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October 18, 2018 Theater

Nederlands Dans Theater returns to Seoul after 16 years

Nederlands Dans Theater is holding three concerts at Seoul Arts Center between Friday and Sunday, marking its first visit to Seoul since 2002. Leading the cutting-edge contemporary dance company ar...

Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra’s “Ars Nova” provisionally marks its end

Contemporary classical music fans should not miss the Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra’s upcoming “Ars Nova” concerts in October as this year’s edition could be the last season of the 13-year-long music ...

October 15, 2018
Music
Nam June Paik Art Center holds 10th anniversary exhibition

An elephant pulls a cart loaded with devices like television sets, radios, telephones and gramophone speakers while a Buddha statue -- sitting on the elephant under an umbrella -- leads the way ahead...

October 14, 2018
Arts&Design
Seoul Auction to refund MMCA over 2003 sale of counterfeit painting

Seoul Auction is to refund the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art over the 2003 sale of a painting that has since been declared a counterfeit. During a parliamentary audit of the state m...

October 12, 2018
Arts&Design
Kim Seong-heui exhibition portrays contemporary individual

A solo exhibition of works by Kim Seong-heui, an artist and oriental painting professor at Seoul National University, will open Friday at Chosun Ilbo Gallery in Seoul. Titled “Constellation Link-Tra...

October 10, 2018
Arts&Design
Zimerman, Kissin and Schiff: world renowned piano virtuosos perform in Seoul this fall

Classical music lovers will be treated to performances by internationally acclaimed pianists this fall, starting with Krystian Zimerman in mid-October, followed by Evgeny Kissin at the end of the mon...

October 9, 2018
Music
Violinist Clara-Jumi Kang, pianist Alessio Bax to hold nationwide tour

Violinist Clara-Jumi Kang will start a nationwide tour with Italian pianist Alessio Bax with a recital on Oct. 14 at Seoul Arts Center. This is Kang’s first nationwide tour since 2016 when she toure...

October 7, 2018
Music
[Eye Plus] Walk along Seoul Fortress in autumn

The Seoul Fortress consists of an 18.6-kilometer-long wall that surrounds Hanyang, the former capital of the Joseon era. Though parts of it were damaged during Japan’s colonial rule and the Korean Wa...

October 4, 2018
Travel
Pop artist Kenny Scharf brings visual chaos to Seoul

American pop artist Kenny Scharf’s solo exhibition “Super Pop Universe,” which launched Wednesday at the Lotte Museum of Art in Seoul, opens up a whole new universe for viewers and encourages them to...

October 4, 2018
Arts&Design
Approaching minimalism with current perspectives

Interpretations of minimalism by 11 Korean artists went on show at the Seoul National University Museum of Art on Monday. The works on display at “Minimal Variation” depict forms of beauty that are ...

October 2, 2018
Arts&Design
Korean artist Lee Bul retrospective opens in Berlin

Korean artist Lee Bul’s retrospective exhibition kicked off Friday at Martin-Gropius-Bau in Berlin. The show is Lee’s first-ever solo exhibition in Germany. The artist’s 2015-16 work “Willing to B...

September 30, 2018
Arts&Design
With Asia Focus, national museum amplifies Asian voices in global art world

The National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea, kicked off the second edition of Asia Focus on Friday at its Seoul branch. This year’s Asia Focus -- a program launched last year to support...

September 28, 2018
Arts&Design
[Weekender] Fall walks to art museums near Gyeongbokgung

The fall has arrived and so has the season for strolling. In downtown Seoul, the area near central palace Gyeongbokgung is the favorite haunt of locals and tourists alike looking to enjoy fine cultur...

September 27, 2018
Arts&Design
[Herald Interview] Oh Min’s ‘Etude’ brings the language of the stage into the realm of visual arts

Can dancers practice their art with etudes, like classical musicians? Artist Oh Min’s “Etude ABCD” at Atelier Hermes in Seoul is an exhibition that comprises a set of dance etudes with intricately w...

September 26, 2018
Arts&Design
[Herald Design Forum 2018] Limited access to Korean architecture explains lack of international prize winners from Korea: Martha Thorne

Architectural design is becoming increasingly important as issues related to the environment and densely populated areas grow, according to Martha Thorne, executive director of Pritzker Architecture ...

September 15, 2018
Arts&Design

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