The Cubists

In Seoul, the Centre Pompidou Hanwha opens inside a former annex of the 63 Building, whose redesign by Jean-Michel Wilmotte has recently opened as a glowing cultural space. The building is wrapped in a translucent double-glazed envelope that draws daylight inward and turns luminous after dark, and its curved form takes cues from traditional Korean roof tiles.

Its opening exhibition, The Cubists: Inventing Modern Vision, brings around 90 paintings and sculptures from the Centre Pompidou’s collection to Seoul. Picasso, Braque, Gris, Léger, Sonia and Robert Delaunay, Natalia Goncharova, and others trace Cubism’s movement across Europe and beyond.

Meanwhile, a dedicated Korea Focus section looks at how this modern vision entered Korean art history. The project frames the new venue as a bridge between the French and Korean scenes, with the collection traveling through a local lens rather than arriving as a closed story.