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24th SongEun Art Award's finalists tackle change, loss, boundaries of technology

The SongEun Art Award returns this year with a group exhibition spotlighting the 20 finalists shaping the future of Korea’s art scene.

Dec 19, 2024By Park Han-sol

24th SongEun Art Award's finalists tackle change, loss, boundaries of technology

3 Korean artists make waves after Venice Biennale success

Despite a sluggish global art market and a persistent slump in top-tier auction sales, three Korean artists — Yoo Young-kuk, Rhee Seund-ja and Lee Bae — have emerged as surprise standout performers, according to the latest "Korea Art Market" report. Their remarkable rise in auction and fair sales follows the success of their solo exhibitions, all of which were featured as official collateral events at this year’s Venice Biennale.

Dec 17, 2024By Park Han-sol

3 Korean artists make waves after Venice Biennale success

Chun Kwang-young's crystalline 'hanji' wonderland in Seoul

A quick glance at Korean artist Chun Kwang-young’s sculptures is enough to stop even the most unsuspecting passerby in their tracks.

Dec 15, 2024By Park Han-sol

Chun Kwang-young's crystalline 'hanji' wonderland in Seoul

From Klimt to Schiele: Turn-of-century Vienna in spotlight in Seoul

Vienna at the dawn of the 20th century was a city like no other — a bubbling cauldron of creative energies, constantly percolating and colliding with one another. “There’s no modernism like Viennese modernism,” art critic Roberta Smith once noted in a New York Times review.

Dec 11, 2024By Park Han-sol

From Klimt to Schiele: Turn-of-century Vienna in spotlight in Seoul

Access Bangkok debuts as first Korean-led art fair overseas

BANGKOK — Access Bangkok, which opened on Wednesday in the heart of Thailand’s capital, is an event of many “firsts.” It’s the first-ever international art fair staged in the Southeast Asian country. It’s also the first Korean-led art fair initiative to debut overseas.

Dec 5, 2024By Park Han-sol

Access Bangkok debuts as first Korean-led art fair overseas

Chiara Bersani brings politics of body to Modu Art Theater

Italian performing artist Chiara Bersani, known for redefining the "politics of the body," is making her debut in Korea this week.

Nov 28, 2024By Park Jin-hai

Chiara Bersani brings politics of body to Modu Art Theater

Jeju Biennale makes solid return despite budget slash

JEJU ISLAND — In what was once a movie theater on Jeju Island, artist Boo Ji-hyun invites visitors to experience the unexpectedly otherworldly: the physical sensation of sinking into an endless expanse of water, without a single drop of liquid in sight.

Nov 28, 2024By Park Han-sol

Jeju Biennale makes solid return despite budget slash

Lee Moka's debut at Hong Kong auction shatters expectations

Korean artist Lee Moka made a dazzling debut on the international art auction when her painting "I’m Not Like Me" (2020) fetched 1.65 million Hong Kong dollars ($211,328 or 300 million won) — more than quadrupling its estimate — at a Phillips sale in Hong Kong, Monday.

Nov 27, 2024By Kwon Mee-yoo

Lee Moka's debut at Hong Kong auction shatters expectations

Immortal art of van Gogh returns to Seoul

A bouquet of wilting sunflowers, a swirling starry night and a bandaged ear.

Nov 27, 2024By Park Han-sol

Immortal art of van Gogh returns to Seoul

Brushstrokes of defiance: How Nicky Nodjoumi's art endures revolutions and exile

To fully appreciate 82-year-old Iranian-born American painter Nicky Nodjoumi’s latest solo show, “Someone is coming with a flower,” at Barakat Contemporary in Seoul, a brief dive into Iran’s modern political history is essential.

Nov 21, 2024By Park Han-sol

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