Frieze Seoul and Kiaf attracted over 150,000 visitors, while sales included a Mark Bradford triptych for a Frieze record of US$4.5 million
The start of September saw hundreds of galleries flock to Seoul and major exhibitions open at many of the city’s museums as two contemporary art fairs – Frieze Seoul and Kiaf – opened to mark the South Korean capital’s annual Art Week.
Now in their fourth year of partnership, the twin fairs continue to attract a huge number of international visitors even amid the slowdown in the global art market.
Frieze Seoul, run by the UK-based Frieze, a rival to Art Basel, hosted 121 exhibitors from 28 countries and registered more than 70,000 visitors from 48 nations over four days.
Representatives from over 160 museums and institutions attended, the organisers said, including the Museum of Modern Art, Tate Modern, and well-known regional players such as Hong Kong’s M+, Japan’s Benesse Art Site Naoshima and Museum Macan from Indonesia.
