Jeong, an installation artist, has explored and questioned the relationship between the human body and robotics or artificial intelligence. Having studied drama and music, she is also a choreographer and combines body movements with performative machines in her exhibitions. Born in 1980, she is the recipient of the 16th Hermes Foundation Missulsang in 2016. The world’s biggest art exhibition wil...

“Kim Swoo-guen began contemporary architecture in Korea. It was a great thing to join his team upon graduating college in 1965,” Kim said. Along with his teacher, Kim took part in designing the Korean Pavilion at Expo 67 held in Montreal, Canada in 1967. The funds raised will go to the Seoul-based Project Management for International Cooporation, which helps vaccinate children in North Korea aga...

“There was a time when I was afraid to make judgments when painting, and rarely worked on painting. But I realized I needed flexibility as an artist,” Moon said. His painting method resembles the impasto technique – a technique first used during the 16th century Renaissance period, in which paint is applied on a surface in very thick layers, maximizing its texture and three-dimensional qualities...

The Gwangju Biennale Foundation and GIZI Foundation will launch the “Gwangju Biennale Park Seo-bo Art Prize” at the 14th Gwangju Biennale scheduled to open in April next year to recognize a promising artist participating at the biennale. GIZI Foundation, established by Korean contemporary artist Park Seo-bo, has committed $1 million to the prize, with $100,000 in prize money to winning artists o...

Established in 1938, Kansong Art Museum is home to some 360 national treasures and treasures. By comparison, the government directly manages a total of 434 national treasures and treasures at the National Museum of Korea and other state entities as of 2020. A wealthy businessman, Chun Hyung-pil founded the museum to protect invaluable cultural artifacts from being taken out of the country during...

Meanwhile, Ahn’s eponymous dance company, Ahn Eun-me Dance Company, unveiled the PC-based game “Until Die Thanks Dance.” The game, co-created with three game developers, offers seven dance pieces that include Ahn’s representative works such as North Korea Dance and Geosigi Monologue. Motion capture technology allows users to enjoy a virtual dance stage as a game character with 29 other participa...

Works by seven deceased artists reveal their agony in the mid-1900s

The Portable Shrine of Gilt-bronze Buddha Triad, measuring 18 centimeters in height, is thought to have been made in the 11th or 12th century. It is a miniature version of a Buddhist shrine that houses a statue of Buddha. The bid started at 2.7 billion won ($2.24 million). The Gilt-bronze Standing Buddha Triad with Inscription of Gyemi Year, measuring 17.7 centimeters in height, is known to have...

Memorializing Korea’s disappearing mom-and-pop shops gives artist courage to carry on and grow old

The museum will not require vaccine certification after the government eased rules for museums

The museum plans to introduce the artist to the international art scene by releasing an English publication about the artist. The exhibition will present Chung’s representative works from the 1990s to the present. Chung deconstructed conventional art and posed questions about sculpture itself, incorporating non-sculptural materials found throughout industrialized society such as styrofoam, linole...

The National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea has started a test run for “The More, The Better,” the largest installation work by video art pioneer Paik Nam-june after it initiated a restoration project in 2019. The national museum has finished the overall restoration work and began the test run on Jan. 17, which will continue for six months. Comprising 1,003 picture tube monitors, t...

Three Korean regions with large numbers of dolmen monuments, Gochang, Hwasun, and Ganghwa islands in South Korea, were named UNESCO World Heritage sites in 2000. The three regions contain the highest density and greatest variety of dolmens in the world. It is a fitting coincidence that the word “dolmen” contains “dol,” which means stone in Korean. By Hyungwon Kang ( hyungwonkang@gmail.com ) ...

The themed exhibition will be participated by 35 artists from 11 countries who will present a variety of works that include paintings, installations, media art as well as digital works created with AI or in virtual reality. The themed exhibition will run through May 8, taking place at R&D annex of the former ShinaSB Shipyard. “Our era is characterized by the increase of global stress, anxiety, a...

The National Research Institute of Cultural Heritage analyzed each element in detail to identify the type of folding screen frame, the pigment used and the material of the wallpaper, and applied each to the preservation treatment. During the process, the existing folding screen frame was found to be impossible to reuse due to damage from insects and natural degradation. A new frame was produced b...