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Beyond 'looking’: British artist Gary Hume invites viewers to interact with his works

In Gary Hume’s paintings, colorful tectonic plates seamlessly flow on the glimmering aluminum surface. You see yourself reflected there too. As you move around the gallery space, they seem to shimmer...

June 4, 2019
Arts&Design
Artist paints his daily life

Korean artist Kim Ji-won’s uniquely grotesque cockscomb paintings come in different colors -- exuberant red, faded gray. Kim, best known for this cockscomb painting series, is holding a solo exhibit...

June 3, 2019
Arts&Design
Art Busan has settled in after all

The eighth edition of Art Busan kicked off Thursday at the Bexco Exhibition Center in Busan, featuring some 4,000 works from 164 galleries in 17 countries Many galleries at this year’s art fair agre...

May 31, 2019
Arts&Design
Rock band U2 to stage first-ever concert in Korea

Legendary Irish rock band U2 will perform at Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul on Dec. 8, marking its first-ever visit to South Korea. The upcoming concert is an extension of the band’s worldwide Joshua Tre...

May 31, 2019
Music
Bauhaus bus stops at Gwangju Design Biennale 2019

The Bauhaus school’s workshop wing in the German town of Dessau is well known for its stark white volumes, gridded windows and the Bauhaus sign that runs vertically down the facade. The iconic build...

May 29, 2019
Arts&Design
Ballerina Kim Joo-won unveils tango-ballet piece

Ballerina Kim Joo-won will introduce her new work “Tango Ballet 3 Minutes: Su Tiempo” at the Sejong Center July 11-14. Kim’s latest piece follows “Marguerite and Armand,” staged in 2013. Ballerina ...

May 28, 2019
Theater
Canadian director brings monodrama about Quebec childhood to Korea

Canadian theater artist, director and actor Robert Lepage is presenting the production “887” for the first time in Seoul. The piece sheds light on the Quebec separatist movement from his own experien...

May 27, 2019
Theater
‘A network is no use if you monopolize it’

The occupation of curator is not one that most people are familiar with -- many think it’s all about organizing and planning exhibitions. Lee Dae-hyung, curator and team leader of Hyundai Motor’s Ar...

May 26, 2019
Arts&Design
Swinging times in the DMZ

You can ride on a swing in the Demilitarized Zone along the border between the two Koreas, and it’s even a three-seater. Danish artist group Superflex’s two-swing set from their 2017 large-scale ins...

May 22, 2019
Arts&Design
City needs ‘room to breathe,’ architect says

The rooftop of the Sewoon Sangga, the 50-plus-year-old shopping complex in central Seoul, offers a unique panorama of Seoul. From the northern side of this mega-structure you get a view that spans f...

May 21, 2019
Culture
‘The Island of the Colorblind’ looks at relationships in contemporary world

Manon de Boer’s video work “Bella, Maia and Nick” shows three teenagers playing instruments in a room with an ocean view. Without any intention to create harmony, they make different sounds with clas...

May 20, 2019
Arts&Design
MMCA retrospective lays bare life of 88-year-old artist Park Seo-bo

Sitting in a wheelchair, artist Park Seo-bo appeared feeble, but his voice was energetic as he spoke during a press conference Thursday for his upcoming retrospective exhibition at the Museum of Mode...

May 16, 2019
Arts&Design
[Photo News] Posing with Basquiat

POSING WITH BASQUIAT -- Choi Jung-wha (third from left, second row), head of the Corea Image Communication Institute, Kim Young-ho (fourth from left, second row), Ilshin Spinning chairman, and H.E. F...

May 15, 2019
People
Korea’s most expensive artist Kim Whan-ki’s red-dot work goes to Hong Kong

A work by Korea’s most expensive artist Kim Whan-ki will be up for auction in Hong Kong again this year. Seoul Auction, the nation’s largest auction house, will hold a sale on May 26 at Grand Hyatt ...

May 15, 2019
Arts&Design
Suki Seokyeong Kang continues experimenting with space at Venice Biennale

Suki Seokyung Kang’s multipart installations are neatly organized so as not to interfere with one another. The space invites people to walk, sit and stand among minimalist installations in soft color...

May 14, 2019
Arts&Design

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