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Seo Dong-joo wins 2019 LMoA Young Artist Award

Artist Seo Dong-joo has won the 2019 LMoA Young Artist Award, the Lotte Museum of Art’s annual award for an up-and-coming artist in South Korea. Seo, the winner of the inaugural award, will be given...

Jul 16, 2019
Arts&Design
‘Summer Love’: Artworks depict the lives of young artists

A desk with an old computer, a chair and a potted plant -- the room installation by Hwang Moon-jung does not require any sophisticated jargon to explain. You just need to sit and play the game instal...

Jul 15, 2019
Arts&Design
Co-directors ramp up preparation for 2020 Gwangju Biennale

Defne Ayas and Natasha Ginwala, co-artistic directors of the 13th Gwangju Biennale, are gearing up for the event, slated to kick off in September 2020. The biennale will look into the “entire spectr...

Jul 11, 2019
Arts&Design
Nam June Paik Art Center looks at ecosystems, up close

A tree welcomes visitors to the Nam June Paik Art Center’s latest exhibition, but it doesn’t produce any oxygen. Paik’s “Apple Tree,” made using 33 TV monitors, emits only electronic images. Exhibit...

Jul 9, 2019
Arts&Design
Young artists take on human body

Our bodies are constantly changing, often in ways we are unaware of. You look at pictures of yourself taken years earlier, and you can see changes you did not notice as they were happening. Chang Se...

Jul 8, 2019
Arts&Design
Why paint flowers in 2019?

The still-life painting genre may not hold much appeal for contemporary artists, since it does not leave much room for new discoveries. Flower paintings might be seen as especially outmoded. But in ...

Jul 7, 2019
Arts&Design
A look into nature and wildlife, beyond our reach

An ongoing Seoul exhibition highlights unique moments that internationally well-known photographers have captured to reveal the natural environments beyond our reach, through National Geographic’s ph...

Jul 2, 2019
Arts&Design
Ahn Eun-me turns museum space into dance stage

Seoul Museum of Art showcases contemporary dance choreographer Ahn Eun-me

Jul 1, 2019
Arts&Design
Barbara Kruger’s makes her way to Seoul, with new works in Korean

The Amorepacific Museum of Art is holding a Barbara Kruger solo exhibition, featuring 44 works from the conceptual artist’s four-decade career, ranging from early paste-ups to new work produced in Ko...

Jun 27, 2019
Arts&Design
Matthew Stone: Longing for something real in this digital age

People listen to digitally rendered music, but most people are not familiar with digital paintings. Choi & Larger Gallery in Seoul is holding a solo exhibition of works by London-based artist Matthe...

Jun 26, 2019
Arts&Design
‘Berlin Portraits’: Kim Ok-sun spotlights Korean nurses who began new lives in Germany

Portraits are not the most favored of items for art collectors. Not many people want strangers’ photos hanging on their walls. But artist Kim Ok-sun continues to take photographs of people because sh...

Jun 25, 2019
Arts&Design
Exploring apartments in Korea through art

Doosan Humanities Theater at Doosan Art Center concludes with ‘Post APT,’ a multidisciplinary show

Jun 23, 2019
Arts&Design
Daegu show sheds light on painter who influenced ’80s Minjung art

A relatively unknown painter, Park Saeng-kwang, is being highlighted at a Daegu museum in an attempt to reassess the artist. Although the artist’s name is not familiar to most of us, he is considere...

Jun 19, 2019
Arts&Design
New art appraisal company enters market

A new art appraisal company has recently launched its services, filling a void created after the disbandment of a major player in the field here. Previously, local art appraisal services were offere...

Jun 18, 2019
Arts&Design
Little luxuries from France

World’s only umbrella master Michel Heurtault shows collection of 17th-20th century umbrellas, parasols

Jun 17, 2019
Arts&Design

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