
The international art fairs Frieze and Kiaf Seoul, which took the art world by storm, concluded on September 10 with the closing of Kiaf.
This is the second year that Frieze has been held in Seoul, and this time the attendance was similar to last year’s with 70,000 people.
Major sales :
1. A painting by a German painter, Georg Baselitz ($1.2 million)
2. A painting by a German painter Rosemary Trockel (€1.3 million)
3. A work by swiss-born artist Nicolas Party ($1.25 million), etc.
This year’s Kiaf-Frieze was characterized by strong sales of mid-priced works by young artists born after the 1980s, and there were more than 50 related fashion and art parties in Seoul.