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 ‘Fanta-Stick’Seoul Fanta-Stick TheaterThroughout 2016 “Fanta-Stick” is performed every day at Seoul Fanta-Stick Theater on an open-ended run. The performance presents representative original Korean music, utilizing traditional Korean instruments to create fusion gugak.Tickets cost 30,000 to 60,000 won. For more information, visit www.fanta-stick.co.kr or call (02)3143-5959. ‘Arangga’Chungmu Art HallThrough April 10 The musical “Arranga” will be staged at Chungmu Art Hall from Feb. 14 to April 10.Depicting a love story between a king and a commoner, the musical seeks to combine Western rhythms and Korean musical traditions — the musical numbers in Arrangga are a fusion of gugak. Kang Pil-suk and Yoon Hyung-ryul star as King Gaero, and Choi Joo-ri and Kim Da-hae play Arang.Admission is 66,000 won. For more information, call (02) 541-7110 or visit www.ticket.interpark.com. ‘The Song of Spring’Sejong Center for the Performing Arts*March 24 The Seoul Metropolitan Traditional Music Orchestra wi

Mar 17, 2016
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‘Do You Like Brahms?’Olympus Hall*Through April 21 Following the success from Olympus Lecture Concert Season 1, a second season is being performed with the music of Brahms. The Musikamia ensemble will lead all the performances until the last one on April, featuring its vocalists and piano section. The ensemble aims to express the sense of purity in their performance, which Brahms always pursued within his music.Brahms composed a number of pieces for piano, chamber ensembles, symphony orchestra, and for vocal and chorus — many of his works have become staples of modern repertoires. Though his music is firmly rooted in the structures of the Baroque and classical masters, Brahms created a new approach to harmony.The ‘Do You Like Brahms’ concert will alternate themes each week, presenting a wide variety of his works.Admission is 33,000 won. For more information, call (02) 6255-3270. ‘SAC 11am Concert’Seoul Arts Center*Through Dec. 8 On every 2nd Thursdays of each month, an “11am Concert” will be staged at Seoul Arts Cen

Mar 17, 2016
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Exhibition features museum conservation lab

Portrait of Jeong Gon-su and X-ray image of the portrait / Courtesy of National Museum of Korea 57 cultural properties treated with cutting edge technologies By Kwon Mee-yooWhen people go to a museum, they see cultural properties that have been cleaned, restored and neatly displayed in showcases. However, when such cultural assets are first found, many of them have been soiled, damaged or even broken. There are scientists behind these relics on display, who put forth their best efforts to conserve and restore the artifacts to their original state.Titled "Conservation Science, Saving the Cultural Properties," a new exhibition of the National Museum of Korea (NMK) sheds light on efforts to conserve and restore precious cultural properties. It features some 57 cultural properties from those treated in the very early stages of conservation science to those handled with state-of-the-art technologies."2016 marks the 40th anniversary of conservation science at the NMK,” said NMK Director General Kim Young-na. “This exhibition looks back upon the history and i

Mar 14, 2016
Exhibition features museum conservation lab

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‘Fanta-Stick’Seoul Fanta-Stick TheaterThroughout 2016 ‘Fanta-Stick’ is performed every day at Seoul Fanta-Stick Theater on an open-ended run. The performance presents representative original Korean music, utilizing traditional Korean instruments to create fusion gugak.Tickets cost 30,000 to 60,000 won. For more information, visit www.fanta-stick.co.kr or call (02)3143-5959. Musical AranggaChungmu Art HallThrough April 10 The musical ‘Arranga’ will be staged at Chungmu Art Hall from Feb. 14 to April 10.Depicting a love story between a king and a commoner, the musical seeks to combine Western rhythms and Korean musical traditions — the musical numbers in Arrangga are a fusion of gugak. Kang Pil-suk and Yoon Hyung-ryul star as King Gaero, and Choi Joo-ri and Kim Da-hae play Arang.Admission is 66,000 won. For more information, call (02)541-7110 or visit www.ticket.interpark.com. ‘The Song of Spring’Sejong M TheaterMarch 24 The Seoul Metropolitan Traditional Music Orchestra will present newly composed tradition

Mar 10, 2016
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‘Do You Like Brahms?’Olympus HallThrough April 21Following the success from Olympus Lecture Concert Season 1, a second season is being performed with the music of Brahms. The Musikamia ensemble will lead all the performances until the last one on April, featuring its vocalists and piano section. The ensemble aims to express the sense of purity in their performance, which Brahms always pursued within his music.Brahms composed a number of pieces for piano, chamber ensembles, symphony orchestra, and for vocal and chorus ― many of his works have become staples of modern repertoires. Though his music is firmly rooted in the structures of the Baroque and classical masters, Brahms created a new approach to harmony.The ‘Do You Like Brahms’ concert will alternate themes each week, presenting a wide variety of his works.Admission is 33,000 won. For more information, call (02) 6255-3270. ‘SAC 11am Concert’Seoul Arts Center*Through Dec. 8On every 2nd Thursdays of each month, an “11am Concert” will be staged at Seoul Arts Center. Chong Park wil

Mar 10, 2016
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Ha Jung-woo's painting sold for W14 mil.

“Kee Silence” by Ha Jung-wooBy Park Jin-haiA painting by actor and director Ha Jung-woo was sold for 14 million won at a local art auction, I Auction said Wednesday.The piece titled "Keep Silence" started at 12 million and was sold for 14 million won a day later.The auctioneers' estimate was between 13 million and 25 million won.“Ha’s recognition in the art world has been reflected in the estimates,” said an I Auction official. “Most of the figures in his pictures are real people around him. Those simplified figures mixed with pop art and expressionism are easily understood by viewers.”Ha, who started painting as a hobby in 2007, debuted as a painter in 2o10. Since then he has held exhibitions in Seoul and New York every year. Influenced by Jackson Pollock and Jean-Michel Basquiat, Ha’s paintings are mostly portraits, cross pop art and expressionism.He sold all his paintings at his first New York exhibition in 2013. 

Mar 9, 2016
Ha Jung-woo's painting sold for W14 mil.

Divided Korea as told by French director

A scene from “The Empire of Light”  / Courtesy of National Theater Company of Korea By Kwon Mee-yooRelations between South and North Korea are frostier than ever, but North Korea has become an inseparable yet indifferent entity in the lives of ordinary South Koreans. A new play "The Empire of Light," staged at Myeongdong Theater, tackles such notions as seen through the eyes of a French director."The Empire of Light," based on Korean author Kim Young-ha's 2006 novel of the same name, revolves around a foreign film importer Kim Ki-yeong and his wife Jang Ma-ri who sells cars. The two live ordinary lives in Seoul, until Kim ― who in fact is a North Korean spy that has resided in South Korea without any instructions for over a decade ― receives an e-mail from Pyongyang ordering him to return in 24 hours.The play was developed as a part of the National Theater Company of Korea (NTCK)'s effort to stage a Korean narrative. It also celebrates the Years of Korea-France Bilateral Exchanges and will be performed in France after its premiere in Korea. "The E

Mar 9, 2016
Divided Korea as told by French director

Exploring materiality of paper

Chung Chang-sup’s early works on view at Kukje Gallery in downtown Seoul / Courtesy of Kukje Gallery Artist Chung Chang-supBy Kwon Mee-yooAlong with the international attention on the Dansaekhwa, or the Korean monochrome movement, artist Chung Chang-sup (1927-2011), who devoted his life exploring the materiality of paper, is being rediscovered at a solo exhibition.  The exhibit, held at K1 and K2 of Kukje Gallery in downtown Seoul, features some 21 of Chung's works from his early works to the works he created a few years before his death in 2011. Spanning the artist's life, the exhibition offers a comprehensive perspective on Chung and his work, which changed and evolved over his life.Yoo Jin-sang, professor at Kaywon School of Art and Design, said Chung changed his style about once every 10 years, broadening his experiments on the materiality of paper.Chung Chang-sup’s “Meditation 91108” / Courtesy of Kukje Gallery Born in Cheongju in 1927, Chung is one of the artists who led the modernization of Korean art. He studied at the College of Fi

Mar 4, 2016
Exploring materiality of paper

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‘Fanta-Stick’Seoul Fanta-Stick TheaterThroughout 2016 ‘Fanta-Stick’ is performed every day at Seoul Fanta-Stick Theater on an open-ended run. The performance presents representative original Korean music, utilizing traditional Korean instruments to create fusion gugak.Tickets cost 30,000 to 60,000 won. For more information, visit www.fanta-stick.co.kr or call (02)3143-5959.Musical AranggaChungmu Art HallThrough April 10 The musical ‘Arranga’ will be staged at Chungmu Art Hall from Feb. 14 to April 10.Depicting a love story between a king and a commoner, the musical seeks to combine Western rhythms and Korean musical traditions ― the musical numbers in Arrangga are a fusion of gugak. Kang Pil-suk and Yoon Hyung-ryul star as King Gaero, and Choi Joo-ri and Kim Da-hae play Arang.Admission is 66,000 won. For more information, call (02)541-7110 or visit www.ticket.interpark.com.‘The Song of Spring’Sejong M TheaterMarch 24 The Seoul Metropolitan Traditional Music Orchestra will present newly composed traditional music at the Sejong Center for

Mar 3, 2016
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‘Do You Like Brahms?’Olympus HallThrough April 21Following the success from Olympus Lecture Concert Season 1, a second season is being performed with the music of Brahms. The Musikamia ensemble will lead all the performances until the last one on April, featuring its vocalists and piano section. The ensemble aims to express the sense of purity in their performance, which Brahms always pursued within his music.Brahms composed a number of pieces for piano, chamber ensembles, symphony orchestra, and for vocal and chorus ― many of his works have become staples of modern repertoires. Though his music is firmly rooted in the structures of the Baroque and classical masters, Brahms created a new approach to harmony.The ‘Do You Like Brahms’ concert will alternate themes each week, presenting a wide variety of his works.Admission is 33,000 won. For more information, call (02) 6255-3270.‘SAC 11am Concert’Seoul Arts Center*Through Dec. 8The “SAC 11 a.m .Concert” will be held once a month throughout 2016 at the Seoul Arts Center./ Courtesy of Seoul

Mar 3, 2016
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