A Study on the International Exhibitions of the Korean National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art (MMCA) from 1970 to 1999

The purpose of this paper is to research MMCA exhibitions related to overseas exchanges from 1970 to 1999 through the museum's website to develop a discourse on globalization at art museums.Over the past 30 years, the MMCA's exhibitions related to overseas exchange have steadily increased.In particular, in the 1980s, when international events were actively being held, a quantitative increase in international exhibitions appeared along with a marked diversification of the nationalities of the foreign artists exhibited.In the 1970s and 1980s, art exhibitions emphasizing specific art genres, such as printmaking and ceramics, as well as art exhibitions emphasizing the characteristics of the times, such as the 'modern' and the 'contemporary', developed markedly.In terms of the countries exhibited, exhibitions introducing the works of artists from non-Western countries have been increasing in number since the 1980s, with an ongoing emphasis on European and Asian artists.In particular, since the 1980s, large-scale international exhibitions have developed according to political considerations, while art exhibitions held based on a clear theme have also