The Korea Herald

LIFE&STYLE

LATEST NEWS

MMCA announces finalists for 2019 Korea Artist Prize

The National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea, on Thursday announced the four finalists for the 2019 Korea Artist Prize: Kim A-young, Park Hye-soo, Rhii Jew-yo and Hong Young-in. An exhi...

Mar 14, 2019
Arts&Design
Yang Jung-uk is a storyteller

Artist turns his stories into sculptures, gives thoughts on life through exhibition at Gallery Hyundai

Mar 12, 2019
Arts&Design
Three Korean artists to show at 2019 Venice Biennale main exhibition

Korean artists Lee Bul, Suki Seokyeong Kang and Anicka Yi -- are joining the main exhibition of 2019 Venice Biennale, titled “May You Live in Interesting Times” and curated by Ralph Rugoff. The thre...

Mar 11, 2019
Arts&Design
Looking into March 1 Independence Movement in global context

Seoul Museum of Art holds ‘Zero Gravity World’ at Namseoul venue, commemorating 100th anniversary of movement

Mar 10, 2019
Arts&Design
[Newsmaker] Big Bang’s Seungri to enlist in Army on March 25

Big Bang’s Seungri will enlist in the Army as an active duty soldier at the end of this month, according to YG Entertainment on Friday. He will start his basic training at the Nonsan Army Training C...

Mar 8, 2019
Arts&Design
What to expect from the Korean Pavilion at the 2019 Venice Biennale

“History Has Failed Us, but No Matter.” This bold sentence from the 2017 novel “Pachinko” by Lee Min-jin, a National Book Award finalist, is the title of the Korean Pavilion at the 2019 Venice Bienn...

Mar 8, 2019
Arts&Design
New MMCA director lays out blueprint for state museum

Youn maintains silence over controversy surrounding his appointment

Mar 6, 2019
Arts&Design
Robert Motherwell’s ‘Elegy’ series to be shown in Seoul

Barakat Contemporary, Seoul-based Barakat Gallery’s modern and contemporary art venue, is introducing works by artist Robert Motherwell. The exhibition kicking off Wednesday will feature 23 artworks...

Mar 3, 2019
Arts&Design
Exhibition features alternative ways to approach history

A train of cartoonish drawings by Lee Woo-sung encircles the gallery space of Ilmin Museum of Art. The small, square drawings, which look like cuts from a webtoon, or Instagram pictures, are fragment...

Feb 26, 2019
Arts&Design
‘It has to be this generation’

Photographer Chris Jordan urges to people to face environmental crisis Environmental issues are an urgent matter that only this generation can address, according to photographer Chris Jordan. “We d...

Feb 24, 2019
Arts&Design
Artist Don Sun-pil attempts to decode subculture of miniature figures

In the contemporary art scene where everything -- installations and gallery spaces for instance -- tends to become bigger and bigger to achieve “spectacle” status, artist Don Sun-pil has brought mini...

Feb 20, 2019
Arts&Design
Versatile artist Bek Hyun-jin’s latest paintings shown at PKM Gallery

Painter Bek Hyun-jin is holding a solo exhibition at PKM Gallery, titled “Work Song: Soil, Mattress and Waves.” The exhibition, which kicked off Friday at the gallery in Samcheong-dong, Seoul, compri...

Feb 17, 2019
Arts&Design
D Museum adds colorful designs to art exhibition

The latest exhibition at D Museum’s Hannam-dong branch, “I Draw” comes with 13 sections that have incorporated various design elements in line with the works of art displayed in each space. The 13 s...

Feb 14, 2019
Arts&Design
Reinterpreting tradition with new furniture for modern lifestyle

Yeol, the Korean Heritage Preservation Society, is holding an exhibition that looks into traditional Korean culture, in conjunction with designer Teo Yang. Yang is a celebrated interior designer who...

Feb 13, 2019
Arts&Design
Park Chan-Kyong selected for MMCA’s Hyundai Motor Series 2019

The National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea has selected Park Chan-Kyong as its sixth artist for the MMCA Hyundai Motor Series, the museum announced Wednesday. A special exhibition of ...

Feb 13, 2019
Arts&Design

The Korea Herald by Herald Corporation

Address : Huam-ro 4-gil 10, Yongsan-gu,Seoul, Korea
Online newspaper registration No : Seoul 아03711
Date of registration : 2015.04.28
Publisher. Editor : Kwon Chung-won
Juvenile Protection Manager : Yang Sung-jin
Tel : 02.727.0114