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Thu, September 20, 2018 | 21:29

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Qi Baishi collector Lee hopes to open museum

Though not well known in Korea, Qi Baishi (1864-1957) is the pioneer of Chinese modern painting. Last year, a major Qi exhibition was held at the Seoul Calligraphy Art Museum at Seoul Arts Center, but only some 50 works from the Hunan Museum in China were on view, instead of covering the artist's whole career. Lee Seon-hee, a major Chinese art collector in Korea hopes to open...

Exhibitions | 2018-09-19 18:48

Looking for needle in Gwangju Biennale's haystack

GWANGJU - Under the theme "Imagined Borders,” derived from Benedict Anderson's book "Imagined Communities,” the 2018 Gwangju Biennale deals with imminent issues such as refugees, migration, cold war, divisions and the digital divide. For this year's Gwangju Biennale, 11 curators organized seven main exhibitions with some 300 works of art by 165 artists from 43 countries. "We ...

Exhibitions | 2018-09-13 17:26

Shanghai museum to host Korean abstract art exhibition in November

A private art museum in Shanghai, China, will host a major exhibition of Korean abstract art in November, signaling a possible improvement in Korea-China relations. As the frosty ties between Korea and China have shown signs of thawing with the easing of the feud over the planned deployment of a U.S. Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) missile defense system on the Ko...

Exhibitions | 2018-09-05 18:25

Photo exhibition reveals Kazakh lifestyle, Astana

A photo exhibition in Seoul showcases the lives and landscape of the world's youngest capital city Astana, Kazakhstan, two decades after the relocation of its capital from Almaty, an initiative taken by President Nursultan Nazarbayev. The “Exhibit Dedicated to the 20th Anniversary of the Capital Relocation of the Republic of Kazakhstan” opened Monday at Korea Foundation (KF) ...

Exhibitions | 2018-08-27 17:02

Former US army base becomes artistic haven

Amid thawing relations between North and South Korea, a group of artists have breathed new life into a former U.S. army base in the border area.Camp Greaves in Paju, Gyeonggi Province, is just about two kilometers south of the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ). It was occupied by the 506th U.S. Second Infantry Division from 1953 to 2004. After their withdrawal, Greaves was returned to...

Exhibitions | 2018-08-23 17:18

Hyen Jung-yoon presents colorful non-functional objects

Upcoming artist Hyen Jung-yoon will present her solo exhibition “Walking on Tiptoes” at the Korean Cultural Centre UK (KCCUK) in London, transforming daily articles into non-functional objects. The 28-year-old artist won the inaugural KCCUK and SPACE Studio Award, co-organized by the KCCUK and SPACE, a visual arts organization in London as part of the Emerging Artists Support...

Exhibitions | 2018-08-20 23:26

Animation festival SICAF focuses on life

With the local webtoon market growing rapidly, the Seoul International Cartoon & Animation Festival (SICAF), one the two oldest animation festivals along with the recently finished Bucheon International Comics Festival, kicks off a four-day event on Thursday in Dongdaemun, eastern Seoul. The local webtoon market grew into a 584 billion won market in 2016, from 150 billion in ...

Exhibitions | 2018-08-20 17:09

3 artists, trio shortlisted for Korea Artist Prize

From nearly extinct female-only theater and the imaginary International Date Line to science fiction animation from the 1960s and the reason for being of a community, the four nominees of the Korea Artist Prize 2018 explore social issues in aesthetic and political ways.The annual award, established in 2012, is co-organized by the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art...

Exhibitions | 2018-08-14 18:11

Coco Capitan blurs line between art and commercialism

Young Spanish artist Coco Capitan's solo exhibition, titled “Is It Tomorrow Yet?” at Daelim Museum in central Seoul makes audiences feel like they've walked into a popular Instagram account, full of stylish photographs and mundane yet inspirational quotes.

Exhibitions | 2018-08-06 17:33

German photographer Candida Hofer takes portraits of empty spaces

German photographer Candida Hofer explores how humans and space influence each other and interprets the relationship from a contemporary perspective. The most notable characteristics of Hofer's photographic works are that she captures the empty interior of public spaces. The absence of humans highlights what people do in those spaces and what spaces do to them.

Exhibitions | 2018-08-01 18:25

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