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 contempora

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

Born in Singapore in 1936, Kim Lim spent her childhood in Japanese-occupied Malaysia before moving to London to study at Saint Martin’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, Lim’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, Lim’s works are characterized by a sensitivity to touch, rhythm, and historical memory.

Art Basel | June 18–21, 2026
Messe Basel | Galleries Booth A12; Unlimited Booth U55

Shown here: 
Installation views of Tina Kim Gallery | Booth A12 at Art Basel 2026. Photo: Sebastiano Pellion di Persano. 
Kim Lim, 𝘊𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘶𝘳 𝘐, 1963
Kim Lim, 𝘙𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘯, 1963

06/18/2026

Maia Ruth Lee’s monumental installation, 𝘖𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘸𝘦 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘢 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 (2024–2025) is on view at Art Basel Unlimited, Booth U55.

Arranged like a spiritual procession, the installation is composed of six banners painted using the artist’s signature process from her 𝘉𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘉𝘢𝘨𝘨𝘢𝘨𝘦 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 18–21, 2026
Messe Basel | Unlimited Booth U55

For Art Basel’s new Basel Exclusive initiative we are excited to present Alexander Calder’s 𝘜𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘭𝘦𝘥 (𝘊𝘢𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘭) at Tina ...
06/17/2026

For Art Basel’s new Basel Exclusive initiative we are excited to present Alexander Calder’s 𝘜𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘭𝘦𝘥 (𝘊𝘢𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘭) at Tina Kim Gallery, Booth A12. 

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. 𝘜𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘭𝘦𝘥 (𝘊𝘢𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘭) uses discarded bottle necks and shimmering glass to evoke the playful magic of a carousel, echoing the imaginative spirit of his earlier 𝘊𝘪𝘳𝘤𝘶𝘴 series.

Art Basel | June 18–21, 2026
Messe Basel | Galleries Booth A12; Unlimited Booth U55

Shown here: Alexander Calder, 𝘜𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘭𝘦𝘥 (𝘊𝘢𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘭), 1942. Photo: Sebastiano Pellion di Persano.

For Art Basel 2026’s Unlimited sector, we are honored to showcase Maia Ruth Lee’s 𝘖𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘸𝘦 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘢 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 (202...
06/16/2026

For Art Basel 2026’s Unlimited sector, we are honored to showcase Maia Ruth Lee’s 𝘖𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘸𝘦 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘢 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 (2024-2025). 

A large-scale work from her 𝘉𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘉𝘢𝘨𝘨𝘢𝘨𝘦 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. Lee’s work gives shape to the experiences, memories, and stories that people carry with them as they move between places.

Art Basel | June 18–21, 2026
Messe Basel | Galleries Booth A12; Unlimited Booth U55

Installation view of Maia Ruth Lee, 𝘖𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘸𝘦 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘢 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦, at Tina Kim Gallery | Booth U55 at Art Basel Unlimited 2026.

Tina Kim Gallery returns to Art Basel, open today for the VIP preview. Our booth features works by Maia Ruth Lee, whose ...
06/16/2026

Tina Kim Gallery returns to Art Basel, open today for the VIP preview. 

Our booth features works by Maia Ruth Lee, whose 𝘉𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘉𝘢𝘨𝘨𝘢𝘨𝘦 series is also featured in a larger scale at Art Basel Unlimited; sculptures and prints by Kim Lim, marking her debut with the gallery; stitched trapuntos by Pacita Abad, the subject of our current solo exhibition, 𝘋𝘰𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘰 𝘓𝘪𝘧𝘦; paintings by leading figures of the Dansaekwha movement, such as Ha Chong-Hyun and Kim Tschang-Yeul; and much more to discover. 

Art Basel | June 18–21, 2026
Messe Basel | Galleries Booth A12; Unlimited Booth U55

Shown here: Installation view of Tina Kim Gallery | Booth A12 at Art Basel 2026. Courtesy Tina Kim Gallery. Photo: Sebastiano Pellion di Persano.

06/10/2026

Works from Pacita Abad’s 𝘋𝘰𝘰𝘳 𝘮𝘢𝘥𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘸 series are featured in 𝘗𝘢𝘤𝘪𝘵𝘢 𝘈𝘣𝘢𝘥: 𝘋𝘰𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘰 𝘓𝘪𝘧𝘦, on view at Tina Kim Gallery through June 20. 

The 𝘋𝘰𝘰𝘳 𝘮𝘢𝘥𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘸 series was featured in the 13th Gwangju Biennale: 𝘔𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘙𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘚𝘱𝘪𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘛𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 in 2021, and 𝘋𝘰𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘰 𝘓𝘪𝘧𝘦 is their first exhibition in North America. In these works, Abad rejects the traditional surfaces of canvas or paper, instead choosing to paint onto woven straw mats like those she saw crafted by women in Yemen during her travels across the country in 1998. She then layered and stitched her artwork with patterned batik and ikat textiles sourced in Indonesia. The weave of the mats provides a structured grid that echoes the architectural forms in the paintings, but the geometries of the work retain a fluidity and tactility indebted to their hand-crafted nature, rooted in artisan practices that precede twentieth-century aesthetic movements.

On view: Mire Lee in 𝘛𝘏𝘌 (𝘗𝘚𝘠𝘊𝘏𝘖)𝘚𝘖𝘔𝘈𝘛𝘐𝘊 𝘡𝘖𝘕𝘌 at the Institut d’art contemporain, Villeurbanne, France, open through Aug...
06/09/2026

On view: Mire Lee in 𝘛𝘏𝘌 (𝘗𝘚𝘠𝘊𝘏𝘖)𝘚𝘖𝘔𝘈𝘛𝘐𝘊 𝘡𝘖𝘕𝘌 at the Institut d’art contemporain, Villeurbanne, France, open through August 2, 2026. 

In 𝘛𝘏𝘌 (𝘗𝘚𝘠𝘊𝘏𝘖)𝘚𝘖𝘔𝘈𝘛𝘐𝘊 𝘡𝘖𝘕𝘌, works by Mire Lee on the left side of the exhibition space are placed in conversation with Swiss artist Pipilotti Rist on the right. From one space to another, sensation drifts and thought becomes embodied. Mire Lee’s sculptures transform construction materials into skins and skeletons; architectural relics become breathless, vulnerable creatures suspended between past and future. 

Shown here: Installation views of 𝘛𝘏𝘌 (𝘗𝘚𝘠𝘊𝘏𝘖)𝘚𝘖𝘔𝘈𝘛𝘐𝘊 𝘡𝘖𝘕𝘌, 2026, at Institut d’art contemporain, Villeurbanne/Rhone-Alpes.

Tina Kim Gallery returns to Art Basel with presentations in both the Galleries sector and Unlimited sector.Our gallery b...
06/04/2026

Tina Kim Gallery returns to Art Basel with presentations in both the Galleries sector and Unlimited sector.

Our gallery booth brings together artists from our program whose practices have defined contemporary and modern Korean and Asian diasporic art on an international stage.

We are pleased to present Maia Ruth Lee as a featured artist at this year’s Art Basel Unlimited sector, dedicated to expansive, in-situ projects that transcend the classical art fair booth. On view will be 𝘖𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘸𝘦 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘢 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 (2024-25), an ambitious large scale work from Lee’s ongoing 𝘉𝘢𝘨𝘨𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘉𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘢𝘨𝘦 series, in which the artist tightly bundles and dyes cord-bound fabric before unfurling the work to reveal ghostly, abstract impressions.

Artforum’s .thieu reviews 𝘚𝘶𝘬𝘪 𝘚𝘦𝘰𝘬𝘺𝘦𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘒𝘢𝘯𝘨: 𝘖𝘶𝘳 𝘚𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 at Tina Kim Gallery for the Summer 2026 issue. Commemorating t...
06/03/2026

Artforum’s .thieu reviews 𝘚𝘶𝘬𝘪 𝘚𝘦𝘰𝘬𝘺𝘦𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘒𝘢𝘯𝘨: 𝘖𝘶𝘳 𝘚𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 at Tina Kim Gallery for the Summer 2026 issue. 

Commemorating the one year anniversary of Suki Seokyeong Kang’s passing, 𝘖𝘶𝘳 𝘚𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 brought together works from the last decade of the artist’s life, showcasing Kang’s profound consideration of embodiment through sculpture and installation. 

Sofia Thieu D’Amico writes, “Kang developed a landscape-centered practice that evolved into a spatial, associative mapping of terrain onto the body. Anti-monumental in scale and intent, her works resist gendered and hierarchical readings of land, aligning the pitch of a mountain with the slope of an elder’s spine.”

Read the full article at the link in our bio.

Coinciding with Frieze Week earlier this month, we were delighted to host a special panel discussion in celebration of H...
05/27/2026

Coinciding with Frieze Week earlier this month, we were delighted to host a special panel discussion in celebration of Ha Chong-Hyun, on the occasion of his newly announced exhibition at the Asian Art Museum this fall—the artist’s first North American museum retrospective. Co-organized by Kukje Gallery and generously hosted at Dia Chelsea, the conversation featured three distinguished figures in modern and contemporary Korean art: Soyoung Lee (The Barbara Bass Bakar Director & CEO of Asian Art Museum), Sunjung Kim (Artistic Director of Art Sonje Center & guest curator of the upcoming retrospective) and Kyung An (Curator, Asian Art Initiative & Head, Global Exhibitions Initiative at the Guggenheim). 

Moderated by Dia’s curator Jordan Carter, the discussion explored the range of Ha’s practice, spanning his early, lesser-known experimental phase, Informel and geometric abstraction, and his now-iconic 𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘫𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 series; his foundational role within avant-garde networks in Korea; and his encounters and engagement with international art through print media and critics and fellow artists like Lee Yil and Lee Ufan. We are grateful to our panelists and to Dia for making this event possible, and excited by the enthusiasm leading up to the artist’s upcoming solo exhibition at the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, opening September 25, 2026.

See the link in our bio to watch the full recording of this panel discussion.

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