Articles by Shim Woo-hyun
Shim Woo-hyun
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Two Canadian contemporary circuses offer flashy escapism
The two renowned Canadian circus companies are presenting shows that offer audiences a dose of escapism from the daily grind. Just around the corner is Cirque Eloize’s “Cirkopolis,” to be staged July 5-8, at the LG Arts Center in Seoul. Cirque Eloize’s “Cirkopolis” (LG Arts Center) Cirque Eloize’s “Cirkopolis” (LG Arts Center)Premiered in 2013, Cirque Eloize’s “Cirkopolis” is an art circus production inspired by futuristic and increasingly technological yet dystopian universes of legendary Germa
Performance July 2, 2018
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SeMA's first floor filled with voices of the voiceless
Voices of the oppressed and marginalized from around the world fill the Seoul Museum of Art in downtown Seoul. A cacophony of sounds from different video and installation works startle the visitors entering the building. The dissonant mixture of sounds is a choir of the voiceless, who speak through works of art. The ongoing exhibition, “Voiceless: Return of the Foreclosed,“ has on display some 30 works by seven artists from home and abroad, featuring various social problems that surround us but
Arts & Design July 1, 2018
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‘Summer Love’: SongEun ArtSpace to present years of effort supporting young artists
SongEun ArtSpace is holding a group exhibition to feature young local artists the institution has supported over the recent three years. SongEun ArtSpace’s “Summer Love: SongEun ArtCube Group Exhibition” is the second such exhibition, following the first in 2015. The 2015 “Summer Love” exhibition was held to celebrate its fifth anniversary and highlight young local artists SongEun ArtCube had supported.Lee Chung-hyung’s installation work “A Wall that Resembles the Shape of a Sculpture” (SongEun
Arts & Design June 28, 2018
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MMCA rolls out mid-term plan, incorporation plan scrapped
The National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art of Korea on Tuesday laid out the museum’s mid-term plan, including its future exhibition schedule and management plan. The mid-term plan was announced alongside the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism’s recent decision not to incorporate the museum, ending a decade of debate on the issue.While there have been talks of incorporation to free the museum from regulations and restraints of being a part of a governmental branch, there were also co
Culture June 27, 2018
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Art exhibition looks at Korean artists’ ties with US arts
In 1957, Seoul National University held an art exchange with the University of Minnesota, marking the nation’s first international art exchange with the US. On the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the event, SNU’s art museum is holding an exhibition that highlights works of Korean artists whose careers have unfolded in the US. Titled “Oscillation: Between Korea and the United States,” the exhibition features eight artists of different generations from the 1950s to 2000s, tracing how Korean ar
Arts & Design June 25, 2018
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[Herald Interview] Now is time to talk about Korean literature
Publishers choose the books to put out on bookstore shelves, hoping that some will buy and perhaps read them. Yet, many of them go unnoticed among the countless books that are released every day.This is much more the case with translated materials. The odds are very low that an American would read Korean literature. Ira Silverberg looks for information in a book during an interview with The Korea Herald on Wednesday at Coex in Seoul. (Shim Woo-hyun/The Korea Herald)”It‘s hard for American writer
Books June 21, 2018
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Artday to hold June auction
Herald Artday, a subsidiary of Herald Corp., is holding an online auction from June 23-28, presenting works by contemporary Korean artists. The auction will feature artworks by renowned artists, including Chun Hyuck-lim, Lee Ung-no, Lee Bae and Sa Suk-won. Kim Tschang-yeul’s 1997 work “Recurrence” /Herald ArtdayThe collection also includes one artwork from Kim Tschang-yeul’s “Recurrence” series, in which sparkling droplets emerge against a background of Chinese characters. Kim is widely known he
Arts & Design June 21, 2018
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Rising virtuosi to perform Shostakovich, Ravel at Kumho
Violinist Yang In-mo will hold his first chamber music concert on Thursday at Kumho Art Hall, together with cellist Mun Tae-guk and pianist Ben Kim. For the upcoming concert titled “Tri Angle,” the three young virtuosi will present duo and trio performances of chamber music compositions by innovative classical music composers such as Dmitri Shostakovich and Maurice Ravel. Violinist Yang In-mo (Kumho Asiana Cultural Foundation) Cellist Mun Tae-guk (Kumho Asiana Cultural Foundation) Pianist Ben K
Performance June 18, 2018
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Amorepacific’s new headquarters building aims to become gateway to central Seoul
Amorepacific’s newly built headquarters will play a key role in the redevelopment of Yongsan, central Seoul.Yongsan has been undergoing significant changes in the past few years, particularly after the announcement that the US military will be relocating out of Yongsan Garrison, which is to be transformed into a park in the future. Since then, the area has been seeing its old low-rise buildings being replaced by high-rise buildings. Amorepacific‘s new headquarters is located in Yongsan, Seoul ne
Arts & Design June 17, 2018
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‘Richard III’ brings entertainment, evokes reflection
One can easily moralize and judge upon his or her evil deeds. But, it is rather complicated when the person comes face-to-face and talks directly at you with bare honesty, even if the person has spilled the blood of family members for his own vain desire. Thomas Ostermeier’s Richard tells one such story. Having first premiered in Berlin in 2015, talented German director Thomas Ostermeier’s “Richard III” brought sheer-wicked, grotesque, deformed yet relatable vice in front of the eyes of the loca
Culture June 15, 2018
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Art changes with time, so does our perception of art
The Seoul Museum of Art on Tuesday kicked off an exhibition that traces its 30-year history, not just by highlighting the museum’s collection but also by reinventing its artworks. Titled “Digital Promenade,” the museum’s 30th-anniversary exhibition features 30 artworks produced between 1961 and 2017 by renowned artists here, as well as 10 commissioned tech-art productions of young local artists. Kwon Ha-youn‘s “When you get there,” installed at the SeMA exhibition “Digital Promenade”(SeMA)For th
Arts & Design June 12, 2018
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[US-NK Summit] N. Korean leader Kim Jong-un on city tour
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un's vehicle was spotted leaving the St. Regis Singapore hotel on Monday night. Kim went on a mini-night tour of Singapore, according to The Straits Times.Kim Jong-un’s sister Kim Yo-jong and Ri Su-yong, Workers’ Party vice chairman on international affairs, were accompanying Kim Jong-un on his tour of the city, it said.The report added that Kim Jong-un’s first stop was Gardens by the Bay's Flower Dome.Singapore’s Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan later posted a p
North Korea June 11, 2018
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Uee mulls next TV project
Uee might return in an upcoming TV series, according to her agency on Friday.Yuleum Entertainment said the singer and actress has been offered a lead role in a KBS2 drama series slated to kick off in September. Actress and singer Uee (Yuleum Entertainment)If she accepts, it would mark a return to the small screen for Uee four months after the completion of MBC’s “My Husband, Mr. Oh!”The character Uee has been offered is studying to become a teacher. The series unfolds as the character finds that
Television June 8, 2018
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Artists caught between past and future legacies
Art movements that set milestones in history have had such a profound impact that some still inspire people to revisit and reproduce them, even generations later. French artist Lili Reynaud-Dewar’s solo exhibition “Beyond the Land of Minimal Possessions” at Atelier Hermes in Seoul is an exhibition that sheds light on ways in which people today work with one of most profound 20th century art movements, minimalism. Reynaud-Dewar’s latest exhibition in Seoul focuses on Marfa, a small desert town in
Arts & Design June 7, 2018
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Viktoria Mullova, David Greilsammer to bring rich musical diversity
Internationally acclaimed violinist Viktoria Mullova and rising conductor David Greilsammer’s chamber music orchestra Geneva Camerata will introduce an unusual classical music program on Friday at Seoul Arts Center Concert Hall.From Beethoven Symphony No. 8 to Gershwin’s “Porgy and Bess,” the audience will be provided a chance to listen to pieces that are rarely performed in the local classical music scene. Violinist Viktoria Mullova (Credia) Pianist and conductor David Greilsammer (Credia)The
Performance June 5, 2018
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