Choi is reckless as an artist, visiting the world's biggest copper mine in the Atacama Desert in northern Chile. From mining coal to mining cryptocurrency, different stories are told in “qbit to adam.” “The overarching theme of Choi Chan-sook’s artistic journey is migration. Choi’s work is presented in the form of an autobiography featuring her family history and other people’s life stories usin...

The PODO Museum provides tailored audio guides to for greater accessibility, available in four languages -- Korean, English, Chinese and Japanese. There are also options for the visually impaired and children. Actor Kim Min-ha, who played young Sun-ja in the Apple TV+ series “Pachinko,” recorded the Korean audio guide, K-pop girl group Billlie’s Tsuki the Japanese and NCT’s Xiaojun the Chinese. ...

The single-channel video “To Future Listeners I” is one of her latest works. The song in the video is a modern pop song, “Love Song: Ar-ra-rang1,” recorded on a wax cylinder in 1896 by American anthropologist Alice Fletcher, who had asked three Korean students in the nation’s capital Washington to perform it. The song recorded on the wax cylinder gradually disappears to become “noise” over time ...

Ba noted how the way images are consumed changes very rapidly, particularly in Seoul, a compact and tech-savvy society. “I used to see many people read a book or newspaper on the subway. But now most people consume images with their smartphone. Such change feels quite serious to me,” Ba said. “It feels special that people come to exhibitions and see artworks in person.” Paintings allow people...

Among her series is “Gyeomjae Hommage,” corrugated cardboard works that pay tribute to Joseon-era artist Jeong Seon, one of the most well-known landscape painters from the 18th century who went by the pen name Gyeomjae. Her new works include “Garden of Grace I” and “Garden of Grace II,” created in 2020. The New York-based artist is showing some 20 works at the 2022 Seoul Modern Art Show at SFact...

Relocation of presidential office to Yongsan was a great choice, says Guy Sorman

Ando added that architecture should also reflect its times. “My goal as an architect has always been to build a space that is ‘only possible there and then’ -- that can only be done in that place and that time,” said Ando. Buildings that stand out are often public buildings that go with the times and have a great impact on people’s lives, he said. “(The) young generation and children grow up l...

A total of 302 Korean sculptors participated in the project. Major works include Kim Young-won’s Shadow of Shadow (Sum-1), Park Heon-youl’s Conversation 201, Kim Kyung-min’s Secret, Park Chan-girl’s David and Yang Tae-geun’s Towards the Han River. In addition, a special indoor display showcases some 800 smaller sculptures at 20 booths. Six docents are on hand to guide visitors. The riverside ex...

Painting begins and ends with materials that evoke different feelings in viewers,’ says Lee

Lee values the strength produced in collective work. As part of his solo exhibition “Briefly Gorgeous” at the Gallery Hyundai last year, he reproduced a gay club in the gallery basement in collaboration with eight other artists, displaying works created by fellow artists and playing music selected by those who wished to pay tribute to history to gay clubs. The collaboration was an homage to the ...

The upcoming Frieze Seoul and Kiaf Seoul will bring more than 350 galleries from around the world to Seoul, with art patrons, museum officials and collectors coming to see the art and explore the city’s vibrant pop culture scene. Frieze Seoul and Kiaf Seoul will kick off in collaboration on Sept. 2 at Coex in southern Seoul. With the purchase of one ticket, visitors will be admitted to both Kiaf...

Herald Artday, a subsidiary of Herald Corp., donated part of the proceeds from the 2022 Charity Auction to the Korean Youth Diaspora Project to support young overseas ethnic Koreans. The Korean Youth Diaspora Project was launched earlier this year by the Godowon Foundation, a nonprofit organization dedicated to youth mentoring; the Blue Tree Foundation, a nongovernmental organization working aga...

Frieze Seoul, is set to take place next month, with art lovers eager to see how the event will affect the local art market and what role Seoul will play as a potential Asia art hub. The art fair will collaborate with the Galleries Association of Korea, which has run the international art fair Kiaf Seoul for 20 years. The two fairs will open on Sept. 2 at Coex in southern Seoul. “Frieze wanted t...

Chanel Korea and Frieze will team up to spotlight Korean emerging and established artists through the video series “Now & Next,” set to premiere in celebration of the inaugural Frieze Seoul on Sept. 2 at Coex in southern Seoul. The video series will be showcased during Frieze Week, which begins Aug. 29 ahead of the inaugural art fair in Seoul. Frieze, one of the world’s major art fairs, will la...

The Herald Design Forum 2022 will be held next month with the theme “Design Universe: Beyond the Space,” exploring how spaces have evolved over time and will expand in the future with the advent of virtual reality. The 12th edition of the design forum will be led by 13 renowned guests from the fields of architecture, mobility and non-fungible tokens, sharing their insight at the Hotel Shilla in ...