mary Stephenson, among others 

The NYC design gurus choose works by Ha Chong-Hyun, Hannah Levy and Kishio Suga, among others, from Frieze Viewing Room

The sculptor, video artist and performer created rigorous work grounded in Korean traditions

From a mysterious Jim Jarmusch collage to Jacqueline Kiyomi Gork’s coat of human hair

The fair is back at Santa Monica Airport for its sixth edition with an expanded programme and 100+ local and global galleries 

The gallery’s CEO talks about the evolution of Samcheong-dong and platforming Korean avant-garde artists in an international context

The actor revels in the textural nuance of vanessa german’s rose-quartz sculpture, admires a photograph by Robert Mapplethorpe for its vulnerability and is reminded of his mother by Awol Erizku

The singer selects an evocative range of canvases from Wol-Ryong BYUN, to KEEM Jiyoung and HA Chong-Hyun, among others

Ahead of the opening of kurimanzutto New York this November, Adam Smith-Perez profiles the team behind the gallery’s new space, architectural studio SO – IL

Drones, 1980s synth-pop and a giant chess board turn the show into a game whose rules are never quite clear

Kukje Gallery, Seoul, South Korea

Kukje Gallery, Seoul, Korea