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Shinhwa's Kim Dong-wan to make opera debut in April with 'A Midsummer Night's Dream'

Kim Dong-wan, 44, a member of the first-generation K-pop boy band Shinhwa, will make his operatic debut in an exciting new role this April.

Mar 13, 2024By Park Jin-hai

Shinhwa's Kim Dong-wan to make opera debut in April with 'A Midsummer Night's Dream'

Rinus Van de Velde turns daydreams into material reality

How can a 21st-century visual artist, who seldom leaves the confines of his studio, become a 19th-century plein-air painter who seeks out his subjects in the great outdoors?

Mar 12, 2024By Park Han-sol

Rinus Van de Velde turns daydreams into material reality

Joseon-era folding screen restored

Kim Jung-hee, chairperson of the Overseas Korean Cultural Heritage Foundation, explains the restoration efforts for "Gwakbunyang Haengnakdo," also known as "Folding Screen of Guo Fenyang’s Enjoyment of Life," during a press event at the Jung-Jae Conservation Center in southern Seoul, Monday. This late-Joseon era painting from the collection of the Grassi Museum of Ethnology in Leipzig, Germany, underwent conservation as part of the foundation's initiative to preserve Korean cultural heritage around the world. Yonhap

Mar 11, 2024By Kwon Mee-yoo

Park Dae-sung reinvents Korean ink art for modern age

Traditional ink-and-wash landscape paintings that portray panoramic scenes sprung from both reality and artists’ imaginations — mountains punctuated by thick forests, towering cliffs and water rushing through deep ravines — have carved out a central spot in centuries of Korean art history.

Mar 8, 2024By Park Han-sol

Park Dae-sung reinvents Korean ink art for modern age

Busan Biennale moves up opening to August for 1st time

For the first time in its two-decade history, the 12th edition of the Busan Biennale, one of Korea's major art biennials alongside the Gwangju Biennale, has brought forward its opening date to August.

Mar 7, 2024By Park Han-sol

Busan Biennale moves up opening to August for 1st time

INTERVIEW Shin Chun-soo realizes Broadway dream with ‘The Great Gatsby’

At the opulent Plaza Hotel in New York, amid the buzz of introducing the upcoming Broadway show "The Great Gatsby" on Feb. 13, Shin Chun-soo emerged as a pioneering figure amid the glitterati.

Mar 7, 2024By Kwon Mee-yoo

[INTERVIEW] Shin Chun-soo realizes Broadway dream with ‘The Great Gatsby’

Steven Harrington's 1st museum exhibition in Seoul: Stay calm through 'Stay Mello'

A gargantuan sculpture of Mello, the canine alter ego of Steven Harrington, is set to welcome visitors to the Amorepacific Museum of Art (APMA), where the Los Angeles-based artist and designer will open his first-ever museum exhibition, "Stay Mello," later this week.

Mar 5, 2024

Steven Harrington's 1st museum exhibition in Seoul: Stay calm through 'Stay Mello'

Korean musical 'Marie Curie' heads to London's West End

The acclaimed original Korean musical "Marie Curie" will make its English-language debut on London's West End in June, its production company said Tuesday, in a significant milestone for the Korean musical industry.

Mar 5, 2024

Korean musical 'Marie Curie' heads to London's West End

Philippe Parreno transforms Leeum into otherworldly synesthetic orchestra

In a windowed hall bathed in the orange glow of sunset, fish balloons drift through the air as if in an invisible aquarium. Below these hovering aquatic creatures, rows of muddy snowmen melt away in real time. Occasionally, the already-surreal spectacle is interrupted by an eerie mix of human voices and AI-generated murmurs echoing from all directions.

Mar 5, 2024By Park Han-sol

Philippe Parreno transforms Leeum into otherworldly synesthetic orchestra

Korea's 'moon house burning' to illuminate Lee Bae's Venice Biennale show

Every "Jeongwol Daeboreum," or first full moon of the lunar new year, the crisp scent of burning pine branches, bamboo and straw wafts through villages across Korea.

Mar 4, 2024By Park Han-sol

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