{{Short description|Contemporary Art Museum on Jeju Island, South Korea}} {{Infobox building | name = PODO Museum | embedded = {{Infobox Korean name/auto|child=yes | hangul = ^포도_뮤지엄 }} | image = PODO Museum Front View 2025.jpg | image_size = | building_type = | location = 788, Sallongnam0-ro, Andeok-myeon, Seogwipo-si | location_city = Jeju Island<!-- or | location_town = --> | location_country = South Korea | website = [https://www.podomuseum.com/ www.podomuseum.com] }}
The '''PODO Museum''' ({{Korean|hangul=포도뮤지엄}}) is a private art museum and cultural complex on Jeju Island, in South Korea. The name PODO means "grape" in Korean and the museum neighbors PODO Hotel, which was designed by Korean-Japanese architect Jun Itami.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/2021/05/11/culture/artsDesign/Jeju-Arte-Museum-Podo-Museum/20210511160500564.html|title=A wave of media art envelops Jeju Island's many museums|date=May 11, 2021|website=Korea JoongAng Daily}}</ref>
== History ==
The PODO Museum was inaugurated on April 24, 2021, under the directorship of Chloe H Kim. The building was designed in 2011 by the late architect Kim Seok Chul (1943–2016), who also designed the Korean pavilion in the Giardini of the Venice Biennale with Venetian architect Franco Mancuso.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://dspace.vutbr.cz/bitstream/handle/11012/195612/phd.fa2020.7.pdf?sequence=1|title=A premature but significant birth: The beginning of Korean Pavilion at the Venice Biennale and its aftermath|website=dspace.vutbr.cz}}</ref>
== Exhibitions ==
Exhibitions at the PODO Museum are on an annual basis.
* ''The World We Made'' (April 24, 2021 – May 23, 2022)<ref>{{Cite web |title=PODO MUSEUM EN |url=https://en.podomuseum.com/the-world-we-made |website=en.podomuseum.com}}</ref> showcased the works of the following artists: Airan Kang, Zhang Xiaogang, Yongbaek Lee, Kijong Zin, Ryota Kuwakubo, Yongju Kwon, Seonglib, Sujin Choi. This exhibition was also available on Naver's metaverse platform Zepeto<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20210811000891|title=[Anniversary Special] Korean museums betting its future on metaverse|first=Song|last=Seung-hyun|date=August 11, 2021|website=The Korea Herald}}</ref> and its 13 artworks were up for auction on Featured by Binance (August 8–15, 2021)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://finance.yahoo.com/news/t-c-foundations-apov-exhibition-160900847.html|title=T&C Foundation's APoV Exhibition "The World We Made" Up for Auction as NFT Art|website=finance.yahoo.com}}</ref> * ''It is Spring, My Son'' (April 24, 2021 – May 23, 2022) was a solo exhibition of German Expressionist Käthe Schmidt Kollwitz. * ''Yet, With Love'' (July 5, 2022 – July 3, 2023)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/2022/07/07/culture/artsDesign/korea-jeju-island-seogwipo/20220707162804841.html|title='Yet, With Love' at Podo Museum in Jeju celebrates the undercelebrated|date=July 7, 2022|website=Korea JoongAng Daily}}</ref> showcased the works of the following artists: Beikyoung Lee, Dongju Kang, Yeondoo Jung, Yoko Ono, Reena Kallat, Ugo Rondinone, Alfredo & Isabel AQUILIZAN * ''Perhaps Sunny Days'' (March 20, 2024 – March 20, 2025)<ref>{{Cite web |title=PODO MUSEUM EN |url=https://en.podomuseum.com/perhap-sunny-days |access-date= |website=en.podomuseum.com |language=en}}</ref> showcases the works of the following artists: Alan Belcher, Louise Bourgeois, Cheryle St. Onge, Yeondoo Jung, Ye-eun Min, Robert Therrien, The Caretaker & Ivan Seal, Davis Birks, Chiharu Shiota, Kyungwoo Chun * ''We, Such Fragile Beings'' (August 9, 2025 – August 8, 2026)<ref>{{Cite web |title=PODO MUSEUM EN |url=https://en.podomuseum.com/we-such-fragile-beings |access-date= |website=en.podomuseum.com |language=en}}</ref> showcases the works of the following artists: Mona Hatoum, Jenny Holzer, Liza Lou, Annabel Daou, Sumi Kanazawa, Maarten Baas, Sarah Sze, Lee Wan, Boo Jihyun, Kim Hanyoung, Song Dong, Sho Shibuya, Robert Montgomery. The exhibition reflects on human fragility and coexistence through themes of conflict, memory, and time. * ''Kimsooja, To Breathe—Sunhyewon'' (September 3 – October 19, 2025)<ref>{{Cite web |title=PODO MUSEUM EN |url=https://en.podomuseum.com/to-breathe-sunhyewon |access-date= |website=en.podomuseum.com |language=en}}</ref> was a solo exhibition by Kimsooja, installed in Kyongheunggak, a traditional Hanok pavilion located within Sunhyewon in Samcheong-dong, Seoul.
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Category:Museums in South Korea Category:Seogwipo Category:Tourist attractions in Jeju Province