[Seoul] ARKO Art Center (아르코미술관)

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ARKO Art Center was founded in 1974 as Misulhoegwan in a building of former Deoksu Hospital in Gwanhun-dong, Jongno-gu to offer much-needed exhibition space for artists and arts groups. In 1979, Misulhoegwan moved to its present building, designed by preeminent Korean architect Kim Swoo-geun (1931-1986) and located in Marronnier Park, the former site of Seoul National University. The two neighboring brick buildings accommodating ARKO Art Center and ARKO Arts Theater are the major landmarks of the district of Daehakro.

As more public and private museums and commercial galleries came into the art scene in the 1990s, Misulhoegwan shifted to curating and presenting its own exhibitions. Renamed as Marronnier Art Center in 2002, ARKO Art Center assumed a full-fledged art museum system and played an increasingly prominent role as a public arts organization leading the contemporary art paradigm. When The Korea Culture and Arts Foundation was reborn as Arts Council Korea, Marronnier Art Center became ARKO Art Center named after the abbreviation for Arts Council Korea in 2005.

ARKO Art Center is committed to working as a platform where research, production, exhibitions and the exchange of creative activities grow and develop in connection with one another in addition to having a diversity of programs including thematic exhibitions addressing social agenda and public programs widely promoting various discourses in art.

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📍 Nearby Attractions

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  Naksan Park (낙산공원) 🔗Distance: 366m | 41 Naksan-gil, Jongno-gu, Seoul
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  Pyunkang Yul Flagship & Tea house (편강 율 플래그십&티하우스)Distance: 1.9km | 35-4 Bukchon-ro 5ga-gil, Jongno-gu, Seoul
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  GRANDHAND. Gahoe (그랑핸드 가회점)Distance: 1.8km | 61 Bukchon-ro 11-gil, Jongno-gu, Seoul
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  NKDB North Korean Human Rights Exhibition Hall (북한인권전시실) 🔗Distance: 1.7km | 393 Samil-daero, Jongno-gu, Seoul
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  Songhyeon Green Plaza (열린송현 녹지광장) 🔗Distance: 1.9km | Songhyeon-dong, Jongno-gu, Seoul
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  HIDE AND SEEK – Ssamzigil Branch (하이드앤시크 쌈지길점) 🔗Distance: 1.7km | 44 Insadong-gil, Jongno-gu, Seoul
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  Seongbuk-dong–Bukchon Hanok Village Course (성북동고택북촌산책길) 🔗Distance: 1.8km | 68, Seonjam-ro 5-gil, Seongbuk-gu, Seoul
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  Euljiro Nogari Alley (을지로 노가리골목) 🔗Distance: 1.7km | Eulji-ro 129, Jung-gu, Seoul
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  Alleys of Changsin-dong (창신동골목길) 🔗Distance: 1.0km | 38, Jibong-ro 11-gil, Jongno-gu, Seoul
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  Toin (토인)Distance: 1.7km | 48 Insadong-gil, Jongno-gu, Seoul

Source: Korea Tourism Organization

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