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Universal Ballet Company to hold gala performances this week

Feb 28, 2018

Universal Ballet Company will hold its second gala premiere from Friday to Sunday. Celebrating its 34th anniversary this year, the ballet company will give special performances comprising 11 scenes ...
Musical highlights prejudice against women through Victorian writer‘s struggles

Feb 11, 2018

Singer-turned-actress Ivy stars in ’Red Book‘
Opera ‘Seonbi’ to be staged PyeongChang Olympics

Feb 8, 2018

Adding an original opera to the vast array of cultural offerings during the Olympics period, Chosun Opera Company’s opera “Seonbi: The Noble and Wise Man” will be staged at the Gangneung Dano Culture...
Genre-crossing, innovative performances at LG Arts Center

Jan 3, 2018

The 2018 Contemporary Music & Performing Arts Season at LG Arts Center features an exciting line-up of 12 productions, ranging from the highly acclaimed international theatrical works to cross-genre ...
Korean ‘babbling comedy’ team Ongals to perform at London’s West End

Nov 30, 2017

Mime, beatboxing, juggling and babbling like babies while dressed in pajamas –- this is the brand of non-verbal, family-friendly comedy that Korean team Ongals hopes to spread around the world. In i...
'The Fortress' becomes fastest Chuseok movie to surpass 1m in attendance

Oct 5, 2017

"The Fortress," a South Korean film depicting King Injo of the Joseon Dynasty taking refuge from a Chinese invasion, has become the fastest movie released during the Chuseok holiday to surpass 1 mill...
Drunk Lang reports calls police to report friend filming with hidden camera

Aug 3, 2017

Korean-American pop artist and television personality Nancy Lang, otherwise known as Park Hye-ryeong, on Thursday reported her friend to police while drunk. Gyeonggi Yangju Police said Park called t...
Artday to hold July auction

Jul 24, 2017

Herald Artday, a subsidiary of Herald Corp., is holding an online auction from July 22 to 26, presenting major works of art by contemporary Korean and international artists. The auction will feature...
Stolen Buddhist painting exhibited to public after discovery in US

Jun 23, 2017

A South Korean temple on Friday opened an 18th-century Korean Buddhist painting, stolen about 50 years ago, to the general public after its American owner and a US art museum let it be repatriated to...
How we cope with death

Jun 6, 2017

‘The Absence of Paterfamilias’ exhibition shows the difficulty of communication in families
Tech meets art in McGregor’s ‘Atomos’

May 25, 2017

How can modern-day technology be integrated into art? According to decorated choreographer Wayne McGregor, the mix of science and art can be quite “poetic.” “We’re interested in technology, not nec...
[Eye] ‘Art is necessary in the process of becoming a citizen’

May 19, 2017

MMCA Director Mari talks about engaging Korea’s modern art with the world
‘Art circus’ La Verita to be performed in Seoul this weekend

Apr 25, 2017

The circus is in town. But instead of lions jumping through flames and brightly-dressed clowns, “La Verita” will seek to portray the spirit and life of surreal artist Salvador Dali through a mixture ...
Kim Whan-ki's painting breaks Korean auction record at 6.55 bln won

Apr 13, 2017

A painting by Korean abstract artist Kim Whan-ki has been sold for 6.55 billion won ($5.74 million) on Wednesday, making it the most expensive South Korean artwork ever sold. At an auction held in S...
80 years on, Picasso’s anti-war ‘Guernica’ still resonates

Apr 3, 2017

MADRID (AFP) - Close to 80 years ago, Picasso painted “Guernica” in a Paris attic, a haunting work of art that has become a universal howl against the ravages of war, from 1937 Spain to 2017 Syria. ...