For Members
Ha Chong-Hyun: Retrospective Member Preview
All members are invited for a first look at Ha Chong-Hyun: Retrospective. This exhibition marks the most major retrospective of the internationally acclaimed artist.
Thursday, September 24 | 1–8 PM
See Ha Chong-Hyun: Retrospective before it opens to the public! All members and their guests are invited. Members receive early access to tickets beginning July 30.
For over six decades, pioneering artist Ha Chong-Hyun (b. 1935) has explored what painting becomes when freed from all existing conventions. Ha’s work prizes the interaction of his materials: using pressure, gravity, and tools ranging from torches to everyday utensils, he transforms the surfaces of canvases up to eight feet tall into a treasure trove of texture and physicality. His first museum exhibition in North America, Ha Chong-Hyun: Retrospective offers an unprecedented look at the creative evolution of one of Korea’s most influential contemporary artists.
Ha Chong-Hyun: Retrospective tickets are FREE to members every day (as much as a $30 value per ticket). As a member, you’ll also be invited to attend artist talks, curator lectures, member movie nights, art-making workshops, and other fun events throughout the year.
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Questions? Check out our Membership FAQs or contact our membership team:
Phone: 415.581.3740
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On-site: Stop by the membership desk
Image: Top image: Conjunction 25-19, 2025. by Ha Chong-Hyun. Oil on hemp cloth. Photo © Chunho An, courtesy Tina Kim Gallery.
Organizers & Supporters
Ha Chong-Hyun: Retrospective is organized by the Asian Art Museum and guest curator Sunjung Kim, Artistic Director of Art Sonje Center, with assistance from Art Sonje Center’s curatorial team.
Presenting sponsorship is provided by SK ∙ PODO Museum.
Leadership support is provided by Timothy and Virginia Foo, and Salle E. Yoo and Jeffrey P. Gray.
Generous support is provided by Tina Kim Gallery, Kukje Gallery, and Sundar and Anjali Pichai.
Major support is provided by Canal Projects, Gay-Young Cho and Christopher Chiu, Penny S. and James G. Coulter, Jason M. Fish and Courtney Benoist, Tad Freese and Brook Hartzell, and the Kahng Foundation.
Additional support is provided by Cori and Tony Bates, Lillian K. Chun and David H. Chun, Marie Oh Huber and John Huber, Esther and Thomas “Tom” Lee, Miyoung Lee and Neil Simpkins, Hee-Jung and John Moon, and Gina Sohn and Gregory Lee.
Sustained support generously provided by the Akiko Yamazaki and Jerry Yang Endowment Fund for Exhibitions and the Kao/Williams Contemporary Art Exhibitions Fund.
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