Arts & Theater

INTERVIEW Solar shines brighter in her second run in 'Mata Hari'

Solar, a decade into her K-pop career, is taking on a fresh challenge in the form of musical theater. As she reprises the title role in the Korean musical "Mata Hari," the MAMAMOO vocalist shared how this venture has both challenged her and spurred personal and professional growth.

Jan 7, 2025By Pyo Kyung-min

[INTERVIEW] Solar shines brighter in her second run in 'Mata Hari'

MMCA needs to prepare for next big steps as global visitors flock, experts say

The year 2024 was a banner year for the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea (MMCA), as the number of its international visitors soared to an all-time high.

Jan 6, 2025By Park Han-sol

MMCA needs to prepare for next big steps as global visitors flock, experts say

Modern art museum unveils new permanent exhibitions featuring Korean art collection

Korea's first museum-hosted film festival to start in January

Korea’s first museum-hosted film festival is slated to debut this month at the Gyeonggi Province Museum in Yongin, creating a tangible bridge between historical Korean movies and the institution’s artifact collection.

Jan 3, 2025By Park Han-sol

Korea's first museum-hosted film festival to start in January

Jeong Seon, Rodin, Louise Bourgeois, Mark Bradford: Art to see in 2025

The Korean art market faced headwinds in 2024, with a prolonged downturn that dampened auction and fair sales after the pandemic-fueled spending spree.

Jan 1, 2025By Park Han-sol

Jeong Seon, Rodin, Louise Bourgeois, Mark Bradford: Art to see in 2025

Park Seo-bo's last 'Newspaper Ecriture' series on view in New York

When artist Park Seo-bo died in November 2023, Korea lost one of its most influential modern art figures, widely known for pioneering the “dansaekhwa” (monochrome painting) movement.

Dec 30, 2024By Kwon Mee-yoo

Park Seo-bo's last 'Newspaper Ecriture' series on view in New York

New nat'l museum to showcase artworks donated by late Samsung chairman

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism finalized plans to create a cultural facility in Seoul to serve as the permanent home for the extensive art collection donated by the late Samsung Group Chairman Lee Kun-hee’s family.

Dec 26, 2024By Park Han-sol

New nat'l museum to showcase artworks donated by late Samsung chairman

Room-filling media spectacle opens fresh portal to Lee Ung-no's fervent brushwork

Room-filling immersive media art, once a groundbreaking sensation in the art world, has shed its novelty. As projection-based exhibitions featuring icons like Gustav Klimt, Vincent van Gogh and Claude Monet pop up seemingly everywhere, the sheer experiential spectacle alone is no longer enough to guarantee a boost in ticket sales.

Dec 25, 2024By Park Han-sol

Room-filling media spectacle opens fresh portal to Lee Ung-no's fervent brushwork

In search of abandoned Maitreya statues, artist trio rethinks view of time

In Buddhism, Maitreya is a bodhisattva prophesied to descend to Earth in the distant future, bringing the rebirth of Buddhism and guiding the unenlightened toward redemption. Some believe his arrival will occur 5.67 billion years after the passing of Sakyamuni Buddha in the 5th century BCE.

Dec 24, 2024By Park Han-sol

In search of abandoned Maitreya statues, artist trio rethinks view of time

How pop art icon James Rosenquist reframed American culture with disruptive art

In the mid-1960s, Hugh Hefner, the founder of Playboy magazine — then a meteoric force in American pop culture with its ethos of unapologetic sexuality — invited a group of artists to create fine art pieces that captured the essence of the Playmate, the iconic female model gracing the magazine’s centerfold.

Dec 20, 2024By Park Han-sol