Ecological architect Vincent Callebaut has called for an environmentally friendly approach to architecture at a time when economic and environmental crises are threatening the next generation. “Young people these days are very sensitive to the climate crisis and climatologists have started predicting gloomy future for mankind," Callebaut said during a lecture at Herald Design Forum 2022 in Seoul...

"Herald Design Forum has provided a platform for a variety of discussions on design. This year’s edition discusses architecture with nature, mobility as renovation of space and how virtual reality would affect our lives in the future. I hope these discussions help in making policy for both public design and the industry,” said Prime Minister Han Duck-soo in a video message. “In the advent of a n...

Gwangju National Museum and Gwangju Museum of Art will start their exhibitions on Oct. 5. A total of 170 pieces, including 16 national treasures, will be on display at the Gwangju National Museum through January next year. In particular, “Inwang Jesaekdo” by Jeong Seon will be displayed until Oct. 31. The museum, which specializes in ceramics, will exclusively showcase 39 paintings and ceramic a...

BUSAN -- When Kim Hae-ju was inaugurated as the artistic director of Busan Biennale, she set about conducting thorough research about the port city, which is also her hometown. She was attracted to the history of migration and how the city is being formed even to this day. “I wanted to stress the historic narrative of how the port city has evolved to be open to migrants. It is not confined to in...

The installation work “Low Pressure” by Australian Aboriginal artist Megan Cope will come into sight upon arriving at the venue. Resisting the colonial concept of “Aborigine,” her work uses mapping practices and language to illustrate geographical locations that belong to her people and colonization's impact on the lands, waters and people over Australia’s long history. French artist Tabita Reza...

This is the first exhibition of Korean art at the Hood Museum. “Frieze Seoul and Kiaf made a big splash earlier this month, establishing South Korea as the region's next major art market. Stateside, there is an important moment happening in Korean contemporary art as well,” said Meg Blackburn in charge of public relations at the museum. Kim also said she noticed a gradually increasing interest ...

Other artists joining the exhibition presented by Herald Artday are Jin Tocotoco, Choi Aira, Yun Yee-jin, Shin So-ra, Suh Ho-sung, Chung Young-hwan, Gammanzi, Kim Sou-sou, Jeong Ji-yoon and MeME. The exhibition kicked off on Friday and runs through Oct. 5 at Summit Gallery. The gallery is closed on Mondays. By Park Yuna ( yunapark@heraldcorp.com )

The gallery sold 15 works in the first hours of the art fair, including those by George Condo, Mark Bradford and Rashid Johnson to private collectors, institutions and private museums in South Korea and the wider region. Frieze Seoul, the first Asian edition of the global art fair Frieze, took place from Sept. 2 to 5 in collaboration with Kiaf Seoul, the 20-year-old art fair based in Seoul. The ...

The area of Jeju island where Chusa was locked up in a house arrest has some of the harshest weather on the island. This is on an island known for its absolute tough and unforgiving climate. After being freed in 1848, Chusa was again sent in exile to Bukcheong, Hamgyeong Province, in the northern end of Korea, in 1851 and was not freed until 1853. Chusa's obituary even appears in the Veritable ...

Korea-born video art pioneer Paik Nam-june’s masterpiece, “The More, The Better” -- an 18.6-meter-tall video tower -- was unveiled on Thursday after completing a three-year restoration. The reincarnation of the artist’s largest work is celebrated with the archive exhibition held by the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea. The national museum celebrated the reoperation of “The M...

“I am part of the new wave of architects trained at the end of the 20th century at the beginning of planetary awareness of the climate crisis and the rise in sea levels,” he said. Callebaut encouraged people involved in creating urban environments to become more aware of ecological approaches to architecture. “Young architects, real estate investors and urban operators can create new sustainable...

At the end of five hectic days, however, many local galleries were left doing some complicated calculations. Galleries that participated only in Kiaf Seoul and those that participated in both fairs clearly differed in their assessment of the first joint art fair. A total of 12 local galleries were selected to join Frieze Seoul, including those at Frieze Masters, featuring old masters. “I think w...

Works of modern art from Korea have traveled to Los Angeles, where they will be shown at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) in an exhibition titled “The Space Between: The Modern in Korean Art.” The exhibition shedding light on the development of Korea’s modern art from 1897 to 1965 opens Sunday and runs through Feb. 19, 2023. It is the first show focusing on the history of Korea's mo...

The inaugural Frieze Seoul and Kiaf Seoul together attracted more than 70,000 visitors from home and abroad. Frieze Seoul took place from Friday to Monday at Coex southern Seoul while Kiaf Seoul, also at Coex, ran through Tuesday, bringing together some 350 galleries from across the world. While the two fairs did not disclose the sales record, the transactions from the two fairs will reportedly ...

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