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:: Welcome to Marronnier Art Center
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·March
1974
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Began
exhibition at then Deoksu hospital
located in Gwanhun-dong in Jongno-gu,
Seoul.
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·May
1979
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Opened
Art Gallery designed by architect
Kim Sugeun, in Marronnier Park,
Dongsung-dong, Seoul.
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·March
2002
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Renamed
Art Gallery to Marronnier Art
Center, marking the 25th anniversary.
Marronnier Art Center runs new
exhibitions as well as new programs
to renew itself as a [Multiplex
infrastructure for art encouraging
experimental and futuristic
spirits in the field of visual
art.
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·Open
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11:00¡20:00
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·Closed
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Mondays,
National holidays including
New Years day, Thanksgiving
Day.
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Please check exhibition dates as there are
no exhibitions during preparation of exhibitions,
the hanging or removal of art pieces, and
maintenance of exhibition halls.
Established
in 1979, the Marronnier Art Center, a nonprofit,
public exhibition space under the direction
of the Korean Culture and Arts Foundation,
is at the avant-garde of Korean institutional
art spaces.
The
center is located on Daehak, or Student,
Street, in the Dongsung area of Seoul, and
as the name of the street indicates, it
has a long history as a hotbed for students'
intellectual thinking and anti-establishment
activities.
The
plaza in front of the center often becomes
a scene on which rallies and performances,
political demonstrations, cultural activities,
and general hanging out coexist.
Through
its ongoing organization of important programs
and exhibitions and its ideal location in
the heart of an important cultural area
of Seoul, the Marronnier Art Center works
more than anything else to attract and showcase
contemporary art activities.
And
through its continuing development of international
and regional cultural exchanges it promotes
diversity.
A
cornerstone of this development is the renovation
of the center that began in 2000 in order
to consolidate the center's public, educational,
and social role.
Another
cornerstone is its K_MAC Master Plan for
the 21st Century, which posits the future
strategy of the Marronnier Art Center as
a multiplex infrastructure for art.
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