The exhibition of art bequeathed to the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea by the late Samsung Group Chairman Lee Kun-hee will run for another two months, the museum announced Tuesday. This is the second extension of the special exhibition “MMCA Lee Kun-hee Collection: Masterpieces of Korean Art,” which opened July 21, 2021. The exhibition will now come to a close on June 6. ...

Meanwhile, the wooden lotus pedestal, which was removed from the temple for the first time ever for the special exhibition, dates back to the Goryeo period, when Buddhism was at its height. It is decorated with three tiers of lotus petals that are each carved separately and attached along the side. The circular throne has rectangular wooden panels attached all along its side. Each lotus petal, w...

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Lee Kun-hee collection will go on three-year nationwide tour of 10 museums

Pier 1 of Busan Harbor will be among the four venues of the 65-day biennale, which will start on Sept. 3 under the theme of “We, on the Rising Wave.” The 4,093-square-meter warehouse at the harbor will be turned into an exhibition space during the biennale. The pier was built in 1912 by Japanese colonialists to ship Korea’s resources out of the country. During the Korean War, the pier was where p...

Korean collectors exceptionally knowledgeable, have sophisticated appreciation of art, according to Austrian gallerist Ropac

Kansong Art Museum -- South Korea’s first private museum and home to some 5,000 artifacts including 10 state-designated national treasures -- will open its doors for the first time in seven years on April 16. A new exhibition at Bohwagak, the museum’s original building, coincides with the recent completion of a new storage facility on the museum grounds. The exhibition will showcase 44 artifacts...

TOKYO -- An exhibition featuring art works on victims of the Japanese military sexual slavery kicked off in Tokyo on Saturday despite protests from Japanese right-wing activists. "Non-Freedom of Expression Exhibition" opened for a four-day run at a public gallery in Kunitachi, Tokyo Prefecture, to showcase works by 16 artist collectives, including a statue symbolizing victims of the Japanese mil...

The Korean Pavilion at the 59th Venice Biennale in April will be held under the theme of “Gyre,” as a metaphor for the confusion that the world goes through with seven installations created by artist Kim Yun-chul. “The word ‘Gyre’ connotes multiple meanings. The Korean Pavilion will become a massive work itself, organically combined with Kim’s works. We will tear off the pavilion ceiling, so tha...

Biannual show introducing emerging Korean artists makes comeback after six years

In support of aiding Ukraine, the artist donated his painting ‘PEACE in Ukraine’ and its image featured at ‘2022 Special Concert for World Peace’

The boom of the local art market is expected to continue this year thanks to swelling demand for artworks from individual investors amid the protracted pandemic, industry data showed Friday. The 2022 Galleries Art Fair, one of the biggest art trade fairs in South Korea held from March 16-20, posted 17.7 billion won ($14.5 million) in sales over the five-day period, up sharply from 7.2 billion a ...

New York-based gallery bolsters presence in Korea through expansion in Hannam-dong

A PKM Gallery, another prominent Seoul gallery, showed works by Yun Hyong-keun (1928-2007), Korea’s leading figure in dansaekhwa art movement. A small paintings by the artist, about 50 to 60 centimeters in height, was snapped up right away by a young buyer at about 100 million won. At the fair, PKM sold two small works by Yun. “The paintings are rare works by the artists in terms of their size,”...

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