The Korea Herald

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. ...
From Tokyo to USA: Kusama’s eternal love of polka dots

Feb 28, 2017

She has two major exhibitions opening simultaneously in Japan and the United States at the venerable age of 87 -- but Yayoi Kusama is nowhere near her last hurrah. Living and creating are inseparabl...
Jerusalem art show turns ‘home’ inside out

Feb 27, 2017

A giant kitchen grater with menacing blades, an ironing board festooned with penises and Marcel Duchamp‘s repurposed urinal greet visitors to the Israel Museum’s new show “No Place Like Home.” The e...
Sistine chapel photographed in unprecedented detail

Feb 26, 2017

The famous frescoes of the Sistine Chapel, whose ceiling was painted by Michelangelo, can now be examined in minute detail thanks to an unprecedented photographic venture, the Vatican Museums have sa...
Chun Kyung-ja's controversial painting to go on public display

Feb 25, 2017

A national art museum said Saturday it has decided to put on public display renowned painter Chun Kyung-ja's work that her bereaved family alleges is a fake. This, if realized, would mark the first ...
French artist is entombed in rock for a week

Feb 23, 2017

A French artist was entombed Wednesday inside a 12-metric ton boulder for a week, saying, “I think I can take it.” With the world‘s press looking on, the two halves of the limestone rock were closed...
Burkina architect Kere honoured with UK pavilion project

Feb 22, 2017

Burkina Faso’s Diebedo Francis Kere will be the first African architect to design a temporary pavilion in London’s Hyde Park, a prestigious assignment given to a world-famous architect every year. K...
Huge art show questions legend of Vermeer the lone genius

Feb 22, 2017

A new blockbuster Vermeer exhibition which opens Wednesday aims to smash the myth that the Dutch master was a solitary genius who worked alone at home cut off from the world. The Louvre in Paris has...
NY's Met Museum offers exercise amid world-class art

Feb 20, 2017

“This offers you amazing moments,” said participant Oliver Ryan, who runs a New York corporate wellness company. “We did our first stretch, and there in the vast gallery was Perseus holding the head ...