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Louvre Abu Dhabi introduces Rembrandt, Vermeer
Feb 10, 2019
ABU DHABI -- The Louvre Abu Dhabi, the first museum to carry the famed name outside of France, announced Sunday it will roll out works by Dutch masters Rembrandt and Vermeer this month. Works by the two artists are part of the gallery‘s first exhibition this year, entitled “Rembrandt, Vermeer and the Dutch Golden Age: Masterpieces from The Leiden collection and the Musee du Louvre”. The Louvre ...
Indonesian artist asks ‘What Would You Do if These Crackers Were Real Pistols?’
Feb 10, 2019
FX Harsono participates in MMCA show tracing changes in Asia from ’60s to ’90s
Gathering of contemporary art and history of Asia
Feb 6, 2019
Suspended in an exhibition hall at the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art’s Gwacheon branch is artist Tang Da Wu’s work consisting of seven white pieces of cloth tainted with rainwater and soil, made over 10 days of seeping in a gully. An installation view of Tang Da Wu's "Gully Curtains" (MMCA) The installation by the Singaporean artist, titled “Gully Curtains,” tells a narrative s...
First-generation Korean sculptor Um Tai-jung’s works on view at Arario Gallery
Feb 4, 2019
A total of some 50 works by sculptor Um Tai-jung are being exhibited at both branches of Arario Gallery in Samcheong-dong, central Seoul, and Cheonan, North Chungcheong Province. Um is one of the nation’s first-generation modern sculptors, who worked exclusively with metals. Born in 1938, Um graduated from the Department of Sculpture in the College of Fine Arts at Seoul National University. Um ...
Youn Bum-mo to be new director of MMCA
Jan 31, 2019
Youn Bum-mo, curator and professor at Dongguk University, has been appointed the new director of the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art in Korea, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism announced Thursday. According to the announcement, Youn will start his three-year term on Feb. 1, filling the post that has been vacant since Dec. 13, when Bartomeu Mari was let go after his term ...
Kukje Gallery holds solo exhibition of Min Joung-ki
Jan 30, 2019
Kukje Gallery on Tuesday began a solo exhibition of painter Min Joung-ki, a local artist who regained attention after South Korean President Moon Jae-in and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un posed for pictures in front of his painting “Mount Bukhan” during their summit in April last year. North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and South Korean President Moon Jae-in shake hands in front of Min Joun-ki’s l...
Hyundai Motor to fund Tate research program
Jan 25, 2019
Hyundai Motor, South Korea’s leading carmaker, announced Friday that it would provide financial support for Tate’s new research center dedicated to promoting non-Western art. Starting in January, the Hyundai Motor-supported research platform will foster arts research and art acquisitions with a focus on regions other than the so-called Western countries. The program will run for six years. (Hyu...
Doosan Gallery‘s exhibition of young curators seeks news ways to introduce artworks
Jan 24, 2019
Doosan Gallery is holding an exhibition curated by participants of its eighth Doosan Curator Workshop -- Yoo Eun-soon , Yu Ji-won and Lee Jin. The exhibition “YourSearch, On-demand Research Service” by the three curators introduces 23 works by Ghim Da-hwan Lee Dong-geun, Kim Woong-hyun, Lee Yoon-seo and Jung Eu-gene. An installation view of Doosan Gallery’s exhibition “YourSearch, On-demand Res...
[Exclusive] JR to unveil new, bigger Louvre project
Jan 17, 2019
Speaking at his first Seoul exhibition, 'photograffeur' talks about how his work interacts with public, upcoming installation in Paris
With lights, mythical creatures come to life
Jan 17, 2019
Korean artists Kwon Ha-youn and Jin Si-yon have installed their media artworks at a pavilion outside the Times Square building in Causeway Bay, Hong Kong. Under the title of “Lunar Fantasy with Ancient Auspicious Animals,” the two Korean artists have presented their own digital renderings of eight mythical creatures from the Chinese tradition of Feng Shui, which are believed to bring luck, prosp...
MMCA announces 2019 exhibition calendar
Jan 17, 2019
The National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art on Wednesday announced its exhibition schedule for 2019. Park Wi-jin, managing director and acting director of the MMCA, announced the museum’s calendar for this year, as the director post remains vacant. Twenty-three exhibitions will be held between the network of four art museums, which now includes the recently opened Cheongju branch. Some 1...
Artist Kim Joon wins 18th SongEun Art Award
Jan 14, 2019
Artist Kim Joon has been selected as the winner of the 18th SongEun Art Award, SongEun Art and Cultural Foundation announced Friday. Kim has been focusing on introducing installations that present sounds and photographs he collected on-site. Through his site-specific soundscape project, Kim has been attempting to explore the history of locations and to make landscapes audible. The artist is best...
Christie’s defends sale of Korean gallery’s Francis Bacon painting
Jan 11, 2019
Christie’s has defended itself in regards to claims that it sold a Korean gallery’s painting for less than it was worth as part of a sweetheart deal, saying it acted to settle a loan it had made reasonable efforts to settle. Korean gallery One and J filed on Jan. 2 for a preliminary injunction with the New York County Supreme Court over the former’s sale of a painting by Francis Bacon in a priva...
French artist Xavier Veilhan holds solo exhibition
Jan 11, 2019
French artist Xavier Veilhan is holding a solo exhibition at 313 Art Project’s newly opened branch in Seongbuk-dong, as well as the gallery’s Cheongdam space. Veilhan rose to international acclaim with his 2009 exhibition at Versailles, and participated in the French Pavilion at the 2017 Venice Biennale. Xavier Veilhan speaks at a press conference held at 313 Art Project's newly opened gallery ...
Exhibition ‘Matters of Women’ shows female artists’ takes on lives of women
Jan 7, 2019
Roh Seung-bok’s pigment prints titled “1366 Project” are lined up on the wall. The warm toned prints that employ red, purple and pink are abstract at first sight. In fact, the prints are close-up images of bruises of female victims of domestic violence, and 1366 is the phone number of the domestic violence hotline. The print is one of some 60 works by 11 women artists on show at the Seoul Natio...
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