with Delphine Lacroix, Marina Ho, Lee K., Olivier Lavorel, Ryohei Matsumoto, Harry James Moody & Shin Seung-Hun

BAMA, organized and hosted by The Galleries Association of Busan, was launched in 2012 to promote local art and expand network of artists at home and abroad. Since then, BAMA has strived to provide more chances to citizens to learn and enjoy more about art through seminars as well as a variety of programs of art tour, art fair and so on. BAMA is an international art fair where not only galleries but artists from home and abroad come together and engage more closely with the general public. This year, around 100 domestic and foreign art galleries will participate and display various aspects and beauty of contemporary art. BAMA strives to focus on the essential role of art fair in the contemporary art market through introducing artists and selling works. To this end, it organizes a variety of special and satellite exhibitions, which display unique energy and vitality of Busan. Those exhibitions will provide opportunities for participating galleries, artists, collectors, and visitors to exchange information on artworks. Last year, 2018 BAMA achieved remarkable success in its history, despite depressed atmosphere of the domestic art market. It attracted more than 35,000 visitors, increase of 40% and recorded 5 billion Korean won in sales, up 60% compared with the previous year. BAMA received high praise that it opened up new possibilities for the domestic art market. 2019 BAMA will be a venue to explore current trends in the domestic art market and to find ways to grow together.