March 17, 2026 – June 28, 2026

The most comprehensive retrospective of Korean sculptor Kim Yun-shin's 70-year career — roughly 170 works including sculpture, painting, and printmaking at Hoam Museum of Art in Yongin. Features her monumental 1987 palo santo wood sculpture shown in Korea for the first time, originally created for the Guggenheim. Closes June 28.

Kim Yun-shin: A Life in Sculpture

Kim Yun-shin was born in 1935 in what is now North Korea, and has spent most of her career in Argentina — a biographical arc that already sets her apart from most Korean artists of her generation. Now in her late eighties, she is one of the last living artists of the postwar Korean modernist era and has spent seven decades working in stone, wood, and mixed materials with a philosophy rooted in Korean shamanism and the natural world.

Two Be One

The exhibition title — Two Be One — refers to Kim’s ongoing meditation on duality: masculine and feminine, material and spirit, East and West. The retrospective spans roughly 170 works: large-scale wooden sculptures, stone carvings, paintings on hanji (Korean paper), and prints. The centerpiece is a monumental palo santo wood sculpture originally created for the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in 1987, making its Korean debut here.

Closing Soon

The exhibition closes on June 28. If you’re in the Seoul area and have any interest in sculpture, Korean modernism, or art with a strong philosophical underpinning, this is worth the trip to Yongin before it closes.

Getting to Hoam Museum

Hoam Museum of Art is in Yongin, Gyeonggi Province — approximately 40–50 minutes south of Seoul by public transit. Take Bundang Line to Bojeong Station, then bus or taxi (about 15 minutes) to the museum. A dedicated shuttle may run from Bojeong Station on weekends — check the museum website for the current schedule.