“He innovated his work, changing his coloring style in his later years,” Youn of MMCA said. In recent years, minhwa has grown in popularity with an increasing number of people practicing the traditional folk art genre as a hobby and younger artists taking inspiration from it. Minhwa painter Oh Soon-kyung, who is showing five paintings inspired by minhwa at the MMCA exhibition that is running thr...

“The pandemic was not easy for everyone, but it seems we are getting some normalcy back in our lives. My works are about resilience and the power of getting back to where we were,” Kim said. “We can also find the clue to resilience from nature.” Kwon’s works are currently on display in “Artificial Nature” at Cheongju Museum of Art’s Ochang Gallery in Cheongju, North Chungcheong Province. His “Bi...

When Korea was under Japanese colonial rule from 1910 to 1945, people here needed a way to relieve their grief, even in a sarcastic way. Although it is no longer widely performed, there was the genre of “manyo,” a popular form of folk music in the 1930s. Usually performed by musical troupes at the time, manyo songs generally had comic lyrics set to a melody that belied the sorrow and sarcasm und...

The exhibition was hosted by the National Institute for Unification Education and curated by Kim Tae-hyun. Some 15 works of art will be on display until Oct. 10. Odusan Unification Tower is closed on Mondays.

Leeum Museum of Art has made another move to promote young and promising artists with their new exhibition, “ROOM Project.” This exhibition will take place in the museum‘s lobby, a newly installed space dedicated to up-and-coming artists. The project offers an opportunity for artists in their 20s and 30s to showcase their work and introduce their artistic vision. The museum plans to permanently ...

The exhibition at Kukje Gallery “Colors of Yoo Youngkuk” is the second show of the artist’s work since 2018. It focuses on paintings he did in the 1960s and 1970s that feature his signature nature-based motifs portrayed in vibrant primary colors. Along with 68 paintings, some archival material, including 12 rough drawings, are on display at exhibition spaces K1, K2 and K3. “We have had a special...

It is a tough time for blockchain technologies like nonfungible tokens, as the volatile cryptocurrency market has upended the outlook for NFT art, which has enjoyed explosive growth in recent years. However, even though NFTs are going through a maturing period, experts say they still offer great potential for the art industry in the future. NFT is a financial security consisting of digital data ...

Born in 1964, Othoniel came to international attention when his “La Rose du Louvre (The Rose of Louvre),” created to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the Louvre Pyramid in Paris in 2019, was acquired by the Louvre Museum for its permanent collection. It is the only contemporary work to remain in the museum’s collection. The artist’s last exhibition in Seoul was “New Works” at Kukje Gallery he...

South Korean musician G-Dragon and cinematographer Hong Kyung-pyo are among the celebrities and artists from diverse genres featured on the second season of Chanel’s arts and culture podcast “Chanel Connects.” Moderated by model Park Soo-joo, one of the ambassadors for the fashion house, the episode titled “The Power of Sound and Vision” was the first-ever Korean language podcast for ”Chanel Con...

The government used to purchase works that were shown for “The National Art Exhibition of Korea,” a prestigious art contest held from 1949 to 1981. Presidents attended the opening ceremony of the art competition and the Blue House and other government organizations purchased works at the competition. The Moon administration held an exhibition of art at the presidential office titled “Together: T...

In the video game “Ad Hominem,” visitors can play the role of “Change,” who is a time traveler. The four levels of the game, again representing the four utopias, are color coded. Oasis is illustrated by blue-green, Capsule in gray, Bazaar in pink and Hub in navy. “You are ‘Change.’ That is the concept of the whole exhibition. You are the person who changes the reality. The title ‘Ad Hominem,’ is...

Yoo In-taek, head of the Seoul Arts Center, sees the potential of “gagok” -- a genre of Korean vocal music with poetry -- as many feel nostalgic for the nearly forgotten genre of music in South Korea. “We have a 100-year history of gagok, which may be remembered by the older generations. Some 15 million people from the older generations have nostalgia about gagok they used to learn in class and ...

Actor Gang Dong-won was skeptical at first as to whether the sentiment that flows in the heartwarming film “Broker” would come across well to Western audiences, although the film touches on the universal subject of abandoned children. “I was surprised to see audiences at Cannes Film Festival crying while watching the movie. I was relieved that the film received recognition,” the veteran actor sa...

When singer-actress Lee Ji-eun played single mother So-young in “Broker,” she constantly thought about a special viewer she has known since filming at an orphanage when she was a teenager. “I met many children there, but there is a friend who is especially close to me. I had to think if any line or acting in the film could hurt that friend’s feelings,“ Lee said during a press interview Tuesday a...

By Park Yuna (yunapark@heraldcorp.com)