Korean and French Culture Are Set to Rendezvous at a New Museum in Seoul for Modern and Contemporary Art

The Centre Pompidou Hanwha, the newest member of a growing global network of art museums, will debut with an exhibition on European cubism and Korean art.

Korean and French Culture Are Set to Rendezvous at a New Museum in Seoul for Modern and Contemporary Art. On the shores of the Han River in Seoul’s bustling Yeouido financial district, a brand-new museum for modern and contemporary art is set to open its doors this week and share a slice of French cubism with the South Korean public. The Centre Pompidou Hanwha, a 108,000-square-foot exhibition museum, spans four floors inside the skyscraping headquarters of the Hanwha Group, a Korean conglomerate whose cultural foundation is funding the new institution in partnership with Centre Pompidou, a Parisian cultural center and museum. The French architects of the Seoul museum call it a “box of light.” They took inspiration from traditional Korean roof tiles to design the space with a curved glass facade. Its debut show, “The Cubists: Inventing Mo...