{
  "id": 15681950,
  "title": "Seoul exhibition brings 6 decades of American artist Lynn Hershman Leeson",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/20/seoul-exhibition-brings-6-decades-of-american-artist-lynn-hershman-15681950",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-10-20T01:52:03.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Korea Times",
    "slug": "the-korea-times",
    "url": "https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/lifestyle/arts-theater/20261020/seoul-exhibition-brings-6-decades-of-american-artist-lynn-hershman-leeson"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "An exhibition showcasing works by pioneering American artist Lynn Hershman Leeson will open on Wednesday at the Seoul Museum of Art (SeMA), marking her first solo exhibition in Asia. The exhibition, titled \"Lynn Hershman Leeson: First Person Plural,\" will feature approximately 200 pieces of her work, encompassing painting, photography, sculpture, and media installation, according to SeMA.\n\nLynn Hershman Leeson, born in 1941, is renowned for her experimentation with cutting-edge technologies such as video, the internet, artificial intelligence (AI), and genetic engineering, transforming them into artistic expressions. In the 1970s, she embarked on a multi-year performance art project where she lived as Roberta Breitmore, a fictional alter ego she had created.\n\nDuring the 1980s, she presented the interactive work \"Lorna,\" allowing viewers to engage with the artwork using a remote control to influence the narrative. The SeMA exhibition will be divided into six sections, offering visitors a chance to delve into how individual identities can expand through social connections, interconnectedness via media and networks, and biological changes.",
  "summary": "Works by American artist Lynn Hershman Leeson, a pioneer of media art, will be shown in Seoul in her first solo exhibition in Asia, the Seoul Museum of Art (SeMA) said Tuesday. Titled \"Lynn Hershman Leeson: First Person Plural,\" the exhibition, which begins Wednesday, will bring together some 200 pieces of her work spanning painting, photography, sculpture and media installation, according to…",
  "key_points": [
    "Lynn Hershman Leeson's solo exhibition opens at Seoul Museum of Art",
    "Exhibition features 200 works including painting, photography, sculpture",
    "Artist experiments with technology since 1970s"
  ],
  "editors_take": "Bringing this pioneering artist to Asia marks a significant expansion of her influence, allowing a broader audience to explore how technology and media redefine the boundaries of human identity.",
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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        "published": "2026-10-19T22:20:52.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Yonhap News",
        "title": "Seoul exhibition brings 6 decades of American artist Lynn Hershman Leeson",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/20/seoul-exhibition-brings-6-decades-of-american-artist-lynn-hershman",
        "published": "2026-10-20T01:30:02.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Korea Times",
        "title": "Seoul exhibition brings 6 decades of American artist Lynn Hershman Leeson",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/20/seoul-exhibition-brings-6-decades-of-american-artist-lynn-hershman-15685808",
        "published": "2026-10-20T02:22:03.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}