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Fri, August 14, 2020 | 02:42

Late Cardinal's handwritten note surfaces

Late Cardinal's handwritten note surfaces

The institute for Korean Church History unveiled a note written in the 1970s by the late Cardinal Stephan Kim Sou-hwan to mark the 11th anniversary of his death. Feb. 16, 2009.

Park Ji-won | 2020-02-17 17:52

Art fair looks to online pitch amid coronavirus outbreak

Art fair looks to online pitch amid coronavirus outbreak

Establish in 1979, the Korea Galleries Art Fair is the oldest event of its kind in Korea. With many avoiding areas of social gathering due to coronavirus concerns, this year's Korea Galleries Art Fair has been turning to online promotion in addition to traditional onsite events at COEX from Thursday through Sunday with a preview on Wednesday. The decision to postpone the 38th...

Kwon Mee-yoo | 2020-02-17 17:15

Yun Hyong-keun gets spotlight in New York

Yun Hyong-keun gets spotlight in New York

Works of the late artist Yun Hyong-keun (1928-2007), one of the “dansaekhwa” ― Korean monochrome painting ― artists known for his use of colors representing heaven and earth, are drawing attention in New York. The David Zwirner gallery is hosting a solo show of Yun's work at its Chelsea location in New York, centering on the artist's later work, created between the late 1980s...

Kwon Mee-yoo | 2020-02-11 09:14

Binational, cross-genre band makes comeback after 22 years

Binational, cross-genre band makes comeback after 22 years

Tokyo Bibimbap Club performs in Tokyo, Friday. Courtesy of Tokyo Bibimbap ClubBy Park Ji-won Tokyo Bibimbap Club (TBC), a five-member binational band consisting of Korean and Japanese musicians, was back on the stage, 22 years after it was disbanded following the death of an ethnic Korean member and the ensuing departure of another Korean member. TBC held a comeback concert i...

Park Ji-won | 2020-02-02 16:44

Exhibition revisits lives of Korea's sweatshop workers

Exhibition revisits lives of Korea's sweatshop workers

South Korea had to start from scratch after the Korean War (1950-53). The war-torn country had nothing but human resources as the entire nation had become a battlefield and was ruined. Korean nurses and miners flew to Germany to earn cash and the income they sent to their families was used as “seed money” for the nation's industrialization.

Park Ji-won | 2020-01-30 16:59

Chiharu Shiota explores uncertainty of life in Busan

Chiharu Shiota explores uncertainty of life in Busan

BUSAN - Artist Chiharu Shiota is often compared to a "human spider" as the artist weaves webs around objects and bodies. Her life-size installations engulf the space and the viewer, stirring up sensations of both uneasiness as well as coziness.The 47-year-old Japanese artist unraveled her life's path ridden with pain and uncertainty at "Shiota Chiharu: The Soul Trembles" at t...

Kwon Mee-yoo | 2020-01-28 17:57

Creativity blooms late for 86-year-old artist Rose Wylie

Creativity blooms late for 86-year-old artist Rose Wylie

Rose Wylie, 86, is a relatively rookie artist compared to her age. In 2010, British news outlet The Guardian described Wylie as "Britain's hottest new artist" and she has shot to stardom by holding exhibitions at the Tate Britain in 2013 and the Serpentine Sackler Gallery in 2017.Wylie's childlike-looking paintings have arrived at Choi & Lager Gallery in Seoul. Titled "Clothe...

Kwon Mee-yoo | 2020-01-28 17:02

Must-see art exhibitions in 2020

Must-see art exhibitions in 2020

A variety of art exhibitions are lined up for the year 2020 as the nation commemorates the 70th anniversary of the 1950-53 Korean War. This year sees yet another biennale in Korea which is sure to generate diverse discourse on contemporary art and society.

Kwon Mee-yoo | 2020-01-23 16:56

Popular Impressionist works from Israel come to Seoul

Popular Impressionist works from Israel come to Seoul

Impressionist art pieces are popular with contemporary museumgoers, but the style was not always so popular. The first Impressionist exhibition was held in April 1874 at the studio of the photographer Nadar, when it was not conventional to present artwork outside of art galleries. "The Anonymous Society of Painters, Sculptors, Engravers, etc." included now household names suc...

Kwon Mee-yoo | 2020-01-21 09:33

Lee Jung-jin captures poetic moments in 'hanji' photographs

Lee Jung-jin captures poetic moments in 'hanji' photographs

Photographer Lee Jung-jin, also stylized as Jungjin Lee, compares her works to poetry. "I aim to capture the emotions of the moment I encounter nature, not any specific time or space. Please consider the subjects in my work as like a verse of an abstract poem even though they are in the solid shapes of rocks or trees," Lee said during a press preview of her exhibition "Voice"...

Kwon Mee-yoo | 2020-01-19 17:30

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