Art Busan 2025

8–11 May 2025 Busan

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About Art Busan 2025

Art Busan, established in 2012, is a leading premium art fair in Korea. The fair provides an exciting, artful opportunity to experience the essence of the Korean art scene. Every May, both domestically and internationally renowned galleries travel to Busan for the fair. Art Busan has been setting new records every year in the Korean art market in terms of the number of visitors and the total sales volume.

With a goal of serving as a global art platform promoting and globalizing the Korean art scene and its artists, Art Busan organizes various projects with great potential, such as co-planning projects with global art institutions, collaborating with high-end designer brands, and operating of collector memberships.

Address

BEXCO Exhibition Center 1
55, APEC-ro, Haeundae-gu

Featured Galleries

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JARILAGER Gallery contemporary art gallery in Cologne Germany

JARILAGER Gallery Seoul +1 locations Follow +

Kukje Gallery contemporary art gallery in Seoul South Korea

Kukje Gallery Seoul +1 locations Follow +

SEOJUNG ART contemporary art gallery in Seoul South Korea

SEOJUNG ART Seoul +1 locations Follow +

Arario Gallery contemporary art gallery in Seoul South Korea

Arario Gallery Seoul +2 locations Follow +

THEO contemporary art gallery in THEO Seoul South Korea

THEO Seoul Follow +

Esther Schipper contemporary art gallery in Esther Schipper Berlin Germany

Esther Schipper Berlin +2 locations Follow +

Featured Works

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siebzehnterseptemberzweitausendundvierundzwanzig by Ugo Rondinone contemporary artwork painting

Ugo Rondinone siebzehnterseptemberzweitausendundvierundzwanzig, 2024 Acrylic on canvas
60 x 120 cm
Kukje Gallery Request Price & Availability

Work by Yoo Youngkuk contemporary artwork painting

Yoo Youngkuk Work, 1970 Oil on canvas
32 x 32 cm
PKM Gallery Request Price & Availability

Room of Prejudice 01 by Haiyun Jung contemporary artwork painting

Haiyun Jung Room of Prejudice (01), 2025 Acrylic on thick mulberry paper
91 x 116.8 cm
Whitestone Gallery Request Price & Availability

The Wall of Self YT-1987 by Masayuki Tsubota contemporary artwork painting mixed media

Masayuki Tsubota The Wall of Self (YT-1987), 2025 Gesso, mineral pigments, glue, tin foil on basswood
20 x 15 x 3 cm
Whitestone Gallery Request Price & Availability

Couple Fig. 4 by Elmgreen Dragset contemporary artwork sculpture

Elmgreen & Dragset Couple, Fig. 4, 2019 Mdf, pvc, aluminum, stainless steel
Kukje Gallery Request Price & Availability

Vessel OSK 02 BW by Koo Bohnchang contemporary artwork print

Koo Bohnchang Vessel (OSK 02 BW), 2005 Archival pigment print
100 x 80 cm
104 x 84 cm (incl frame) Kukje Gallery Request Price & Availability

Easton Bristol I by Young In Hong contemporary artwork painting textile

Young In Hong Easton, Bristol I, 2025 Viscos rayon thread, acrylic paint, cotton
115 x 115 cm
PKM Gallery Request Price & Availability

Pile up Rub - Interstice 1-04 by Soonik Kwon contemporary artwork painting mixed media

Soonik Kwon Pile up & Rub - Interstice (1-04), 2025 Mixed media on canvas
60.6 x 50 cm
Whitestone Gallery Request Price & Availability

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In Ocula Magazine

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Photolog ART BUSAN 2025: In Photos Explore the highlights from Art Busan 2025, which brought together 109 galleries from 17 countries at the fair's long-time home of BEXCO.

Partner News What Did Collectors Make of Art Busan 2024? Prominent Korean collectors Ryu Jihye and Youngsang Lee offered their impressions of this year's fair and revealed artists they adore.

News How Art Busan Built a Lasting Fair in ‘the Miami of Korea’ Interest in South Korea's art market exploded with the arrival of Frieze Seoul in 2022. Established in 2012, Art Busan offers a different experience down south, where the destination is half the draw.

Sponsored Announcement Art Busan Returns in May with Strengthened ‘Connect’ Section In this first half of the year, the fair is now the biggest in the region after Art Basel Hong Kong.

News Art Busan 2023: Fair Growth Hits a Speed Bump After smashing records in 2021 and 2022, the art fair in Korea's second city saw more modest activity this year.

Opinion Three Top Booths at Art Busan Art Busan kicked off at the Busan Exhibition and Convention Center (BEXCO) today with plenty of paintings, a spotlight on AI, and a strong showing from emerging artists.

Spotlight Train to Busan: Art Busan 2017 With 170 galleries from 16 countries participating, this year’s edition of the fair was extremely painting-heavy, with a great deal of colourful, fantasy-inspired and decorative works dominating the galleries’ showings.

Spotlight Top 5 booths at Art Busan 2016 Art Busan 2016 conveyed a leisurely air brought on by the first warm days of spring.

What's on in Busan

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Busan Art Guide

Contemporary art exhibition Rusudan Khizanishvili Not by Myself in the Dining Room at SEOJUNG ART Busan South Korea

Rusudan Khizanishvili Not by Myself in the Dining Room SEOJUNG ART 10 May–22 June 2025
Busan

Contemporary art exhibition Yeondoo Jung The Inevitable Inacceptable at Kukje Gallery Busan South Korea

Yeondoo Jung The Inevitable, Inacceptable Kukje Gallery 25 April–20 July 2025
Busan

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