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Two national museums to show Lee Kun-hee’s collection this month

Jul 4, 2021

Ahead of the two exhibitions planned in Seoul, some of Lee’s collection was unveiled at two public museums in Gwangju and Daegu on Tuesday. The Gwangju Museum of Art and Daegu Art Museum presented sp...
Screening for Korea’s artistic director for Venice Biennale to start over

Jul 2, 2021

The screening for the artistic director of the Korean Pavilion in the upcoming 59th Venice Biennale will start over, after a complaint emerged over an unfair screening process. A complaint alleged a...
Culture Ministry to announce plans for Lee Kun-hee collection Wednesday

Jul 1, 2021

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism is to share plans about the late Samsung Chairman Lee Kun-hee’s art collection, and is expected to mention the possibility of opening a new museum. The mi...
Amorepacific Museum of Art shows more of contemporary art collection

Jun 30, 2021

The museum’s “APMA, Chapter One” in February 2019 unveiled the company’s contemporary art collection while the second show “APMA, Chapter Two” in July 2020 featured the collection of antique art pres...
Creativity of their own presented by artists with mental disabilities

Jun 29, 2021

The participating artists include Kim Jin-hong, who expresses inner fear by drawing shadows; Chung Jong-pil, who constantly draws images of people from memory; Yoon Mi-ae, who produces collages using...
Works from Lee Kun-hee’s collection to be unveiled in Gwangju, Daegu

Jun 28, 2021

The Daegu Art Museum will present the exhibition “Welcome Home: A Feast of Art,” presenting 21 pieces donated by Lee. Those works include masterpieces by Korean modern artists Kim Chong-yung, Yoo You...
Foundry Seoul opens in Seoul’s rising art hub, Hannam-dong

Jun 25, 2021

The fashion label comprising Choi Kang-hyuk and Shon Sang-lak, both graduates of Royal College of Art who studied menswear, explores mass-produced artificial objects, posing questions about sustainab...
Seoul stumbles upon the meaning of ‘Our Happy Life’ through urbanscape

Jun 23, 2021

City and Well-Being focuses on the city of Seoul. The research conducted by the Society of Architecture shows how Seoul‘s urban structure impacts city dwellers‘ lives. Photos taken in detail of the d...
Climate Museum warns against exploitative development

Jun 23, 2021

The infographic on a scrap paper “Global Plastics Production by Types, 1950–2018” shows how plastics began to be produced in the 1930s and became widely used in the 1950s after World War II. Accordin...
Bidding at Seoul auction house hits new high since financial crisis

Jun 23, 2021

In a sign of growing demand for artworks, a major auction house based in Seoul saw sales from a recent bidding reach a fresh high since the 2008 global financial crisis. Seoul Auction sold artworks ...
Korean Eye 2020 arrives in Seoul after showings in St. Petersburg, London

Jun 22, 2021

The 37th exhibition, “Korean Eye 2020: Creativity and Daydream” features works by emerging Korean artists, including Kim Eun-ha, Kim Helena Parada, Kang Ho-yeon, Doowon and Choi Yoon-suk, as well as ...
[Exclusive] MMCA postpones Paik Nam-june festival, once again

Jun 21, 2021

The National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea’s plan to celebrate the legacy of South Korea’s pioneering video artist Paik Nam-june will be canceled again this year, with an exhibition de...
British artist Fiona Banner poses questions on humans’ desire, power

Jun 20, 2021

Banner has described the full stop as a “symbol of language without content, representing the emptiness of language, language poised on a precipice, a crisis where fonts, letters and words no longer ...
Aboriginal artist Daniel Boyd asks one’s true-self

Jun 20, 2021

Boyd represented his personal roots in some paintings like “Untitled (GGASOLIWPS),” which depicts his great-grandfather Harry Mossam, who was a part of the “stolen generations” of Aboriginal children...
Pandemic-weary seek solace in garden exhibition

Jun 19, 2021

The exhibition also introduces renowned artists, novelists and film directors who were inspired by gardening, such as Korean novelist Park Wan-suh (1931-2011), American poet Emily Dickinson (1830-188...