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▫️Promoting the rich creative history of LGBTQ community
▫️Asia's largest LGBTQ art exhibition
▫️Spectrosynthesis IV - Seoul
2026.3.20-2026.6.28

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Today is the final day of Spectrosynthesis Seoul. It has been an incredible journey, and I want to take a moment to express my deepest gratitude to everyone who made this exhibition possible.

To our artists from Korea whose work formed the heart of this exhibition—Ayoung Kim, Cha Yeonseo, Chang-kon Lim, Cheolmin Im, Dan Kim, Dew Kim, Grim Park, Haneyl Choi, Hiju Yoon, Ho Hur, Hyunjin Cho, Ibanjiha, Inhwan Oh, Jaehun, Jaewon Kim, Jahye Khoo, Jeon Nahwan, Jeong-ui Yun, Jimin Hah, Kang Seung Lee, Kim Taeyeon, Kyungmook Kim, Lee Dong-hyun, Lee Jungsik, Lee Uin, Leesop Cho, Min Yoon, Minki Hong, Minyoung Park, Mire Lee, Moon Sanghoon, Muyeong Kim, Ru Kim, Ryeom Kim, Sejin Song, Showna Kim, siren eun young jung, Sung Jaeyun, Woojin Jeon, Woosung Lee, Wu Bak, Yagwang, Yang Seungwook, Yongseok Oh, and Young-jun Tak—thank you for sharing your visions with us. In a society where queer voices are too often suppressed, you chose to speak and show us what it means to live authenticallly and be true to yourself. The work you do is not just a niche or trend but a vital part of the Korean culture that deserves to be seen, appreciated and celebrated for generations to come. I hope this exhibition has been a small step toward that recognition, and that your contributions will left an indelible mark - not just in the past months, but on the future of queer art in Korea and beyond.
To other artists who joined this vital conversation from across Asia and beyond—Etel Adnan, Au Sow Yee, Mark Bradford, Enzo Camacho & Ami Lien, Chiang Hsun, Ching Ho Cheng, Jes Fan, Chitra Ganesh, Gilbert & George, Nilbar Güreş, Eikoh Hosoe, Derek Jarman, Lee Mingwei, Candice Lin, Annie Leibovitz, Anson Mak, Alfonso Ossorio, Robert Rauschenberg, Sin Wai Kin, Maria Taniguchi, Ho Tam, Danh Võ, Evelyn Taocheng Wang, David Wojnarowicz, Martin Wong, and Loo Zihan—thank you for your trust and for enriching this exhibition with your diverse perspectives. Your presence here in Seoul has shown that queer art knows no borders, and that solidarity across cultures is not just possible, but essential. (Message to continue in comments) taken in Art Sonje Center by @sunpridefoundation

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#예정전시

아트선재센터는 선프라이드재단과 함께 3월 20일부터 6월 28일까지 《스펙트로신테시스 서울》을 개최합니다. 빛이 무지개색으로 분해되는 현상이자 다양성을 의미하는 ‘스펙트럼(spectrum)’과 아이디어와 사물을 한데 모으는 과정을 뜻하는 ‘신테시스(Synthesis)’를 결합한 전시 제목처럼, 이번 전시는 퀴어성을 다층적으로 탐구해 온 국내외 작가 74명(팀)의 작업 세계를 조망하며 서울이라는 장소를 중심으로 퀴어 미술의 현재와 그 가능성을 펼쳐 보입니다.

Art Sonje Center with the Sunpride Foundation presents 𝘚𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘺𝘯𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘴 𝘚𝘦𝘰𝘶𝘭, on view from March 20 to June 28.
As suggested by its title—a combination of ”spectrum“, referring both to the phenomenon of light dispersing into rainbow colors and to diversity, and ”synthesis“, the process of bringing ideas and objects together—the exhibition brings together 74 artists who have explored queerness across the boundaries of time, space, and institutions. Centered on Seoul as its site, 𝘚𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘺𝘯𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘴 𝘚𝘦𝘰𝘶𝘭 unfolds the present moment of queer art and its future possibilities.

《스펙트로신테시스 서울》
𝙎𝙥𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙧𝙤𝙨𝙮𝙣𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙨𝙞𝙨 𝙎𝙚𝙤𝙪𝙡
2026. 3. 20. – 6. 28.

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디자인: 워크스
Designed by WORKS taken in Art Sonje Center by @sunpridefoundation

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𝙎𝙥𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙧𝙤𝙨𝙮𝙣𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙨𝙞𝙨 𝙎𝙚𝙤𝙪𝙡
《스펙트로신테시스 서울》
2026. 3. 20 – 6. 28

Installation View of the Exhibition @artsonje_center

《光•合作用》首爾站
展覽現場

Image courtesy of Art Sonje taken in Art Sonje Center by @sunpridefoundation

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7 months ago

Knowledge Is Myth: Chimeric Continuities at the Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts, the center for contemporary art at Harvard University (1 October — 13 December, 2026)

Featuring works by four artists and collectives Enzo Camacho & Ami Lien, Candice Lin, Cole Lu, and AYDO (Ayoung Yu & Nicholas Oh) that complicate the binaries of mythology and knowledge, and their constructs.

https://carpenter.center/exhibitions/knowledge-is-myth-chimeric-continuities

Image courtesy of the artists by @sunpridefoundation

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2 days ago

Biennale Arte 2026 (9 May 2026 - 22 November 2026)

Japan Pavilion at the 2026 Venice Biennale
Grass Babies, Moon Babies emerges from Ei Arakawa-Nash becoming a queer artistparent, merging artmaking and parenting into a shared, collective practice of care.

Image courtesy of the artist / Biennale Arte 2026 by @sunpridefoundation

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9 days ago

Tai Kwun Contemporary | Anne Imhof: House of Swans, the first major solo exhibition in Asia by the 2017 Venice Biennale Golden Lion recipient Anne Imhof (25 September 2026 - 3 January 2027)

https://www.taikwun.hk/en/programme/detail/anne-imhof-house-of-swans/1776

Image courtesy of Tai Kwun Contemporary by @sunpridefoundation

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16 days ago

Bangkok Art Biennale from 29 Oct 2026 to 28 Feb 2027

Participating artists including Yasumasa Morimura, Naraphat Sakarthornsap, Sin Wai Kin and among others.

https://www.bkkartbiennale.com/

Image courtesy of the artists / Bangkok Art Biennale by @sunpridefoundation

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22 days ago

Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo | Collaboration with Sunpride Foundation

The international exhibition from February 6 - May 16, 2027, co-organized with the Foundation, explores contemporary questions surrounding gender and sexuality through works from the Foundation’s collection, loans from artists, and newly commissioned pieces.

https://reurl.cc/xeeNOz

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#驕陽基金會
#LGBTQ
#spectrosynthesis
#artexhibition by @sunpridefoundation

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a month ago

PAPER | In Seoul, Queer Art Steps Into the Light by Lizard

“When Art Sonje Center hosted the first Seoul Queer Film Festival in 1998, we received many calls questioning why an institution like ours would support such a program. Looking back 28 years later, it is clear that society has changed, even if many challenges remain. When Spectrosynthesis Seoul opened, there were no major protests or calls of complaint in the way there had been in the past. That, in itself, suggests a slow but meaningful change.” — Sunjung Kim, curator and director of Art Sonje Center

Full article:
https://reurl.cc/qaK0zE

#SunprideFoundation
#驕陽基金會
#LGBTQ
#spectrosynthesisseoul
#artexhibition by @sunpridefoundation

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a month ago

CiMAM | "Queer art belongs in public institutions as a vital part of contemporary art history"

An interview with Patrick Sun, founder of Sunpride Foundation and CiMAM Patron since 2023.

“Spectrosynthesis has built something far more lasting: a network of relationships and a growing body of scholarship. Together with press reviews and essays, the catalogue each iteration produces helps document queer art histories in ways that didn't exist before—archiving fragments, recovering erased narratives, and creating a vital record for future researchers. I also believe this series has given real courage to artists working in places where queer expression remains difficult.”

Full article: https://cimam.org/interview-with-patrick-sun-director-of-sunpride-foundation/

#SunprideFoundation
#驕陽基金會
#LGBTQ
#spectrosynthesisseoul
#artexhibition by @sunpridefoundation

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[Dew Kim - The 13th Busan Biennale]

PODIUM is proud to share that Dew Kim’s (@dew_needs_you) site-specific installation ‘The Stage – After God’ (2026) is currently on view at the 13th Busan Biennale (@busanbiennale). This iteration is co-curated by Amal Khalaf (@amalandaplan) and Evelyn Simons (@evelyn_simons).

Dew Kim transforms the Museum of Contemporary Art Busan and the former Busan Nam High School into a single, three-act pilgrimage. Across these linked spaces, the work traces how marginalised bodies absorb the costs of blind faith, dogmatic idolatry, and desire; and what persists once objects of worship have vanished and no clear point of orientation remains. Here, Kim choreographs a passage through absence: from the sacrifice of an offering, through an empty centre, to the emergence of a new order.

Co-commissioned by Sunpride Foundation (@sunpridefoundation) and Busan Biennale Organising Committee, 2026.
This work has been made possible with the generous support of Patrick Sun, founder of Sunpride Foundation.

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The 13th Busan Biennale – Dissident Chorus
‘The Stage – After God’
29 August - 01 November 2026

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Installation view of ‘The Stage – After God’, The 13th Busan Biennale, 2026.
Co-commissioned by Sunpride Foundation and Busan Biennale Organising Committee, 2026.
Courtesy of the artist and PODIUM, Hong Kong.

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#podiumgallery #contemporaryart #Koreaart #BusanBiennale #dewkim

Act 1: The Stage of Blood – The Aesthetics of Sacrifice (MoCA Busan)

An altar-like stage holds a cross-shaped microphone stand and is clad in latex bas-reliefs bearing the silhouettes of queer and shamanic figures. As a pipe organ “exhales,” the latex surface compresses, revealing fossil-like imprints of these bodies. The surrounding emptiness and suspension evoke ritual tension, suggesting that such violence continues to reverberate quietly through everyday life—woven into gestures that still depend on the kneeling of some to confirm the power of others.

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The 13th Busan Biennale – Dissident Chorus
‘The Stage – After God’
29 August - 01 November 2026

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Installation view of ‘The Stage – After God’, The 13th Busa by @sunpridefoundation

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F or more than ten years, @sunpridefoundation has championed LGBTQ+ artists while building a collection designed to be activated through exhibitions and institutionaFor more than ten years, Sunpride Foundation has championed LGBTQ+ artists while building a collection designed to be activated through exhibitions and institutional collaborations.

Founded by Patrick Sun, CIMAM Patron since 2023, Sunpride recently concluded the fourth edition of the "Spectrosynthesis" series at Art Sonje Center in Seoul, co-curated by CIMAM Board member Sunjung Kim and Yongwoo Lee and featuring over 70 artists exploring LGBTQ+ perspectives and related themes.

In this interview, Sun speaks about why international networks like CIMAM are essential for museums navigating a time of growing social fragmentation, and how institutional collaboration can turn queer art from a special interest into a vital part of contemporary art history.

🫴🏻 Read the full interview on our website: https://cimam.org/interview-with-patrick-sun-director-of-sunpride-foundation/

#CIMAM #Interviews #cimamperspectives by @sunpridefoundation

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