Sydney’s Museum of Contemporary Art issued a tough dress code for visitors in the past few days: birthday suit only, shoes optional.  The museum announced a tour on April 27 to 29 during which participants have to be completely naked, according to BBC and other news reports.The tour is a performance led by Melbourne artist Stuart Ringholt, aiming to address “themes of fear and embarrassment” of humans.Nevertheless, being naked is not the sole feature of the event. MCA says being nude gives visit

Exhibitions, performances and hotel packages offer something for everyone during family monthMay, a month marked with days celebrating the family, is just around the corner. Though bills will run up while preparing for Children’s Day coming up next week (May 5), soon followed by Parents’ Day (May 8) and Teachers’ Day (May 15), the month should be celebrated properly. If you are thinking about something more special than crowded amusement parks, here are some interesting and fun suggestions to pl

Theater“On an Azure Day”: Director Go Seon-woong’s award-sweeping play about the 1980 Gwangju democratization movement is back for a second run ― just in time for the 32nd anniversary of the historical event on May 18. The show premiered last year and won the grand prize and best play at last year’s National Theater Awards. It tells a story of middle-aged Buddhist monk Yeosan, who participated in the uprising and was brutally tortured by the authorities upon his arrest. At the time, he testified

NEW YORK (AP) ― The two men were discovered dead at the bottom of an elevator shaft in a 12-story Manhattan building, as if dumped there, one man sprawled on top of the other.The rare crime scene photograph from Nov. 24, 1915, is one of 870,000 images of New York City and its municipal operations now available to the public on the Internet for the first time.The city Department of Records officially announced the debut of the photo database Tuesday. A previously unpublicized link to the images h

More than 370 artists and designers offer latest works at large-scale fairs in SeoulTwo art and design fairs are set to open in Seoul, offering inspiration for those planning to have a fresh spring look in their homes. Monthly art magazine Art & Criticism will open “A&C Art Fair Seoul 2012” on Friday at SETEC in Daechi-dong. Celebrating its fifth year, the fair introduces over 1,200 works by about 250 artists. Unlike other art fairs, which are usually gallery-oriented, this fair is strictly arti

Exhibitions“Nine Dwarves”: Kukje Gallery presents a solo exhibition of Paul McCarthy, a U.S. multimedia artist who garnered critical attention for his stunningly diverse variety of materials and a radically experimental approach to art. This exhibition is comprised of nine sculptures and one aluminum sculpture, including pieces from the artist’s famous White Snow series which reveal his social satire and wry sense of humor. The exhibition runs through May 12 at Kukje Gallery in Sogyeok-dong, cen

Chongdong Theater dreams of stage in Las VegasChongdong Theater launched on Wednesday the latest version of “Miso,” the theater’s Korean traditional musical with modern twists. The new version, “Miso 3,” follows the 2011 version “Miso 2: Silla, the Land of Gods” and the 2009 original “Miso: Love Songs from Chunhyang.” The musical started off in 1997 under the title, “Traditional Art Stage” and later changed its brand name to “Miso” in 2009. “Miso 3” is an adaption of the tale of Chunhyang. The K

Actor Ha Jung-woo showcases ‘faces’ at fifth solo art exhibitionSouth Korean actor Ha Jung-woo can not only make faces, but also paint them. The versatile man loved for his impressive filmography, made up of mostly thrillers and action flicks like “The Chaser,” “Take-off,” “War against Crime” and also the latest mega-hit romantic comedy “Love Fiction,” is gaining reputation as a talented artist among art insiders. And his popularity as an artist was evidenced by the many who gathered Tuesday at

EAST HAMPTON, New York (AP) ― Out behind a small farmhouse on a Long Island country road sits an old gray barn where a tormented artist dripped paint off brushes, sticks ― even turkey basters ― onto canvasses spread out on a wooden floor. Besides making quite a mess of things, leaving splash marks everywhere, Jackson Pollock also created some of the 20th century’s greatest masterpieces.Pollock, who would have turned 100 this year, is being remembered at a New York City fundraiser later this mont