Leeum Museum of Art ©Leeum Museum of Art
Art museums are preparing for the upcoming new year and announcing their exhibition plans for next year. The Leeum Museum of Art, celebrating its 20th anniversary next year, has revealed its exhibitions scheduled for 2024. Leeum plans to showcase solo exhibitions of internationally renowned artists and a group exhibition discovering young Asian artists.
For the museum’s first exhibition of 2024, a large-scale solo exhibition by French artist Philippe Parreno is set to take place from February 28 to July 7. Co-organized in collaboration with the international art institution Haus der Kunst in Munich, this exhibition is not only the first solo exhibition in a Korean art museum but also the largest exhibition in the history of the Leeum. According to the museum, this exhibition will expand awareness of art and exhibition experiences through a synesthetic display of choreography involving data sequencing, DMX, and artificial intelligence.
Philippe Parreno is known for his installation works encompassing video, sound, sculpture, performance, and lighting. Emerging in 1990, he is a representative artist of “Relational Aesthetics,” emphasizing the relationship between individuals and social context. Pareno is particularly known for collaborating with Pierre Huyghe to acquire the rights to the cartoon character AnnLee and create a series of animations.
Co-organized with the UCCA Contemporary Art Center in Beijing, Korean-American artist Anicka Yi, known for her experimental works connecting technology, biology, and senses, is scheduled to hold her first museum solo exhibition in Asia in September. This exhibition showcases Yi’s conceptual art through various fields such as fragrance, gastronomy, and science. Anicka Yi received the Hugo Boss Prize in 2016 and held a solo exhibition at Tate Modern’s Turbine Hall in London in 2021.
In addition to solo exhibitions by renowned artists, the Art Spectrum exhibition, highlighting emerging artists, is also planned. Art Spectrum, an exhibition program originally aimed at nurturing Korean emerging artists for over 20 years, is returning with a renewed vision next year. The Art Spectrum 2024, scheduled for September, expands beyond a system focusing on emerging Korean artists to embrace the contemporary art scene in Asia. In 2024, Rirkrit Tiravanija, a globally acclaimed Thai artist, will be invited as a guest curator to present a thematic exhibition with emerging Asian artists, emphasizing relevance to contemporary issues. Based on his multicultural identity, Tiravanija works on issues related to culture, environment, and communities in the global era. Similar to Parreno, he is a representative artist of “Relational Aesthetics.”
