Four nights during Kiaf & Frieze week (Aug 31 – Sep 3): Euljiro, Hannam, Cheongdam and Samcheong. 78 venues open late with DJs, receptions and artist talks. Tick the ones you like, and the page builds a route in closing-time order that you can send to a friend. Most maps here link to Naver Map, the app that actually gives walking directions in Korea.
The night that opens art week: 20 visual-art spaces open together around Euljiro, anchored by Newsmuseum Euljiro, and Frieze’s Euljiro Night keeps 11 non-profit and artist-run spaces open late the same evening. Source: Kiaf SEOUL·Frieze
Exhibitions, performances, workshops and artist talks across the printing district, with a free shuttle bus between venues. Some programmes need advance sign-up.
Drinks reception for a collaborative exhibition by N/A and King’s Leap.
Reception for ‘The Plural’, a solo exhibition by Yeoreum Jeong.
Drinks reception for ‘BOHNYEON’ by Bohnchang Koo and Jinyeong Yeon.
Artist talk for ‘Focal Portal’ by Jeonggyun Ko and Eunkyung Yang.
Exhibition opening for ‘Monthly Rent’.
Performance for ‘The Basic Veil’, a solo exhibition by Sohyun Park.
Late opening for ‘How to Move the Wolf, the Sheep, and the Cabbage’ by Yunmook Lim.
Tea at the gallery.
Late opening for ‘Waiting for HAPUM’ by Juhee Yoon.
Late opening for a solo exhibition by Kim Young Ran.
Drinks reception for ‘A NIGHT OF STARS: SpaceX Entertainment’, with a culinary experience by chef Jason Oh.
Hannam's galleries stay open into the evening with openings, wine and catering. Source: Kiaf SEOUL·Frieze
MBGM: Madam Butterfly Going Mad (Sep 1–6), the project's show on desire in East Asian cities, runs until midnight on opening night. Presented by CATCHUP SOURCE MAGAZINE.
Son Jihyeong, at the point (Aug 29 – Sep 23): a show staged among the vintage furniture of the MK2 showroom, open late for the night.
Chris Ro, Once Upon Now: graphic and installation environments staged through a 1996 standalone house, open until 10 pm tonight.
Seong Ryul's Cloud 9 (Aug 20 – Sep 19): summer skies and towering clouds that hold memory and growth; director Bong Joon-ho wrote for the catalogue. Viewed to music after dark.
Dawn Ng, The Earth Laughs in Flowers (Aug 6 – Sep 8). The Singaporean artist records the traces left as frozen pigment melts; her woodblock painting series shows in Korea for the first time.
Kim Taek Sang, As It Is (Aug 26 – Nov 8) — luminous colour fields built from dozens of layers of water-thinned pigment, shown across three spaces in Seoul and Busan at once.
White Noise — Nam June Paik & Kim Ryu. Starting from Paik's vision, the show looks at people and technology in the AI era. A docent tour led by the artist takes place tonight.
Drinks reception for Kader Attia’s solo exhibition.
Friedrich Kunath’s ‘The Nearest Faraway Place’, open late.
Drinks reception for ‘Tanabe Chikuunsai IV: INVISIBLE FOREST’ and ‘WOODS LANDS MEADOWS’.
Opening reception for Ed Atkins’s ‘1 day in space’, launching the gallery’s new Hannam space.
Opening reception for ‘Per Mano’ by Georg Baselitz.
Drinks reception for Simon Fujiwara’s ‘Who Lived Happily Ever After?’.
Drinks reception for ‘Modes of Emergence’.
Opening reception for ‘People in Prayer’ by Yang Jung-uk and a solo show by Birke Gorm.
Drinks reception for Yulia Iosilzon’s ‘Zero Gravity’.
Opening reception for Jonathan Uliel Saldanha’s ‘CHANCE ROOM’.
Drinks reception for ‘4 Days’.
Opening reception for ‘The Horizon’, with late opening hours.
Private viewing and reception for ‘Italy at Frieze: The Golden Trace’.
Artist talk with Ed Atkins and Ayoung Kim.
Opening day of ‘GRACE’, the inaugural exhibition at Gallery Baton's new Hannam space. The opening reception is on 17 September.
Showing ‘Marcel Duchamp: A Parisian Collection’ for Hannam Night. Night hours not listed yet (regular hours Tue–Sat 11AM–6PM).
On Kiaf SEOUL's opening day, the Cheongdam gallery district opens late together. Source: Kiaf SEOUL
SONGEUN × Unboxing Project: Generative Forms stays open to 10 pm (usually 6:30). Extra night docent tours run, and following the museum on Instagram after your visit earns you an ice cream.
Kim Younghun, Proxima, extended to 10 pm. Docent tour at 7, then an artist signing (catalogues and posters) with Teazen kombucha catering.
Opening night for Willie Stewart, Digital Grim Reapers Underground, with a live performance by the artist, formerly guitarist in Yoko Ono's band.
Kim Myoungjin's Edgewalker: A Space Odyssey (from Aug 26), known for "pop-surrealist" painting, with an artist talk, a fan signing, postcard goods and refreshments.
Elena Gual, Something Is Still Growing (opens Sep 2 – Oct 1): her first Seoul solo show of thickly built palette-knife painting, with a cocktail reception.
ARTBOOTH × KIAF ARTNIGHT, Beyond the Map: preview, docent tours and artist talks from the Abu Dhabi & Seoul gallery.
A late opening of actor Ha Jung-woo's Either act or forget (Aug 6 – Oct 4), with a wine & DJ party and a live concert in the 4F hall and outdoor terrace.
The Moon Jar Reimagined by K-Art — Korean contemporary artists remake the moon jar in their own languages. Drinks & food reception from 6 pm.
Three shows on three floors of one building — 신지아 (B1), 최하나 (1F), 허필석 (2F) — and artist Kwon Jian joins the rooftop opening reception and talk.
"Night at Art NoW" with Lee Dongi, Nothing is Forever (Aug 19 – Sep 22): new paintings recomposing everyday images by the artist behind "Atomaus".
An ambient-music night inside Hwang Do You's East of Eden (Aug 19 – Sep 19): wander the paintings to a DJ's soundscape, drinks provided.
Opening party for Whispers of Light (Sep 2 – Nov 15): free entry, sunken-garden catering, and exhibition tours led by the seven participating artists themselves.
Marina Rheingantz’s ‘Míope’, open late.
G Gallery x ArtReview Asia presents ‘Presences Adrift’ by Choi Yunhee.
CodeSassy’s contemporary circus performance for ‘PLAP 10 Party: Celebrating 10 Years’.
‘On the way to Form’, open late.
Midnight art salon for ‘Self-So’.
Samcheong's night runs longest; some doors stay open until midnight. Source: Kiaf SEOUL
The Park Seo-Bo and Seeun Kim solo shows run until midnight. From 8 pm, a DJ set by Mogwaa with catering. No reservation needed.
Hoon Kwak's Recent Works (Aug 18 – Oct 8), in the gallery's newly opened Palpan-dong space: archetypal images of tea bowls and water, seen at night.
A KIAF·FRIEZE special group show gathering ten artists including Lee Kun-Yong, Imi Knoebel and Chun Kwang Young.
Both wings open to 10:30 pm: Kang Yobae, Little Things, Delightful Greetings in the main building; a triple solo show, 《개인전개인전개인전》, in the new wing.
Song Pil, Time Collected: sculpture that freezes time by casting tree bark in bronze. A drinks reception on the 4F terrace, among the works.
A special late opening of Yukimasa Ida's solo show See You Tomorrow: moments of memory in thick paint and intense colour. With drinks.
Cho Eun Joung's Orbit (Aug 28 – Sep 27): pastel-toned paintings about keeping the right distance and balance in relationships. Refreshments served.
A special night opening of Vibe Era; entry is free between 7 and 9 pm.
Kim Won Sook, Eternal Spring (Aug 22 – Sep 23): an evening walk through paintings of unfading vitality and quiet beauty.
Jazoo Yang, All that will remain, something that will never disappear (Aug 12 – Oct 3), extended to 8 pm for the night.
Drinks reception for solo exhibitions by Kim Bohie and Christine Sun Kim.
Opening reception for Yeesookyung’s ‘Not Yet, Not Anymore, Still’.
Night opening and live performance for ‘A Note from Trembling Things’.
ASJC Samcheong Night Party.
Summer celebration of ‘Mella Jaarsma: My Breath Returns To The Tree’.
Late opening hours for ‘Dreams, Love and Hope’.
Late opening of Kim Inbai’s solo exhibition.
Material Bar cocktail reception at Soluna Fine Art and Soluna Fine Craft.
Artist talk and book presentation celebrating Fi Jae Lee’s solo exhibition.
Late opening hours for ‘Jinso Craft: A Discerning Eye, A Shaping Hand’, the YÉOL × CHANEL project.
ARKO DAY — presentations and networking for ‘Art School: When We Become Each Other’s School’.
Private view of ‘A House, Arrived Again’.
Live performance and exhibition tour with Doobin Im.
Georg Baselitz exhibition talk.
Free viewing for ‘Nap’ by Nahyun Nam.
Late opening hours for ‘Hejum Bä: Awakened’.
Compiled from the official Kiaf SEOUL night pages and each gallery's official Instagram announcements (checked Aug 29, 2026). Times and programmes can change; please confirm on the gallery's own channel before you set out. Poster images come from each gallery's official page or official Instagram. Names in Korean are venues without an official English name: show the Korean to a taxi driver or paste it into Naver Map.