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Tue, June 22, 2021 | 21:48

Revisiting Treasure Island: Aboriginal artist challenges Euro-centric narratives in Australia

The 1883 adventure novel, “Treasure Island,” the 1928 Great Barrier Reef expedition in Australia and the 1962 film, “Mutiny on the Bounty.” What do these seemingly disparate fictional works and historical events have in common? For Sydney-based artist Daniel Boyd, these elements represent the Euro-centric and imperialist ideals that have shaped dominant historical discourses ...

Arts | 2021-06-22 09:57

Invisible, ever-changing life force 'qi' captured in Lee Kang-so's paintings

To the 78-year-old contemporary master Lee Kang-so, the world is not immutable and self-explanatory, but is rather ever-shifting and pulsating, with visible as well as invisible forces at work. This alternative perspective of our surroundings is masterfully depicted in his free-spirited brushstrokes that the artist says is the visualization of “qi,” or life force and flow of ...

Arts | 2021-06-19 09:43

Korea's auction houses gear up for major modern art sales amid rising public interest

Amid the recent boom in local art fairs and the surge in public interest in art auctions - fueled partially by the news of late Samsung Chairman Lee Kun-hee's massive art donation - Korea's key auction houses are gearing up for the last major art sales of the first half of the year, next week.

Arts | 2021-06-18 09:16

Book review: Community, collaboration between poets, artists forged during dark colonial times

The fact that the golden age of Korea's modern literature and art occurred during the early 20th century may seem like an ironic twist to many. How was it that the bleak times of Japanese colonial rule formed the backdrop to a cultural flourishing of lively, communal interactions among artists and poets?

Books | 2021-06-16 16:59

Actor-turned-artist Park Ki-woong to hold second exhibition

Since his debut as an artist three months ago, actor Park Ki-woong will hold his second weeklong solo exhibition, “Ki. Park - Re:+,” his agency Mountain Movement Management announced Monday.

Arts | 2021-06-15 14:59

Korean traditional lacquer painting reborn as canvases encrusted with jewelry

Jewelry design is often characterized as a form of wearable art. When they're not decoratively worn or displayed in a highly secure setting, the gemstones are usually tucked inside a safe, away from the gaze of viewers and the risk of theft. For Chae Rimm, whose career as a jewelry designer had been continuously on the rise since 2000, this hiddenness became a point of frustr...

Arts | 2021-06-13 17:06

Luxury department stores introduce art to attract customers

With e-commerce markets flourishing at an unprecedented level amid the COVID-19 pandemic and continued social distancing, more offline branches of luxury department stores are turning to exhibitions featuring celebrated artists as well as immersive digital pieces to appeal to a new sector of art-loving customers.

Arts | 2021-06-11 09:34

MMCA's 'Catastrophe and Recovery' exhibition 'speaks directly to' changing reality wrought by pandemic

There is no doubt that COVID-19 is a major catastrophe of the 21st century. More than 17.4 million confirmed cases and 3.7 million deaths worldwide have been reported as of June 10. It is becoming harder and harder every day to spell out all of the social and perceptual changes the virus has inflicted on humanity - from fear of basic human contact to the mosaic of social ineq...

Arts | 2021-06-10 08:48

Bestselling historical epic 'Goguryeo' to be remade into TV series

Author Kim Jin-myung's best-selling historical epic series, “Goguryeo,” will be remade into a blockbuster television series. The dramatic royal narratives set in Goguryeo (37 B.C.-668 A.D.), one of the Three Kingdoms of Korea in the northernmost part of the peninsula, will revolve around five kings - Micheon, Gogugwon, Sosurim, Gogugyang and Gwanggaeto the Great.

K-dramas & Shows | 2021-06-05 09:30

'Tripitaka Koreana' to be open to public for first time

The Tripitaka Koreana, known as the world's most comprehensive and oldest surviving version of Buddhist canon housed in the UNESCO-designated Haein Temple in South Gyeongsang Province, will soon be available for public viewing every weekend starting June 19. This is the first time in its 770-year history, since its creation, that the ancient relic will be accessible to the pu...

Arts | 2021-06-04 14:50

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