Photo SeMA Spotlight I: A Place for Photography

The Seoul Museum of Art (SeMA) is hosting an international seminar titled A Place for Photography, ahead of the opening of the Photography Seoul Museum of Art (Photo SeMA). Scheduled for September 3 at the Buk-Seoul Museum of Art, the seminar will commemorate the establishment of the Photo SeMA, Korea’s first public photography museum. It will also serve as a place to share the visions of international photography institutions in Europe and Asia, along with their programs for contemporary photographers. The invited speakers, who represent the institutions set to open in the near future, including the Photo SeMA, will present their operation plans and explore future opportunities for exchanges between domestic and international photographers.

Speakers include Gwen Lee, the Director and Co-founder of the Singapore International Photography Festival (SIPF) and DECK Photography Art Centre, which is set to open in a new space in 2026; Felix Hoffmann, who runs Austria’s largest photography biennale and is the Artistic Director of FOTO ARSENAL WIEN, which is set to reopen in 2026; RongRong&inri, Co-founders of Three Shadows Photography Art Centre, China’s prominent independent contemporary photography institution, and co-hosts Jimei×Arles International Photo Festival; Péter Baki, Director of the Hungarian Museum of Photography; and Jung Hee Han, Director of the Photo SeMA.

In addition, the architects Mladen Jadric (Jadric Architektur ZT GmbH) and Yoon Geun-ju (1990uao), who designed the space of the Photo SeMA, will explain the entire construction process of the museum, which was developed through their collaboration from the design competition in 2019 to the present.

This seminar is free and open to all, but booking is required via the link below. Register here.

For more information about the seminar, please visit sema.seoul.go.kr. There will be simultaneous interpretations provided in Korean and English. The handouts (PDF) and seminar video will be uploaded to SeMA website and YouTube after the event. 

Organized​ by Hyunjung Son, Curator at Photography Seoul Museum of Art, together with Eunsang Koh, Coordinator at Photograph Seoul Museum of Art. Hosted by Seoul Museum of Art.