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RNS Number : 2973J  Live Company Group PLC  12 December 2022

12 December 2022

 

LIVE COMPANY GROUP PLC

("LVCG", the "Company" or the "Group")

 

START ART FAIR KOREA

 

LVCG are pleased to announce that StART ART FAIR which was held in London at
the Saatchi Gallery in October will be held at KINTEX in South Korea in June
2023.

 

Mess eSang Co. Ltd the top exhibition company in Korea and StART ART Korea Co
Ltd will become partners in Korea for the fair.

 

StART ART FAIR SEOUL' successfully held flagship store-type of exhibition and
art fairs at Grand Intercontinental Hotel and Galleria Foret in Seoul in May
and September this year, and move to KINTEX next year to develop a
full-fledged global art fair that rivals fairs such as  'Frieze' at COEX.

 

Furthermore it plans to discover new art markets by partnering with 'Messe
eSang Co., Ltd.', who currently hold more than 60 exhibitions annually in more
than 21 industries including architecture, interior, baby, pet, medical, and
VR

 

StART ART FAIR SEOUL will hold a contest to discover new artists and select
artists through the curation board of world-renowned curator and founder of
StART ART, Serenella Ciclitira, to present them at the StART ART FAIR LONDON
2023 as well as StART ART FAIR SEOUL 2023.

 

A special pavilion with various concepts will also be operated and in addition
to art, it will provide new attractions through various furniture and product
designs where visitors can experience all trends in space design such as
interior, furniture, and objects.

 

Byeong-gu Lee, CEO of StART ART KOREA Co., Ltd., explained, "It is an honor to
hold the 10th anniversary StART ART FAIR at KINTEX, and we will focus on
discovering potential Korean artists to build an art fair and lead a new
collecting culture."

 

Won-pyo Cho, CEO of Messe eSang Co., Ltd., said "We will play a role in
enhancing the competitiveness of the Korean art market by discovering new
Korean artists and debuting them in the global market, not only being merely
art fairs that import overseas galleries into Korea".

 

 

Chairman of LVCG David Ciclitira commented: "I am incredibly proud that StART
has established itself as a leading art brand in Korea. I look forward to
StART Art Fair Korea at Kintex further expanding the StART brand."

 

Enquiries:

 

 Live Company Group Plc                        Tel: 020 7225 2000

 David Ciclitira, Executive Chairman

 Sarah Dees, Chief Operating Officer

 Beaumont Cornish Limited (Nominated Adviser)  Tel: 020 7628 3396

 Roland Cornish/Rosalind Hill Abrahams

 Oval(X) (Broker)                              Tel: 020 7392 1436

 Thomas Smith

 

LIVE COMPANY GROUP

Live Company Group Plc ("LVCG", the "Company" or the "Group") is a live
events, entertainment and sports events company, that has been trading on AIM
since 2017.

The Group is divided into four divisions; BRICKLIVE, consisting of a network
of partner-driven fan-based and touring shows using BRICKLIVE created content
worldwide. The Company owns the rights to BRICKLIVE - an interactive
experience built around the creative ethos of the world's most popular
construction toy bricks. The Group is an independent producer of BRICKLIVE and
is not associated with the LEGO Group.  The second is KPOP which owns the
K.flex brand. K.flex is Europe's first ever Mega KPOP music festival.  The
third is Live Company Sports and Entertainment, which manages a number of
global sports, entertainment and lifestyle events.  The fourth division is
StART Art Global. StART Art Global is a combination of both physical art shows
and a digital art platform.

 

 

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