Using hanji, organic material from decades-old books, Chun questions environment in which we live

Two Korean artists participate in Venice Biennale’s main exhibition

Renowned 86-year-old artist’s works spanning 60 years on display

On the wall are drawings Kim did using chalk, chalk-paintings that show the original ideas that he worked with when creating the massive installations. “I do a lot of sketches. I did not intend to do it (wall drawings) for the biennale, but I wanted to give it a try on the wall,” he said. The 59th International Art Exhibition of Venice Biennale with the title of “The Milk of Dreams” runs through...

The art exhibition “Take Your Time” is shown at the former Shina SB Shipyard, joined by 38 artists from 13 countries. The works, from paintings, media art to digital works created by artificial intelligence, aim to give visitors a respite from life’s daily stressors. “First of all, people are very stressed and confused. There are a lot of resentment because people are very focused outside. It is...

Founded in 1938 by Jeon Hyung-pil -- a wealthy merchant who collected Korean cultural artifacts during Japan’s 1910-45 colonial rule -- the museum was a fortress that helped protect Korean heritage from being taken out from the country by Japanese colonialists. The name of the museum, Bohwagak, was changed to Kansong Art Museum, adopting the founder’s penname, after his death in 1962. Bohwagak, ...

The exhibition of art bequeathed to the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea by the late Samsung Group Chairman Lee Kun-hee will run for another two months, the museum announced Tuesday. This is the second extension of the special exhibition “MMCA Lee Kun-hee Collection: Masterpieces of Korean Art,” which opened July 21, 2021. The exhibition will now come to a close on June 6. ...

Meanwhile, the wooden lotus pedestal, which was removed from the temple for the first time ever for the special exhibition, dates back to the Goryeo period, when Buddhism was at its height. It is decorated with three tiers of lotus petals that are each carved separately and attached along the side. The circular throne has rectangular wooden panels attached all along its side. Each lotus petal, w...

Beijing-based gallery representing Southeast Asian artists and China’s contemporary art masters seeks to expand globally

Lee Kun-hee collection will go on three-year nationwide tour of 10 museums

Pier 1 of Busan Harbor will be among the four venues of the 65-day biennale, which will start on Sept. 3 under the theme of “We, on the Rising Wave.” The 4,093-square-meter warehouse at the harbor will be turned into an exhibition space during the biennale. The pier was built in 1912 by Japanese colonialists to ship Korea’s resources out of the country. During the Korean War, the pier was where p...

Korean collectors exceptionally knowledgeable, have sophisticated appreciation of art, according to Austrian gallerist Ropac

Kansong Art Museum -- South Korea’s first private museum and home to some 5,000 artifacts including 10 state-designated national treasures -- will open its doors for the first time in seven years on April 16. A new exhibition at Bohwagak, the museum’s original building, coincides with the recent completion of a new storage facility on the museum grounds. The exhibition will showcase 44 artifacts...

TOKYO -- An exhibition featuring art works on victims of the Japanese military sexual slavery kicked off in Tokyo on Saturday despite protests from Japanese right-wing activists. "Non-Freedom of Expression Exhibition" opened for a four-day run at a public gallery in Kunitachi, Tokyo Prefecture, to showcase works by 16 artist collectives, including a statue symbolizing victims of the Japanese mil...

The Korean Pavilion at the 59th Venice Biennale in April will be held under the theme of “Gyre,” as a metaphor for the confusion that the world goes through with seven installations created by artist Kim Yun-chul. “The word ‘Gyre’ connotes multiple meanings. The Korean Pavilion will become a massive work itself, organically combined with Kim’s works. We will tear off the pavilion ceiling, so tha...