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Amorepacific Museum of Art unveils its antique art collection for first time

Among the items here are Buncheong Ware Square Flattened Bottle with Stamped Designs (Treasure No. 1450) and Large Porcelain Jar (Treasure No. 1441) that inspired the Amorepacific headquarters buildi...

[Herald Interview] Emographic artist Huh Hwe-tae moves on to ‘emosculpture’

Gaining popularity with the new genre – which combines calligraphy with painting and symbolism – Huh took his solo exhibition, “US Traveling Exhibition of Emography,” to New York, Virginia and Washin...

August 5, 2020
Arts&Design
Geometric abstraction pioneer remembered 30 years after his death

Lee was one of the avant-garde artists who began to flourish in the early 1960s after the April Revolution, a mass democracy movement against then-President Rhee Syng-man, the republic’s first presid...

August 3, 2020
Arts&Design
2020 PLZ Festival at DMZ brings music to border area

The 2020 PLZ Festival kicked off Saturday near the Demilitarized Zone that separates the two Koreas, in hopes of bringing peace in the Korean Peninsula. Standing for “Peace and Life Zone Festival,” ...

July 30, 2020
Music
[Herald Interview] Wild flowers the love of 94-year-old painter

Shin found her talent in painting when she was young. “In elementary school, we were forced to write consolatory letters to Japanese soldiers. But I was always told to draw on post cards instead of ...

July 30, 2020
Arts&Design
MMCA Seoul hosts film screening to remember Korean War

Besides the Korean War, films about other international or civil wars that raise awareness about the human cost of military conflicts will be screened. All movies will be played with subtitles in Kor...

July 28, 2020
Arts&Design
Three solo contemporary art exhibitions at one place

Meanwhile, the museum is expanding its online platform with the new webpage “Homework” (artsonje.org/homework), introducing various artists’ thoughts on COVID-19 and their works related to the pandem...

July 26, 2020
Arts&Design
Kim Whan-ki as a poet who paints

Kim particularly loved blue in different hues; “Whanki Blue” was coined for his love of the color blue. “Kim seemed to have thought blue is the color of Korea, which is surrounded by seas,” Paik said...

July 25, 2020
Arts&Design
MMCA Gwacheon unveils its largest ever exhibition for kids

The National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea is showcasing the largest-ever exhibition for kids at its Gwacheon venue after reopening on Wednesday. The exhibition, “Driving into the Col...

July 22, 2020
Arts&Design
MMCA Seoul to hold 'Project Hashtag 2020' exhibition, after reopening

The National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea will unveil its new exhibition “Project Hashtag 2020” at its Seoul venue, starting Friday. This is MMCA Seoul’s first exhibition after it re...

July 21, 2020
Arts&Design
The minjung art movement: The voices of artists who could not ignore social issues

The artists of Reality and Utterance are carrying on their artistic vision -- that artists should stay aware of social issues. Artist Ahn Kyu-chul, a member of Reality and Utterance and a professor a...

July 21, 2020
Arts&Design
Lotte Museum of Art to host first major exhibition of Jean-Michel Basquiat in Seoul

South Korea‘s largest-ever exhibition of works by Jean-Michel Basquiat -- the American contemporary artist known for his rebellious style -– will open in October at the Lotte Museum of Art in Songpa ...

July 20, 2020
Arts&Design
Lee Ung-no reaches international audience through Google Arts & Culture platform

Titled as “Lee Ungno: The Artist Who Never Stopped,” it introduces the artist’s life story and 400 masterpieces with detailed explanations including explanations of the materials the artist used. Lee...

July 18, 2020
Arts&Design
Japanese artist Chiharu holds first gallery exhibition in Korea

The 48-year-old artist was internationally recognized with her installation, “The Key in the Hand,” in the Japanese Pavilion at the 56th Venice Biennale in 2015. Titled “Between Us,” the exhibition ...

July 17, 2020
Arts&Design
Painting album by Joseon master painter fails to find new owner

A painting album by Jeong Seon (1676-1759), an artist hailed as a Joseon-era master of landscape painting, failed to find a new owner Wednesday at an auction held by K Auction in Sinsa-dong, southern...

July 15, 2020
Arts&Design

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