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Pompeii's grand baths unveiled, with hidden tragedy

Nov 26, 2019

POMPEII (AFP) -- Magnificent thermal baths designed to be the jewel of Pompeii but destroyed by a volcanic eruption before they could be completed opened to visitors for the first time on Monday afte...
Kim Whan-ki’s blue dot painting sets record for Korean painters

Nov 24, 2019

South Korean abstract master Kim Whan-ki’s major dot painting set a record for Korean painters at an auction in Hong Kong. “Universe 5-IV-71 #200” by the late Kim sold for HK$88 million ($11.2 milli...
[ASEAN-Korea summit] Handicrafts of Mekong on display in Busan

Nov 24, 2019

ASEAN Culture House under the Korea Foundation is to host mini fair “Bazaar Mekong: Handicraft and Design Goods,” introducing the art and design culture of the five Mekong countries. The exhibition ...
Painting by S. Korean abstract master Kim Whan-ki fetches 13.2b won in Hong Kong

Nov 24, 2019

HONG KONG -- A major dot painting by late South Korean abstract master Kim Whan-ki sold for HK$88 million, or 13.2 billion won ($11.2 million), in a Christie's auction in Hong Kong on Saturday. Acco...
National maritime museum opens on west coast

Nov 18, 2019

A national maritime museum has opened in Taean-gun, South Chungcheong Province, opening up its entire exhibition space and its maritime artifact collection to the public. The Taean Maritime Museum p...
Namsangol Hanok Village incorporates modern artifacts inspired by Korean traditional themes

Nov 15, 2019

The exhibition “Hang in Hanok” at Namsangol Hanok Village shows how the traditional Korean village incorporates contemporary works of art that its artifacts have inspired. The project, co-organized ...
[Video] Exhibition offers unique joy of taking pictures

Nov 12, 2019

Karl Lagerfeld famously said, “Pictures capture a moment that is gone forever, impossible to reproduce.” Whipping out a camera and taking photos yourself helps you grab the precious memories. This is...
Korean society through the eyes of a female minjung artist

Nov 11, 2019

Just a few minutes ahead of the exhibition tour on Thursday, Nho Won-hee, 71, asked visitors for their names. With a pen in her hand, Nho approached her painting “People in the Square” (2018) and sta...
J Ahn’s photographs capture daily life in urban setting

Nov 10, 2019

Photographer J Ahn is holding her solo exhibition at Art Space J in Seongnam, Gyeonggi Province. Titled “City Colors II,” introduces photographs taken on Ahn’s travels to major urban tourist destina...
Structural artist weaves a tangled web

Nov 10, 2019

Bolting out of his chair during a press conference at a restaurant next to Gallery Hyundai, artist Tomas Saraceno headed straight for a small maintenance closet where cleaning tools were kept. Sarace...
[Herald Interview] Shaping crude warmth into tableware and more

Nov 7, 2019

Pottery ware brand Yido aims to go younger, evolves as total homeware brand
Where and why we move

Nov 6, 2019

In 1957, a dog was put on Soviet spacecraft Sputnik 2, becoming the first live animal to orbit Earth. Some five decades later, it was revealed that Laika, the dog, died a few hours after the launch, ...
Horim Museum’s 10th anniversary show taps highlights from exhibitions held in past decade

Nov 5, 2019

A lotus-shape museum stands majestically holding ancient Korean artifacts among luxury brand flagship stores and hip restaurants in Gangnam’s Sinsa-dong -- one of the quickly changing areas in Seoul....
Local public art project rethinks urban redevelopment and sustainability

Nov 4, 2019

Sitting at the center of Pyeongchon Central Park in the city of Anyang, Gyeonggi Province, is Daan Roosegaarde’s giant outdoor purifier “Smog Free Tower.” Yoon Suk-nam’s “1025: With or Without Perso...
Machine Visions: Trevor Paglen’s exhibition querying how machine sees the world

Nov 3, 2019

The recent rise of machine and computer vision systems not just allow machines to actually see things, but also automatically and seamlessly collects and interprets images for various purposes. An up...