The solo exhibition of installation artist Ahn Jong-yuen, who has explored -- and played with -- light throughout her artistic career opens Wednesday at Summit Gallery in southern Seoul. The exhibition titled, “Skywalk, Lightwalker: Time for Walking the Sky and Light,” is jointly organized by Herald Auction and ArtToken, and will run through March 15. Ahn has been dubbed an “artist of light” fo...

The September show will be Jung’s first major exhibition at the national museum in 15 years, having been part of a group exhibition as a winner of the Korea Artist Prize in 2007. Launched in 2014, the annual MMCA Hyundai Motor Series aims to promote Korea’s prominent artists by supporting a solo exhibition at the national museum. The project is organized in partnership with Hyundai Motor Company...

Conceptual artist Peter Weibel, who had pioneered media art as a theorist and curator since the 1960s, died on Wednesday. He was 78. The National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea, which is hosting an ongoing exhibition by Weibel, announced Friday it will set up a space dedicated to the artist, allowing visitors to pay tribute to him until May 14. Weibel’s exhibition, “respectively, ...

Seoul Museum of Art announced Friday that this September's Seoul Mediacity Biennale would aim to redefine the concepts of migration, diaspora and languages. Titled “This Too, is a Map,” this year's edition of the contemporary art event will be helmed by artistic director Rachael Rakes. The artistic director of the 12th biennale was selected through an open call process for the first time in an ...

K-Auction, a major art auctioneer in South Korea, will host an online charity auction starting Saturday to help children affected by the earthquakes that killed at least 50,000 people in Turkey and northwest Syria last month. The charity auction will run through March 14 jointly with the Seoul-based nonprofit AIF Children, offering 100 works by 76 artists who have agreed to help. Between 50 to 1...

Lee’s new “Air words” series, which shows poetic texts seemingly floating in the sky that are tinged with the colors of a rainbow, sunrise or sunset. The words written on the pieces include “The sun is an orange,” “Saturday mood” and “Your beautiful future.”

The winner was chosen by a six-member jury, reviewing applications and conducting interviews with selected candidates. The winner is awarded 20 million won ($15,000) and will be given financial support to create new works for the artist’s solo show in the following year. The foundation also provides an opportunity for the winner to visit the foundation, major museums and galleries in France, acc...

“I am interested in things that are tricky or constantly transform, rather than things that are defined. For the objects, it is totally up to the people who would use them. The users will complete the meaning of the objects,” Hong said. Hong, who is also a professor in the Department of Fine Arts at Seoul National University of Science and Technology, lived through times when she had doubts abou...

A space dedicated to the artist will be established in May next to Gizi Art Base in Seoul

Hwang Dal-sung, president of Keumsan Gallery, was reelected as president of the Galleries Association of Korea on Thursday, renewing his position for another two years, defeating rival candidate Do Hyung-teh, president of Gallery Hyundai, by only one vote, according to the association. The two-way election, conducted Thursday afternoon at the Westin Josun Seoul, turned out to be so competitive t...

Artist Lee Hae-eun has produced a variety of bags and shoes using "hanji," traditional Korean paper made from mulberry bark. Delving into the world of traditional paper, she quickly learned how unique hanji is compared to paper from other Asian countries. “Hanji is durable, preservable and has good ventilation compared to ‘hwaji,’ Japanese mulberry paper or ‘seonji,’ Chinese mulberry paper, whic...

“The purpose of our team is to make art and culture more accessible online and that includes history. The DMZ and the Korean War were a very important part of Korean history. It felt natural as a topic when we thought about 'What projects could we do in Korea?'” said Simon Rein, senior program manager of Google Arts & Culture, during an interview on Tuesday at Google Korea in Gangnam, southern Se...

Art Dubai operates in collaboration with other cultural institutions in the UAE, such as the Jameel Arts Center, Ishara Art Foundation, Sharjah Art Foundation, Louvre Abu Dhabi and Maraya Art Center. Barakat Contemporary is among 16 first-time exhibitors at this year's prominent art fair in the Middle East. By Park Yuna (yunapark@heraldcorp.com)

Her new paintings include those inspired by the Alps, which she had the chance to see in 2006. Relying on her memory, she started to work on the series in 2018. “Chung Zuyoung: Meteorologica” runs through March 26 at Gallery Hyundai in central Seoul, presenting 60 of the artist’s paintings throughout the building. The title of the exhibition was inspired by "Meteorology," a treatise written by A...

Buk-Seoul Museum of Art in northern Seoul has also expanded its art library, now housing more than 10,000 books. The family friendly museum's book collection includes some 600 books for children. Buk-Seoul Museum of Art is part of the Seoul Museum of Art run by the city council, which is running a participatory program for kids, “Do Ho Suh and Children: Artland,” until March 23. The expanded li...