Lee Bul — From 1998 to Now

M HKA presents Lee Bul — From 1998 to Now, a major survey exhibition 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, shown across both floors of the museum.

This landmark exhibition is a major international collaboration between M HKA, M+ in Hong Kong, and Leeum Museum of Art in Seoul.

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 200 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.

Lee Bul — From 1998 to Now is co-organised by M+ and Leeum Museum of Art in collaboration with Museum of Contemporary Art Antwerp (M HKA). Following its presentation at M HKA, the exhibition will travel to the National Gallery of Canada in Ottawa, Canada ending in late 2027.

Lee Bul — From 1998 to Now is co-curated by June Young Kwak, Head of Exhibitions, Leeum Museum of Art, and Doryun Chong, Artistic Director and Chief Curator at M+, with Heyeon Kim, Curator at Leeum 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.