Lee Jungseop show opens in Ulsan Oct. 15, with the original Bull
Ulsan Art Museum opens an exhibition of Lee Jungseop’s paintings, illustrated letters and archives on October 15, including the original of his red Bull, which measures just 26.5 × 36.7 cm. Standard adult admission is KRW 1,000, with tickets sold on arrival.
The original Bull
“Unfinished Stories: Lee Jungseop” runs in Gallery 2 at Ulsan Art Museum from October 15, 2026, through January 17, 2027. Organized jointly with MMCA, it brings together about 140 paintings, foil drawings, postcards, illustrated letters and archive items.
Bull, a 1950s oil on paper from MMCA’s Lee Kun-hee Collection, is only 36.7 cm wide, though its red ground and enlarged head often feel monumental in reproduction. The original shows the lines around the eye and the brushwork up close.
Landscapes and letters
The exhibition follows the places and periods of Lee’s life. Alongside MMCA’s Three People are Tongyeong Landscape from Leeum, Landscape with Seopseom from the Lee Jung Seop Art Museum in Jeju, and illustrated letters held by his family.
Docent tours begin October 16, the day after opening, in Gallery 2 at 11:00, Tuesday through Friday, lasting about 40 minutes. The schedule can change, and English or Japanese interpretation has not been confirmed.
Admission and hours
Adult entry is KRW 1,000; college students, military personnel and artists pay KRW 700, and Ulsan residents KRW 500. Visitors under 19 or aged 65 and over enter free, with documentation where required. No reservation is needed, so visitors can buy tickets on site without Korean mobile authentication. Acceptance of overseas-issued cards has not been verified.
Regular hours are 10:00–18:00, with free admission and a 20:00 close every Wednesday; last entry is 30 minutes before closing. The museum is closed Mondays and January 1, moving to Tuesday when Monday is a public holiday. A temporary fee waiver that ended October 14 does not apply to the whole run. The first free Wednesday is October 21.
Transport and the old town
The address is 72 Misulgwan-gil, Jung-gu, Ulsan. Ulsan Art Museum bus stop 21008 is 172 metres away, served by routes 115, 118, 246, 462, 713, 718 and 1115. The B3 car park has 87 spaces, four of them accessible. Posted parking hours end at 19:00, before the Wednesday evening close.
The museum sits between Ulsan Dongheon and Naea, the former local government office and residence, and the old guesthouse, making an old-town stop easy to add. Enquiries: +82-52-211-3800. An English visitor guide is available, but on-site interpreting is not guaranteed.
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Ulsan Metropolitan City · exhibition announcement ↗Ulsan Art Museum · exhibition listing ↗Ulsan Art Museum · visitor information ↗Ulsan Art Museum · directions ↗Ulsan Art Museum · FAQ ↗Ulsan Art Museum · English visitor guide ↗MMCA · Lee Jungseop, Bull ↗MMCA · licensed artwork source ↗Jjw · museum exterior photograph ↗Kim Jaemin · Dongheon photograph ↗Photo credit
Jjw / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 4.0Ulsan Art Museum exterior, photographed March 30, 2024. Photo: Jjw / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 4.0. Unmodified. Archival venue view, not the 2026 exhibition installation. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:20240330_Ulsan_art_museum.jpg · https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Lee Jungseop, Bull, 1950s, oil on paper, 26.5 × 36.7 cm. MMCA Lee Kun-hee Collection. Image of a work announced for the Ulsan exhibition, not an installation photograph. Image: MMCA, attachment to its May 7, 2021 press release, KOGL Type 1. Lossless BMP-to-PNG conversion; no cropping or colour changes. https://m.mmca.go.kr/pr/newsDetail.do?bdCId=202105070007676&menuId=01H000801000000 · https://www.kogl.or.kr/info/licenseType1.do