Seoul Art Center Gongpyeong Gallery (서울아트센터 공평갤러리)

Seoul Art Center Gongpyeong Gallery (서울아트센터 공평갤러리)

- Homepage
www.gpart.kr (Korean, English)

- Tel
+82-70-4214-0070

Opened in 1992, Seoul Art Center Gongpyeong Gallery is a 17,791㎡, two-story building with four exhibition halls. It is one of the main galleries of Insa-dong, displaying diverse artwork ranging from Western and Korean paintings to sculptures. Due to the great interest in Korean paintings, 2~3 of the annual long-term exhibitions focus solely on them.

- Address : 24, Insadong-gil, Jongno-gu, Seoul


※ Presentation Information
- Information and Guides
• 1330 Travel Hotline: +82-2-1330
(Korean, English, Japanese, Chinese)
• For more info: +82-70-4214-0070

- Parking
Not available

- Day Off
N/A (open all year round)
* Subject to temporary closures; please make an inquiry in advance.

- Usage Fee
Free (Varies for each exhibition)

- Operating Hours
[Gallery] 10:00-18:00
[Art Shop] 11:00-21:00

- Scale
1F 495.8㎡ / 2F 991.7㎡



- Reservations
Tel.: +82-2-3210-0071

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This work was created by the Korea Tourism Organization for 21 years and opened as the first type of public Nuri. You can download it for free from the Korea Tourism Organization, https://kto.visitkorea.or.kr/eng.kto