The iconic Centre Pompidou has confirmed that it will open a branch in Seoul, South Korea. The new museum, set to open in 2025, will join the center’s existing network of outposts in Shanghai, Malaga, and the French city of Metz.
According to Artnews, the new museum will be housed in the headquarters of South Korean business conglomerate Hanwa Group, in a skyscraper known as 63 Square. French architect Jean-Michel Wilmotte is expected to oversee the design of the museum, having previously fulfilled interior design roles for the Louvre Museum and the British Museum.
When opened, the so-called “Pompidou Center Hanwha Seoul” will have permission to use the French museum’s properties for four years in a deal reported to be worth approximately 20 million USD. Throughout the four-year collaboration, the center will offer eight monographic exhibitions, spanning two per year, based on a selection of works from the Center Pompidou collection.
News of the Pompidou’s expansion to Seoul comes one week after a separate deal was finalized which will see the center develop a contemporary art museum in Saudi Arabia. Situated in the northwestern region of AlUla, the Saudi center will house art from Southwest Asia, North Africa, and South Asia, with a focus on land art and emergent digital forms.
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