Lee Bul: From 1998 to Now is a major survey devoted to one of Asia’s most influential contemporary artists. Spanning more than four decades, the exhibition offers an in-depth look at Lee Bul’s radical and visionary practice, presented across both floors of the museum. Lee Bul: From 1998 to Now is co-organised by Leeum Museum of Art and M+, in collaboration with Muhka.
About the exhibition
This landmark survey is co-organised by Leeum Museum of Art in Seoul and M+ in Hong Kong, in collaboration with Muhka.
Emerging in the late 1980s, Lee Bul developed her work in close dialogue with South Korea’s shifting social and political realities. Working across sculpture, installation, performance and two-dimensional media, she has consistently explored the relationships between the body and society, humanity and technology, nature and civilisation. Her work probes the promises and failures of modernity, as well as the political forces that shape our collective imagination.
Featuring more than 150 key works, Lee Bul: From 1998 to Now traces the artist’s sustained engagement with utopian thought, modernist architecture and the historical avant-garde. From early iconoclastic performances to immersive, multi-sensory installations, the exhibition reveals an artist who combines formal experimentation with philosophical depth. Today, Lee Bul is widely recognised as a pioneering figure for younger generations of artists worldwide.
International collaboration
Lee Bul: From 1998 to Now is co-organised by Leeum Museum of Art and M+ in collaboration with M HKA. Following its presentation at Muhka, the exhibition will travel to the National Gallery of Canada in Ottawa, where the tour will conclude in late 2027.
Curators
Lee Bul: From 1998 to Now is co-curated by June Young Kwak, Head of Modern and Contemporary Art Department II, Leeum Museum of Art and Hoam Museum of Art, and Doryun Chong, Artistic Director and Chief Curator at M+, with Heyeon Kim, Curator at Leeum Museum of Art and Hoam Museum of Art and Sunny Cheung, Curator of Design and Architecture at M+. The presentation at M HKA is organised by Nav Haq, Associate Director at M HKA.
Practical info
- Date: 13 Nov 2026 – 7 Mar 2027
- Location: Muhka, Leuvenstraat 32, 2000 Antwerp
- Tickets: View ticket prices
- Opening hours: View opening hours
Lee Bul: Life and Work
€64
Lee Bul: Life and Work offers an extensive survey of Lee Bul’s career, from her fearless performances of the late 1980s to her 2024 commission for the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. Richly illustrated throughout, the publication features contributions by art historians, curators and critics, offering an in-depth exploration of this groundbreaking artist’s work.
Born in South Korea in 1964, Lee Bul is one of the most important contemporary artists of her generation. Across a practice spanning several decades and a wide range of media, including performance, sculpture, installation and painting, she explores themes such as the body, gender, failed utopias and our increasingly technologised existence.
Untitled (Willing To Be Vulnerable–Velvet #15), detail, 2021
Image credits
Main image: Lee Bul, Willing To Be Vulnerable–Metalized Balloon, 2015–2016. Installation view on Cockatoo Island at 20th Biennale of
Sydney, 2016. © Lee Bul. Photo: Algirdas Bakas. Courtesy of the artist.
Lee Bul: From 1998 to Now at Muhka is generously supported by BB&M and Hauser & Wirth.
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