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Do Ho Suh at MMCA Seoul Near Gyeongbokgung, Until Feb. 9

Published Oct 21, 2026

Why NOW picked itPair it with a Samcheong-dong stroll for a half-day plan. It stays open until 9 p.m. on Wednesdays and Saturdays, so after work works; check the fee before you go.

Drawings from kindergarten to a coat made this year: Do Ho Suh's four decades fill the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul, at the end of Samcheong-ro. The show runs until Feb. 9, 2027, and stays open until 9 p.m. on Wednesdays and Saturdays.

215 drawings, 500-plus works

More than 500 pieces fill the show: installations, sculptures, videos and archival material. The drawings alone number 215.

It began as a retrospective, but the format changed because many large works cannot be moved, The Korea Times reports. Suh says the show covers "everything from drawings I made in kindergarten to my very latest works."

A father's hanok, rubbed in graphite

An opening corridor called "Seed Bank" holds childhood drawings and student projects, followed by thread drawings made at Singapore's STPI workshop since 2009.

"Rubbing/Loving: Seoul Home" (2013–2022) is a set of graphite rubbings of his late father's hanok. The new "Memory of Love" (2026) is a coat whose pockets hold objects from his family's clothing. On the hanok, Suh says: "It was never a strategic use of a Korean image for success."

Open to 9 p.m. Wed and Sat; 8,000 won reported

Hours are 10 a.m.–6 p.m. Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday, and 10 a.m.–9 p.m. Wednesday and Saturday. The museum closes on Jan. 1, Seollal and Chuseok. The culture portal lists the fee as undecided, while a January report said international-master exhibitions rise to 8,000 won and named the Do Ho Suh show. Confirm with the museum before you go.

The exhibition travels to the Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo and Hong Kong's M+ next year.