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Mon, December 17, 2018 | 08:12

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Sculptor satirizes Trump-Kim 'power game'

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un stands with a gun pointing ahead. Just a few steps away, U.S. President Donald Trump is lying on the floor, with $100 bills scattered around him.This is a scene from South Korean artist Lim Young-sun's latest exhibition, “The Show Must Go On,” on until Dec. 19 at the Seoul Arts Center.

Exhibitions | 2018-12-14 16:37

'Golden Man' from Kazakhstan on view in Seoul

Kazakhstan, a Central Asian country and former Soviet republic, is less known in Korea, but is a vast country full of rich cultural heritage on the territory over 26 times larger than South Korea. “Kazakhstan - the Cradleland of the 'Golden Man,'” a special exhibition at the National Museum of Korea (NMK), dedicated to the near yet far Central Asian country in collaboration w...

Exhibitions | 2018-11-26 17:27

Communications bunker gains new life with Klimt media art

Hidden away at the end of a narrow, winding country lane on eastern Jeju Island near Seongsan Ilchulbong, also known as Sunrise Peak, once a dark and quiet fiber-optic cable bunker has gained new life, as the light of art touched the underground base."Bunker de Lumieres," an immersive multimedia exhibition, opened on Jeju Island on Nov. 16, featuring gigantic digital images o...

Exhibitions | 2018-11-25 17:29

US artist Keith Haring's works on display in Seoul

The late American artist and activist Keith Haring's 175 works will be showcased at Dongdaemun Design Plaza (DDP) in Seoul for four months starting Saturday. The exhibition will run until March 17 next year.

Exhibitions | 2018-11-23 17:46

Craft Trend Fair aims to boost trade market

The Craft Trend Fair 2018, the largest craft art event in Korea, will be held from Nov. 22 to 25 at Coex Hall C in southern Seoul. This year, some 1,600 craftspeople from eight countries and 300 companies and galleries will take part.

Exhibitions | 2018-11-19 17:21

Tradition reborn through collaboration

Artist Lee Seul-gi redefines tradition by adding layers of contemporariness to anthropological objects such as a quilt, sieve and basket in collaboration with craftspeople.At her solo exhibition "DAMASESE," on view from Nov. 15 to Dec. 23, Lee casts a well-wishing incantation she conjured up for all kinds of artisans who are devoted to the fine art of craftsmanship.

Exhibitions | 2018-11-14 18:46

Actress Koo Hye-sun holds solo exhibition in Paris

Actress Koo Hye-sun is holding an exhibition of her paintings in Paris until Nov. 16. Galerie 89 in Paris invited Koo. The Korea Fine Arts Association (KFAA) and Art Blue are co-sponsoring the show.

Exhibitions | 2018-11-14 15:24

'Civilization' seen through photography

Photography has become an inseparable part of human civilization. There's no corner of this world without photographers documenting, recording and interpreting the world through the lens. "Civilization: The Way We Live Now," a new exhibition at the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Gwacheon (MMCA), takes a peek into the complex lives of humans.Outgoing MMCA dire...

Exhibitions | 2018-11-08 18:19

Hyundai Motor holds art exhibits in Seoul, Beijing, Moscow

Hyundai Motor will hold art exhibitions until February 2019 at Hyundai Motorstudio sites in Seoul, Beijing and Moscow, the nation's leading carmaker said Thursday.

Exhibitions | 2018-11-08 16:42

'siren eun young jung' questions gender norms through women-only theater

Artist Jung Eun-young, also stylized as “siren eun young jung,” is known for her research-based "Yeoseong Gukgeuk" project, and for winning the Korea Artist Prize 2018 recently for "her attempt to borrow the form of contemporary art to deal with disappearing traditional arts and her interpretation of the state of gender identity in the form of staged art."

Exhibitions | 2018-11-04 17:44

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