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Thu, October 28, 2021 | 09:08

Korea's largest int'l art fair to kick off in fall before partnering with Frieze

KIAF Art Seoul, the largest international art fair here since 2002, will be held at COEX in southern Seoul and also online this fall before launching a partnership with the prominent global fair Frieze starting next year.

2021-06-28 09:01

Exhibitions explore idea of 'sustainable museum'

After opening its doors to the public early last month, the Museum of Contemporary Art Busan (MOCA Busan) is holding an exhibition called, "Sustainable Museum: Art and Environment," which addresses head-on the complex relationship between staging art exhibitions and the unseen environmental impact of such events.

2021-06-23 13:45

Revisiting Treasure Island: Aboriginal artist challenges Euro-centric narratives in Australia

The 1883 adventure novel, “Treasure Island,” the 1928 Great Barrier Reef expedition in Australia and the 1962 film, “Mutiny on the Bounty.” What do these seemingly disparate fictional works and historical events have in common? For Sydney-based artist Daniel Boyd, these elements represent the Euro-centric and imperialist ideals that have shaped dominant historical discourses ...

2021-06-22 09:57

Invisible, ever-changing life force 'qi' captured in Lee Kang-so's paintings

To the 78-year-old contemporary master Lee Kang-so, the world is not immutable and self-explanatory, but is rather ever-shifting and pulsating, with visible as well as invisible forces at work. This alternative perspective of our surroundings is masterfully depicted in his free-spirited brushstrokes that the artist says is the visualization of “qi,” or life force and flow of ...

2021-06-19 09:43

Korea's auction houses gear up for major modern art sales amid rising public interest

Amid the recent boom in local art fairs and the surge in public interest in art auctions - fueled partially by the news of late Samsung Chairman Lee Kun-hee's massive art donation - Korea's key auction houses are gearing up for the last major art sales of the first half of the year, next week.

2021-06-18 09:16

Actor-turned-artist Park Ki-woong to hold second exhibition

Since his debut as an artist three months ago, actor Park Ki-woong will hold his second weeklong solo exhibition, “Ki. Park - Re:+,” his agency Mountain Movement Management announced Monday.

2021-06-15 14:59

Korean traditional lacquer painting reborn as canvases encrusted with jewelry

Jewelry design is often characterized as a form of wearable art. When they're not decoratively worn or displayed in a highly secure setting, the gemstones are usually tucked inside a safe, away from the gaze of viewers and the risk of theft. For Chae Rimm, whose career as a jewelry designer had been continuously on the rise since 2000, this hiddenness became a point of frustr...

2021-06-13 17:06

Luxury department stores introduce art to attract customers

With e-commerce markets flourishing at an unprecedented level amid the COVID-19 pandemic and continued social distancing, more offline branches of luxury department stores are turning to exhibitions featuring celebrated artists as well as immersive digital pieces to appeal to a new sector of art-loving customers.

2021-06-11 09:34

MMCA's 'Catastrophe and Recovery' exhibition 'speaks directly to' changing reality wrought by pandemic

There is no doubt that COVID-19 is a major catastrophe of the 21st century. More than 17.4 million confirmed cases and 3.7 million deaths worldwide have been reported as of June 10. It is becoming harder and harder every day to spell out all of the social and perceptual changes the virus has inflicted on humanity - from fear of basic human contact to the mosaic of social ineq...

2021-06-10 08:48

Korean sculptor becomes Italian town's honorary citizen

Italy-based sculptor Park Eun-sun has received honorary citizenship from Pietrasanta, a town in Tuscany, Italy, for his artistic contributions to the city famous for sculpture. Pietrasanta Mayor Alberto Stefano Giovannetti awarded the certificate to Park during a ceremony attended by Korean Ambassador to Italy Kwon Hee-Seog at the Church of Saint Augustine, local media outlet...

Park Ji-won | 2021-06-08 15:54

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