The Korea Herald

Helen Mirren in ‘The Audience’ sets NT Live record

Jun 18, 2013

NEW YORK (AP) ― As a queen, Helen Mirren reigns on screen and stage.National Theatre Live, which broadcasts stage shows from England to movie screens worldwide, said Monday that its June 13 live broadcast of Mirren as Queen Elizabeth II in the play “The Audience’’ has captured its largest audience to date.“We were expecting a big audience for it because there’s been great buzz but it’s turned out even greater than expected,’’ David Sabel, executive producer of NT Live, said in an interview from
Emily Young goes loose, not controlling, in collage art

Jun 17, 2013

U.K.-based artist to participate in ‘Mind The Gap’ exhibition through June 27
‘A Tale of Two Cities’ returns for second run in Seoul

Jun 17, 2013

Broadway actor James Barbour to make directing debut in Korea
Under ocean currents

Jun 16, 2013

Photographer Song Jung-keun captures intense feeling in nature
Works of Gauguin come to Seoul

Jun 13, 2013

Masterpieces of the French post-Impressionist artist Paul Gauguin are on exhibition in Seoul. The exhibition, which runs from Friday to Sept. 29 at the Seoul Museum of Art, is the first-ever comprehensive survey of Gauguin’s artistic career presented to a Korean audience. It showcases about 60 artworks on loan from 30 major museums around the world, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, Musee d’Orsay in Paris and the Pushkin Fine Arts Museum in Moscow. The exhibition focuses on
Made of memories

Jun 12, 2013

Choreographer Hong Sung-yup says he fears developing Alzheimer’s disease much more than any other life-threatening illness.“You completely lose the sense of who you are (with the disease), and that is just extremely frightening,” said the choreographer, who currently serves as the artistic director of the Korea National Contemporary Dance Company. “I fear it more than cancer.”Hong’s latest work, “The Dog and the Shadow,” reflects the artist’s thoughts on memories and how they shape us into who w
Jackie Chan to put up autobiographical musical

Jun 12, 2013

Jackie Chan is working on a theatrical production based on his life as an action star and martial artist, Chan revealed Tuesday.The Hong Kong actor said at a press conference in New York that he is writing a stage adaptation of his 1998 autobiography “I Am Jackie Chan: My Life in Action,” which tells the story of his early childhood, growing up with music and gaining international stardom.According to Chan, the musical will focus on his youth and efforts to escape the shadows of martial arts le
Drama at venerable Berlin theater as troupe thrown out

Jun 11, 2013

BERLIN (AFP) ― One of Germany’s most renowned drama companies, founded by the late playwright Bertolt Brecht, received notice Monday that its contract to perform at a Berlin theater has been cancelled after nearly 60 years, its lawyer said.The Berliner Ensemble, established by Brecht and his wife Helen Weigel in 1949, has performed at its current home, the riverside Schiffbauerdamm Theatre, since 1954. But the owner of the theater, German dramatist Rolf Hochhuth, terminated the city government’s
Painter speaks about art and age

Jun 10, 2013

Prior to opening of solo exhibition, Kim Jong-hak says his painting matures as he gets older
CJ E&M-coproduced ‘Kinky Boots’ biggest winner at Tony Awards

Jun 10, 2013

Broadway musical “Kinky Boots,” coproduced by Korean entertainment company CJ E&M, won a total of six 2013 Tony Awards on Sunday, including best musical, best original score and best leading man.The musical was coproduced by more than 20 companies and individuals, including award-winning Broadway producers Hal Luftig and Daryl Roth, and New York-based theatre-ownership company Jujamcyn Theaters along with CJ E&M. Christopher Durang’s comical “Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike” won Best Play. “
New York museum readies Le Corbusier exhibit: officials

Jun 9, 2013

NEW YORK (AFP) ― New York’s prestigious Museum of Modern Art is planning a major exhibition on the work of celebrated French architect and designer Le Corbusier, which will open later this month, officials said.Le Corbusier, born Charles-Edouard Jeanneret, is the subject of the exhibition “Le Corbusier: An Atlas of Modern Landscapes” which will run at MoMA from June 15 to Sept. 23.The exhibition will focus on the way Le Corbusier viewed and observed different landscapes throughout his career, fe
Growing up in television, in search of her own voice

Jun 6, 2013

Former child star Lee Jae-eun reflects on her life in stage monodrama ‘La Dame au Violoncelle’
Paris rooftop display shows face of Australian Aboriginal art to the world

Jun 5, 2013

PARIS (AFP) ― Move over Mona Lisa! Paris is about to unveil a new work of art that, just like Leonardo da Vinci’s masterpiece, will be seen by millions of visitors every year.From Thursday, a massively enlarged version of a work by Australian Aboriginal artist Lena Nyadbi will adorn the roof of the multimedia library at the French capital’s Musee du Quai Branly on the banks of the Seine.Created by stencils and with the same kind of rubberised paint used for traffic signs, the 700-square-meter in
Beauty of Korean, Turkish wrapping cloths shown side by side in Ankara

Jun 5, 2013

Turkey’s ‘bocha’ similar to Korea’s ‘bojagi’ wrapping cloths
Rainbow Island Music and Camping back for more ‘healing’

Jun 5, 2013

Rainbow Island Music and Camping will be back on Nami Island this weekend with an eclectic lineup.Now in its third year, the three-day outdoor festival kicks off Friday with international artists scheduled to perform on three stages: Rainbow Stage, Island Stage and Forest Stage. Korean band Clazziquai, electronic trio Idiotape and R&B singer Junggigo are scheduled to perform on the first day. DJ duo Squatters will also excite fans with their unique style of electronica. The most anticipated line