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Upcoming Gwangju Biennale gains relevance in pandemic timesArts&DesignFeb 27, 2021The biennale was scheduled for Feb. 26 but postponed as the pandemic continued to ravage the country, and the exhibition period was scaled down to 39 days -- from April to May 9 -- from 73 days. It w... -
Seoul Fashion Week to run virtually in MarchArts&DesignFeb 22, 2021The Seoul Fashion Week is embarking on a digital fashion event for the 2021 fall-winter season with 45 fashion brands participating, after a similar online event for the spring-summer season in Octob... -
Painter Yun Suk-nam calls out to souls of forgotten female activistsArts&DesignFeb 20, 2021The works, which feature women with big and clumpy hands, were intentional, the artist said. “I think one’s hands represent the subjects. I like the power that the hands contain in the paintings,” s... -
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[Weekender] 60 is the new 40, literallyCultureFeb 20, 2021While major plastic surgery clinics in Gangnam-gu, southern Seoul -- the mecca of plastic surgery in Korea -- have lost foreign clients that accounted for approximately 30 percent of total customers,... -
Chilean artist Cecilia Vicuna hosts first solo exhibition in AsiaArts&DesignFeb 19, 2021The quipu, which is an Andean method of visual-tactile communication and recordkeeping system involving the knotting of colored strings, becomes a conceptual and performative poem in the space as an ... -
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[Feature] How artists, writers inspire one anotherArts&DesignFeb 15, 2021An exhibition that opens Wednesday at Hakgojae Gallery in Seoul will feature collaboration between painter Yun Suk-nam and novelist Kim E-kyung. Titled “Women of Resistance, Becoming Historic -- Port... -
MMCA takes experimental approach to art with cutting-edge technologyArts&DesignFeb 14, 2021The exhibition “Landscape being Decoded” by Kim Hoonida, whose interest is in ecological changes and technology, will experiment with self-driving lidar technology to allow viewers to explore the spa... -
Traditional desserts appeal to the young with creative visualsCultureFeb 13, 2021"Social media has made the dessert market more competitive as young people look for creative desserts while looking through photos online. Cakes with rice flour that look like fried chickens and tteo... -
Yang Hae-gue's sonic sculptures awakenedArts&DesignFeb 6, 2021Her new work, “Sonic Clotheshorses,” is a laundry drying rack whose frame is enshrouded with bells as though shaping a body. She came up with more than 40 different shapes of racks, and the seventh a... -
Nam June Paik Art Center offers augmented-reality experienceArts&DesignFeb 5, 2021Service in English is available for some of the content. The art center will also hand out postcards printed with Paik’s AR-compatible works to the first 50 visitors it gets every day during Februar... -
Emerging artists get their own online platform with launch of 'Manifold'Arts&DesignFeb 3, 2021Guem, who explores three-dimensional space through architectural installations, is showcasing the exhibition “Hues of the Wind” on the online platform, showing works that combine video art and actual... -
It’s settled. Modern art master’s name in English is Lee Jung-seopArts&DesignFeb 3, 2021The sole public museum dedicated to Korea’s modern artist Lee Jung-seop has decided to adopt “Lee Jung-seop” as the artist’s official name in English. This means the museum, located on Jeju Island, ... -
Arario Group Chairman sentenced to two years in jailArts&DesignFeb 1, 2021Kim Chang-il, chairman of Arario Group, was sentenced to two years in jail for a breach of duty involving the operation of a concession stand at a cinema located in the Cheonan Bus Terminal in Cheona...
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13th Gwangju Biennale postponed to AprilArts&DesignFeb 1, 2021The 13th Gwangju Biennale, which was scheduled for Feb. 26, will now be held in April as the pandemic continues to ravage the country, the Gwangju Biennale Foundation announced on Monday. “We have d... -
Video artist Paik Nam-june remembered 15 years laterArts&DesignJan 31, 2021The Nam June Paik Art Center, founded in 2002, is the only art center in the world dedicated to Paik. The art center is home to some 119 works by Paik, including masterpieces “TV Garden,” “TV Fish” a...
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