Tina Kim Gallery

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Tina Kim Gallery, founded by Tina Kim, is affiliated with Kukje Gallery in Seoul, Korea and regularly collaborates on organizing exhibitions by internationally renowned artists and introducing emerging Korean artists to an international audience. For information about Tina Kim, follow the gallery on Twitter, Instagram, and Tumblr to stay updated on the latest news regarding Tina Kim and contemporary art:

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Opening tonight: ๐˜”๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ข ๐˜™๐˜ถ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜“๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ: ๐˜‹๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ ๐˜๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ. ๐˜‹๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ ๐˜๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ is Maia Ruth Leeโ€™s second solo exhibition at Tina Kim Galle...
09/10/2026

Opening tonight: ๐˜”๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ข ๐˜™๐˜ถ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜“๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ: ๐˜‹๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ ๐˜๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ.

๐˜‹๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ ๐˜๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ is Maia Ruth Leeโ€™s second solo exhibition at Tina Kim Gallery, and brings together new paintings from the artistโ€™s ๐˜‰๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ข๐˜จ๐˜ฆ ๐˜‰๐˜ข๐˜จ๐˜จ๐˜ข๐˜จ๐˜ฆ series, as well as the debut of new sculptural and video works. In the exhibition, mirrors, suitcases, sculptures, textiles, salvaged objects, and paintings are sites of doubled perception. Leeโ€™s practice interrogates migration as simultaneous perception, conditioning identity within multiple histories, temporalities, and systems of knowledge.

Join us tonight, 6โ€“8 PM for the public reception.

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Shown here: Installation views of ๐˜”๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ข ๐˜™๐˜ถ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜“๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ: ๐˜‹๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ ๐˜๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ at Tina Kim Gallery. Courtesy the artist and Tina Kim Gallery. Photo: Hyunjung Rhee.

Maia Ruth Lee speaks with Vogueโ€™s Grace Edquist ahead of ๐˜‹๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ ๐˜๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ, Leeโ€™s solo exhibition opening at the gallery thi...
09/09/2026

Maia Ruth Lee speaks with Vogueโ€™s Grace Edquist ahead of ๐˜‹๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ ๐˜๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ, Leeโ€™s solo exhibition opening at the gallery this Thursday.

Lee recounts her itinerant lifeโ€”from her childhood in Nepal and college years in Seoul, to her adulthood in New York, Colorado, and San Franciscoโ€”and how these experiences shaped her focus on migration and memory. Among the works featured are new paintings, latex sculptures, a video featuring family footage, and expandable-luggage sculptures. On view will also be a new ๐˜Ž๐˜ญ๐˜บ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฉ installation, part of the body of work that will become her 2027 Queens Museum commission.

Across these varied forms, Lee sees her practice as an interconnected whole: โ€œIt becomes flat, it becomes sturdy, it becomes latex, it becomes a painting, it becomes an installationโ€”but theyโ€™re all kind of in the same world.โ€

๐˜‹๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ ๐˜๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ opens Thursday, September 10, 6โ€“8pm.

Read more via the link in our bio.

๐Ÿ“ฐNews Flash: For ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜•๐˜ฆ๐˜ธ ๐˜ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฌ ๐˜›๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด, Ha Chong-Hyun (HA CHONG-HYUN (ํ•˜์ข…ํ˜„)) speaks with Andrew Russeth about Dansaekhwaโ€™s h...
09/03/2026

๐Ÿ“ฐNews Flash: For ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜•๐˜ฆ๐˜ธ ๐˜ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฌ ๐˜›๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด, Ha Chong-Hyun (HA CHONG-HYUN (ํ•˜์ข…ํ˜„)) speaks with Andrew Russeth about Dansaekhwaโ€™s humble origins and enduring legacy.

Emerging in South Korea during a period of profound social and political upheaval, artists including Ha Chong-Hyun, Kim Tschang-Yeul, Park Seo-Bo, and Lee Ufan sought refuge in the meditative and tactile qualities of the painting process. In doing so, they forged a signature aesthetic retroactively labeled as โ€œDansaekhwaโ€ (monochrome painting) by critics and historians.

โ€œI never imagined that a time like this would come,โ€ acknowledged Ha, reflecting on the staggering critical and institutional attention that Dansaekhwa has received in the past decade.ย 

The feature underscores the lasting influence of Dansaekhwa artists at home and abroadโ€”a momentum reflected in a year of major milestones. Highlights include the openings of the PARKSEOBO MUSEUM and Kim Tschang-Yeul Atelier in Seoul, alongside Ha Chong-Hyunโ€™s first North American museum exhibition, opening September 25 at the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco.

Visit the link in our bio to read the full article.

09/02/2026

Catch a sneak peek of ๐˜”๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ข ๐˜™๐˜ถ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜“๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ: ๐˜‹๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ ๐˜๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ahead of the opening reception on September 10.

Across the gallery, Leeโ€™s work expands and contracts image and sculpture, memory and record. Forms stack, unfold, mirror, and reassemble, building identity as a continuous accumulation, complicating the narrative of migration as one fixed point of origin. ๐˜‹๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ ๐˜๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ features new works by Lee, spanning paintings made with her signature ๐˜‰๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ข๐˜จ๐˜ฆ ๐˜‰๐˜ข๐˜จ๐˜จ๐˜ข๐˜จ๐˜ฆ methodology; latex sculptures that echo the ๐˜‰๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ข๐˜จ๐˜ฆ ๐˜‰๐˜ข๐˜จ๐˜จ๐˜ข๐˜จ๐˜ฆ forms; an installation of expandable luggage printed with imagery of the artistโ€™s family; a newly commissioned video installation; and assemblages from Leeโ€™s ๐˜Ž๐˜ญ๐˜บ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฉ๐˜ด series, as seen in the 2019 Whitney Biennale.

Opening September 10, 2026, Tina Kim Gallery is pleased to present ๐˜‹๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ ๐˜๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ, Maia Ruth Leeโ€™s second solo exhibition...
08/18/2026

Opening September 10, 2026, Tina Kim Gallery is pleased to present ๐˜‹๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ ๐˜๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ, Maia Ruth Leeโ€™s second solo exhibition with the gallery.

Interrogating migration as simultaneous perception, Lee conditions identity within multiple histories, temporalities, and systems of knowledge. Leeโ€™s exhibition takes its title from Homi K. Bhabhaโ€™s The Location of Culture. The migrantโ€™s double vision simultaneously inhabits both the place left behind and the place occupied as the condition for a complete understanding of the migrantโ€™s life. Double vision becomes both a metaphor and a new way of working memory as material.

๐˜‹๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ ๐˜๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ proposes history as a layered, omnidirectional, and omnitemporal experience even as it remains tethered to earthly forms. Mirrors, suitcases, sculptures, textiles, salvaged objects, and paintings are sites of doubled perception. Memory folds into itself, and the boundaries between past and present remain deliberately unresolved. Leeโ€™s practice comprises an ever-expanding archive in a constant state of assembly, stacking, transporting, translating, and seeing.

A public reception for Maia Ruth Lee: ๐˜‹๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ ๐˜๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ will be held at Tina Kim Gallery on Thursday, September 10, from 6โ€“8 pm.

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Image: Courtesy the artist and Tina Kim Gallery. Photo: Sang Yong Lee.

06/26/2026

๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ต ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜”๐˜บ ๐˜”๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜Ž๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜“๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ, a solo exhibition of works by , is now open at Secession, Vienna.

Mire Leeโ€™s work occupies a visceral space where the boundaries of machine, body, and psyche collapse into each other. In her kinetic sculptures, which are often made using motors, silicone, steel, and lubricants, she constructs organisms that are as tender as they are grotesque. Leeโ€™s practice does not seek to replicate the image of the human body, but to expose its internal logic, its functions, breakdowns, and the systems it interfaces with. In doing so, she evokes not only the raw physicality of flesh and machinery, but also vulnerability, violence, and desire.

๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ต ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜”๐˜บ ๐˜”๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜Ž๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜“๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ is on view through August 30, 2026, in tandem with an exhibition of Leeโ€™s film works at the Korea Cultural Center in Vienna, titled ๐˜ž๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ.

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Tina Kim Gallery is excited to present works by Kim Lim at our booth at Art Basel 2026, marking the artistโ€™s debut with ...
06/18/2026

Tina Kim Gallery is excited to present works by Kim Lim at our booth at Art Basel 2026, marking the artistโ€™s debut with the gallery.ย 

Born in Singapore in 1936, Kim Lim spent her childhood in Japanese-occupied Malaysia before moving to London to study at Saint Martinโ€™s and the Slade School of Fine Art. An admirer of Constantin Brancusi, Lim developed a distinctive sculptural language that fused modernist forms with references to the traditional art and architecture of places she visited throughout Asia, Europe, North Africa, and the Americas.

Drawing on the diverse cultures she encountered throughout her travels, Limโ€™s sculptural practice was based in her own embodied, tactile relationship to the materials, diverging from the industrial aesthetic of many of her Minimalist contemporaries. Working across metal, stone, and wood, Limโ€™s works are characterized by a sensitivity to touch, rhythm, and historical memory.

Art Basel | June 18โ€“21, 2026
Messe Basel | Galleries Booth A12; Unlimited Booth U55

Shown here:ย 
Installation views of Tina Kim Gallery | Booth A12 at Art Basel 2026. Photo: Sebastiano Pellion di Persano.ย 
Kim Lim, ๐˜Š๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜, 1963
Kim Lim, ๐˜™๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ, 1963

06/18/2026

Maia Ruth Leeโ€™s monumental installation, ๐˜–๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฆ ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ช๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ (2024โ€“2025) is on view at Art Basel Unlimited, Booth U55.

Arranged like a spiritual procession, the installation is composed of six banners painted using the artistโ€™s signature process from her ๐˜‰๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ข๐˜จ๐˜ฆ ๐˜‰๐˜ข๐˜จ๐˜จ๐˜ข๐˜จ๐˜ฆ series. Visitors are invited to walk between the banners, each measuring over thirty-seven feet long. The work evokes the formal stillness of the Buddhist temples Lee frequented during her upbringing in Nepal.

| June 18โ€“21, 2026
Messe Basel | Unlimited Booth U55

For Art Baselโ€™s new Basel Exclusive initiative we are excited to present Alexander Calderโ€™s ๐˜œ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ (๐˜Š๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ) at Tina ...
06/17/2026

For Art Baselโ€™s new Basel Exclusive initiative we are excited to present Alexander Calderโ€™s ๐˜œ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ (๐˜Š๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ) at Tina Kim Gallery, Booth A12.ย 

Alexander Calder redefined sculpture by bringing movement into the medium through his iconic mobiles. Responding to the constraints of wartime shortages, he transformed found objects into rhythmic, kinetic sculptures, influenced by the Surrealist use of assemblage. ๐˜œ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ (๐˜Š๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ) uses discarded bottle necks and shimmering glass to evoke the playful magic of a carousel, echoing the imaginative spirit of his earlier ๐˜Š๐˜ช๐˜ณ๐˜ค๐˜ถ๐˜ด series.

Art Basel | June 18โ€“21, 2026
Messe Basel | Galleries Booth A12; Unlimited Booth U55

Shown here: Alexander Calder, ๐˜œ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ (๐˜Š๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ), 1942. Photo: Sebastiano Pellion di Persano.

For Art Basel 2026โ€™s Unlimited sector, we are honored to showcase Maia Ruth Leeโ€™s ๐˜–๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฆ ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ช๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ (202...
06/16/2026

For Art Basel 2026โ€™s Unlimited sector, we are honored to showcase Maia Ruth Leeโ€™s ๐˜–๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฆ ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ช๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ (2024-2025).ย 

A large-scale work from her ๐˜‰๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ข๐˜จ๐˜ฆ ๐˜‰๐˜ข๐˜จ๐˜จ๐˜ข๐˜จ๐˜ฆ series, this installation is composed of six monumental banners, where visitors are encouraged to walk between them and immerse themselves in a symbolic passageway that echoes the shifting states of belonging, transition, and rootedness. Leeโ€™s work gives shape to the experiences, memories, and stories that people carry with them as they move between places.

Art Basel | June 18โ€“21, 2026
Messe Basel | Galleries Booth A12; Unlimited Booth U55

Installation view of Maia Ruth Lee, ๐˜–๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฆ ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ช๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ, at Tina Kim Gallery | Booth U55 at Art Basel Unlimited 2026.

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