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Tasting meat substitutes

Members of the Ambassadors' Spouses Association in Seoul (ASAS) try various dishes cooked with Shinsegae Food's alternative meat brand Better Meat at The Better, a pop-up store promoting the value of plant-based meats, in southern Seoul, Monday. Courtesy of Shinsegae Food

DAILY FORTUNE - OCTOBER 26, 2022

Everyday life seen through eyes of artists in Korea, France

Rob Miles' lithograph, “Kitchen V.VII” (2020) / Courtesy of SNUMoABy Park Han-solThe COVID-19 pandemic enters its third year and the worldwide crisis has forced a reconsideration of everything we thought we knew.The shared frustration stemming from the initial physical isolation and the widened social and economic divisions have forever changed the collective idea of what constitutes our everyday reality. Of course, the art world has been no exception.“The so-called 'daily life' is a theme that has been very often explored by the artists. But today, after COVID-19 as well as the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war, it has taken on a completely different meaning,” Francoise Docquiert, Paris-based art critic, curator and former professor at Pantheon-Sorbonne University, said at a press conference last week in southwestern Seoul.Her remarks, made in celebration of the opening of “Daily Life Not So Simple,” Seoul National University Museum of Art's (SNUMoA) first international exhibition since the COVID-19 outbreak, introduce contemporary creators' alternative

DAILY FORTUNE - OCTOBER 25, 2022

DAILY FORTUNE - OCTOBER 24, 2022

Busan to establish BTS-World Expo 2030 road near concert venue

In this undated provided photo, the streets around Busan's Asiad Main Stadium, where BTS held its “Yet to Come in Busan” concert to support the city's bid to host the World Expo 2030 on Oct. 15, are illuminated with 600 purple lights to welcome the group and its global fans. Courtesy of Busan Metropolitan GovernmentBy Lee Hae-rinThe southeastern port city of Busan plans to make a BTS-World Expo 2030 Busan road around Busan's Asiad Main Stadium, where the K-pop giant held “Yet to Come in Busan,” a concert to support the city's bid to host the event on Oct. 15, according to the city government, Sunday.The Busan Metropolitan Government will light up the roads near the concert venue stretching for one kilometer with purple, the emblematic color of the boy band and its fans, ARMY.Along the sidewalk, the city plans to display images and phrases that support the port city's bid to host the World Expo with laser projectors, the city government said.Before and after the concert, from Oct. 13 to 17, Busan installed 600 purple lights along the roads around the venue in c

Metalsmith's silvery wonderland takes philosophical turn

Yoo Lizzy's “The Journey with Ten Longevity Symbols ― Water/Life” (2006) on view at the Seoul Museum of Craft Art as part of her solo exhibition, “Yoo Lizzy: A Philosophic Metalsmith” / Courtesy of SeMoCA Exhibition remembers creative life of modern craft art trailblazer Yoo LizzyBy Park Han-solGlistening cascades of water, waves lapping on the wintry shore and a single unknown bud swaying back and forth in the gentle breeze wafting down a field of reeds ― such scenes that make up the wonders of nature have, for decades, been reborn in the silvery dreamland of Yoo Lizzy (1945-2013), a trailblazer in Korea's modern craft art. Yoo Lizzy, a trailblazer in Korea's modern craft art / Courtesy of SeMoCA Yoo was the eldest daughter of the iconic abstractionist, Yoo Young-kuk (1916-2002). Her father spent years transferring the essence of nature's sublime en

Park Seo-bo becomes first Korean artist to join Louis Vuitton's ArtyCapucines collection

The 2022 ArtyCapucines collection from Louis Vuitton, born from the luxury brand's collaboration with six leading contemporary artists / Courtesy of Louis VuittonBy Park Han-solLouis Vuitton has unveiled this week its 2022 ArtyCapucines bag collection, born from the French luxury house's collaboration with six renowned contemporary artists.Among them is “Dansaekhwa” (monochrome painting) master Park Seo-bo, who became the first Korean creator to be part of the project.Launched in 2019, the ArtyCapucines collection aims to marry fashion and art by transforming the brand's iconic Capucines handbags ― named after Rue Neuve-des-Capucines in Paris, where the maison's first store opened in 1854 ― into a blank canvas for leading international artists.Six creators have been invited each year to bring their creative vision to life, including Jean-Michel Othoniel, Henry Taylor, Beatriz Milhhazes and Zeng Fanzhi.The Capucines handbag featuring Dansaekhwa master Park Seo-bo's 2016 painting from his signature “Ecriture” series / Courtesy of Louis VuittonThe design of Park'

DAILY FORTUNE - OCTOBER 21, 2022

Korea releases tourism promotional videos featuring BTS members

A scene from the Korea Tourism Organization (KTO)'s tourism promotional video featuring Suga and Jimin of BTS is seen in this photo provided by the KTO, Oct. 20. YonhapThe Korea Tourism Organization (KTO) said Thursday it has released two tourism promotional videos on its YouTube channel featuring Suga and Jimin of K-pop megaband BTS. The videos promoting tourism to the cities of Busan and Daejeon are part of retro-themed music video series titled "Feel the Rhythm of Korea," which aims to introduce tourism attractions with iconic songs for major cities.Legendary singer Cho Young-pil's "Come Back to Busan" is the theme song for the southern port city of Busan and rock band Song Gol-mae's "A Chance Encounter" is the background music for the central city of Daejeon. The eastern port city of Pohang's video featuring hip hop group Drunken Tiger's "Do you know hip hop?" will be released on Oct. 27, and the southern resort island of Jeju's video featuring jazz vocalist Park Sung-yeon's "The Wind is Blowing" will come on Nov. 2. The KTO said it plans to run billboard ads at major landmarks i