Hyundai Translocal Series

Hyundai Translocal Series explores how artistic collaborations can expand access to the arts, build sustainable art ecosystems, and cultivate new dialogues across borders by connecting art institutions in Korea and across the globe. Conceived as a platform for sustained collaboration, this initiative supports a collective exploration of translocal values while enabling each partner institution to reflect on global interconnectedness through the lens of its own local context and shared concerns. The series supports multi-year endeavors including joint research, artwork commissions, exhibitions, public programming and publications among art institutions, with each exchange shaped around a unique thematic inquiry. 

Launched in 2025, the Hyundai Translocal Series began with the inaugural exhibition, Hyundai Translocal Series: Entangled and Woven, in collaboration with the Cheongju Craft Biennial 2025, the Whitworth, The University of Manchester, and the National Crafts Museum & Hastkala Academy, with a forthcoming exhibition co-organized by the Nam June Paik Art Center and the Pinacoteca de São Paulo opening in November 2026. Newly established exchanges will bring together the Ulsan Art Museum (Ulsan, Korea) and the New Museum (New York, United States), as well as the Seo-Seoul Museum of Art (Seoul, Korea) and the Abu Dhabi Music & Arts Foundation (Abu Dhabi, UAE).

Ulsan Art Museum (Ulsan, Korea) & New Museum (New York, United States)

The Ulsan Art Museum and the New Museum will explore the convergence of art and technology, by engaging Ulsan and New York as distinct yet interconnected sites, examining how shared values emerge across different local contexts and intersect with broader global currents. Over three years (2026-2028), the two institutions will develop three annual exhibitions, beginning with newly commissioned works by Ho Tzu Nyen presented at the New Museum from September 24 and at the Ulsan Art Museum from October 22.

Seo-Seoul Museum of Art (Seoul, Korea) & Abu Dhabi Music & Arts Foundation (Abu Dhabi, UAE)

The Seo-Seoul Museum of Art and the Abu Dhabi Music & Arts Foundation will explore today’s technological environment, including artificial intelligence, through translocal perspectives shaped by historical, infrastructural, and social contexts. This collaboration includes an interdisciplinary residency with Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence (MBZUAI), inviting four artists or collectives to develop new works to be presented in Abu Dhabi in 2027 and in Seoul in 2028.

Cheongju Craft Biennale 2025 (Cheongju, Korea) & the Whitworth, The University of Manchester (UK)
Exploring the theme of ‘craft and community,’ this exchange commissions eight artists based in Korea and India, culminating in co-curated exhibitions at the Cheongju Craft Biennale 2025 (Cheongju, Korea) in September of 2025, the National Crafts Museum & Hastkala Academy (New Delhi, India), and the Whitworth, The University of Manchester (Manchester, UK) in 2026.

Nam June Paik Art Center (Yongin, Korea) & the Pinacoteca de São Paulo (São Paulo, Brazil)
Addressing shared questions centered on the theme of ‘media and performance,’ this collaboration began with a forum and research trips in 2025, which have laid the foundation for ongoing dialogue and research. Building on the exchanges, the two institutions will present co-curated exhibitions in November 2026, translating their collaborative inquiry into a collective experience.