Yun Hyong-keun European Retrospective at Palazzo Fortuny

Palazzo Fortuny in Venice hosts the first European retrospective of Korean artist Yun Hyong-keun (1928–2007). The exhibition spans the artist's life marked by war trauma and imprisonment, where he survived a mass execution. His dark, monochromatic paintings—created with diluted ultramarine blue and burnt umber on linen, hemp, and hanji paper—express suffering and hope. Yun believed art emerges only through hardship, stating, "Art is not born from those who take shortcuts." The show occupies all floors of the palazzo, presenting works from the 1970s onward.