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Sales at World's Top Three Auction Houses Fell 18.3% in 2024’s First Quarter

In 2024’s first quarter, sales at the three major global auction houses (Christie's, Sotheby's, and Phillips) fell 18.3% from the same period last year to USD 1.08 billion. The figure is also down 29.4% compared to 2022, a decrease attributed to falling sales in New York and London. However, Christie's…

May 9, 24
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April Auctions in Korea Feature Rare Works by Lee Kun-yong, Lee Joong-seop, and Kim Whan-ki

This month, auctions at Korea's two largest auction houses will feature rare works that have recently been difficult to see in the market. Lee Kun-yong's Snail Walk. Image courtesy of Seoul Auction. Seoul Auction will display a total of 113 items at an auction to be held at Gangnam Center…

Apr 17, 24
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Contemporary Masterpieces at Auction in Korea This March

Works by domestic and foreign artists representing contemporary art will be auctioned in March at K Auction and Seoul Auction, the two largest auction houses in Korea. French abstract painter Bernard Frize's Gawk. Image courtesy of K Auction. K Auction will present 98 pieces, worth about $5.7 million, at its headquarters…

Mar 20, 24
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2023 Korean Art Auction Market to Post Lowest Sales Numbers in Five Years

The Korean art auction market plunged in 2023. The two-year boom seems to have frozen sharply, with the art market surpassing USD 780 million last year. However, as the number of visitors to art museums has increased, the base of Korean art has expanded, and Korean art is gaining popularity…

Dec 29, 23
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Seoul Auction and K Auction Offer Notable Artworks in Last Sales of 2023

Works by Kim Whan-ki from his New York period, as well as works by monochromatic master Park Seo-bo, who recently passed away, will find a new owner during Seoul Auction’s last sale of 2023. Seoul Auction will hold an event on December 19, 2023 at Gangnam Center in Seoul with…

Dec 15, 23
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Park Seo-bo, Monochromatic Master Who Introduced Korean Art to the World, Has Died

Park Seo-bo, a monochromatic artist representing Korean abstract art, passed away on October 14, 2023. He was 91 years old. The artist, who announced he had third stage lung cancer in February, was a painter who continued to create throughout his illness. Image courtesy of Park Seo-bo Foundation. The name…

Oct 30, 23
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Korea’s Modern and Contemporary Art Auctions Heat Up Ahead of Frieze Seoul

Modern and contemporary art from Korea and abroad will be auctioned in August ahead of large-scale art fairs (Frieze Seoul & Kiaf) in September. Two sales from K Auction and Seoul Auction are expected to be centered on works with marketability that has been verified amid the adjustment of the…

Aug 23, 23
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K Auction to Sell Modern and Contemporary Korean Art This July

As the market heads into the second half of 2023, reports show that the Korean art auction market is shrinking significantly from the same period last year. Some auction houses are looking to change that trend. This July, K Auction will auction 101 works, including Kim Whan-ki's New York-era works,…

Jul 25, 23
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Ice Age in the Korean Art Auction Market: Transaction Volume Down 44% From 2022

The Korean art auction market shrank significantly in the first half of 2023, reports show. The Korea Art Price Appraise Association said in a report titled "First Half of the Year 2023 Settlement of the Domestic Art Auction Market" that the total market transaction amount in the first half of…

Jul 10, 23
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Korean Art Market Surpassed $800 Million For the First Time in 2022

The Korean art market seems to have reached nearly USD 800 million (KRW 1 trillion) in trading at the end of 2022. This is the result of the explosive expansion of transactions that began in 2021. However, the market is expected to freeze sharply in the aftermath of the global…

Jan 10, 23
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Korea Art News: Korean Art Auction's Highest Bidders Appear in Three Years

During a Christie's Hong Kong auction on November 23, 2019 at the Grand Hall of the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre (HKCEC), there was a fierce competition between the floor and telephone bidding lasting more than ten minutes for an artwork. The auction price, which started at about HKD…

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Artist to Know: Choi Wook-kyung

Rago/Wright to Present Untitled Paintings by South Korean Expressionist South Korean artist Choi Wook-kyung often joked about her tenuous relationship with traditional gender roles. She sometimes gave her abstract paintings defiant or provocative titles, like La Femme Fâché (The Angry Woman). Choi was deeply conscious of the political and artistic…

May 11, 21
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Artist to Know: Kim Whan-ki

Vallot Auctioneers Brings Work From the “Godfather of Korean Monochrome Art” While the European art market focused on Pablo Picasso, Marcel Duchamp, and Mark Rothko, South Korean visual artist Kim Whan-ki was building a fresh interpretation of Modernism. Inspired by the Color Field painters, Kim forged a strong connection with…

Dec 18, 20

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