The fifth edition of Frieze Seoul opened at the COEX in Gangnam on Wednesday, September 2nd, hosting 133 galleries from 30 countries. By the start of the fair’s VIP opening at 11 a.m., three lines poured out of the entrances, with visitors moving as frenetically as South Korea’s stock market. The energy was high, and it continued throughout the day.
Deeper inside the Focus section, opposite a booth awash in bright color, Brazilian artist Ayla Tavares’s quiet ceramic installation pulls visitors in. Small, cream-colored objects dot the booth’s three walls like a constellation.
At the center, The pineal eye (2026)—a ceramic sculpture fitted with a light mechanism—glows softly from a pedestal. From afar, the presentation feels spare and restrained; up close, its delicate drawings, varied textures, and intricate surfaces reveal themselves
London-based gallery LAMB, making its Frieze Seoul debut, presents the installation as “A Dance Between Two Suns.” Born in Rio de Janeiro in 1990 and now based in Madrid, Tavares draws on archaeological objects, sacred artifacts, and everyday forms.
