Lee Myung-ok, head of Korea’s first association formed for visual artists’ rights, aims to advocate for artist‘s resale rights

The Gilt-bronze Standing Buddha Triad with Inscription of Gyemi Year, measuring 17.7 centimeters in height, is known to have been carried by Buddhists for spiritual protection, a popular practice in East Asia during the early 6th century. The estimated bid price starts at 32 billion won to 45 billion won. Judging by the inscription on the back of the mandorla, the piece is thought to have been cr...

“Gwanghwa In” offers information on cultural heritages and tourist attractions around Gwanghwamun through the guidance of human AI models that were created using 3D technology for 360-degree content and programed by deep learning-based technology. Starting with actor Lee Seung-jun’s guide to the service, visitors are guided in Korean by model of SHINee’s Minho and in English by American trot sing...

The competition ratio for K Auction’s public offering recorded 1408.33:1 during the two-day public offering session, raising more than 5 trillion won ($4.2 billion) in subscription deposit, according to IR Kudos on Thursday. South Korea’s second-largest auction house conducted a two-day public offering starting Wednesday, aiming to become the second auction house in the country to be traded on t...

An 8-panel folding screen depicting scenes from an ideal life as conceived by Joseon-era people is now available in a digital format. The National Museum of Korea revealed “Pyeongsaengdo,” thought to have been completed in the late 19th to early 20th century, in a digitally restored eight-panel folding screen format on its website on Wednesday. The paintings depict in detail the major celebrato...

The Paik’s Video Study website will officially open Jan. 29 to coincide with the anniversary of Paik’s death. The art center finished converting the video archive into digital format in 2016, exclusively managed by the art center. The 700 videos include “Good Morning Mr. Orwell Paris Live” from 1984, “Bye Bye Kipling Post” from 1986, “Zen for Walking: Dragging the Violin” and “KBS Year-end Specia...

As the country’s first media art museum, Suh aims to develop the museum‘s identity by holding exhibitions that explore how technology and nature can coexist, discovering and inviting artists who speak about nature and ecology. “Touching on the issue of nature and technology together has been prevalent globally with many seminars and exhibitions. We will strengthen the identity of the museum by r...

Large-scale show in September to coincide with Frieze Seoul

The exhibition “The More, The Better Archive” will kick off in June, featuring the history of the restoration of “The More The Better,” as well as numerous archival materials about the artist’s work. An exhibition in November, “Paik Nam June Effect,” will showcase artists whose works were influenced by Paik in the mid to late 1990s. “The restoration is in the final stage, and will have a lighti...

European surrealism collections come to Seoul, inviting us to the era where artists sought after the unconscious world.

Galleries Association of Korea calls on Seoul Auction, K Auction to respect market ecosystem

The building also accompanies a public loop formed with sequence of cascading terraces as spaces dedicated for exhibitions and performances. A total of 24 projects have been declared as winners of Prix Versailles 2021, in eight fields – airports, campuses, passenger stations, sports, stores, hotels, restaurants and shopping malls. Each category has three winners – “Prix Versailles 2021,” “Specia...

The 59th Venice Biennale 2022 will be held from April 23 to Nov. 27 with the theme “The Milk of Dreams.” The Korean Pavilion will showcase works directed by Lee Young-chul, an art professor at Kaywon University, and those by installation artist Kim Yun-chul who is also an electroacoustic music composer and has explored magnetohydrodynamics, the study of the dynamics of electrically conducting flu...

“Painting of Intrepidity” unveiled by emeritus professor from Dankook University

CAMP, the Nam June Paik Art Center Prize winner in 2020, shows their newly commissioned work at the exhibition that runs through Feb. 27