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Thu, August 5, 2021 | 20:34

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

ARKO exhibition guides viewers to weave their own narratives between forgotten micro-histories

To some, contemporary art is still regarded as something “too abstract,” and therefore remains “hard to understand” as they leave the gallery scratching their heads. It also doesn't seem to help that language alone often fails fully to capture the complex meaning and intent behind such works. But to Zoe Chun, chief curator of the current exhibition, “The Middle Land: When Tim...

Arts | 2021-06-04 09:19

Hanbok-inspired work attire on display

What caught the attention of BLACKPINK's global fans when the K-pop girl group unveiled their new hit, "How You Like That," on NBC's "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon" last summer was their stage costume: modernized “hanbok” or traditional Korean attire. The members appeared on stage clad in traditional “jeogori” (upper garments) and “chima” (skirts), which are usually ...

Fashion | 2021-06-02 15:30

The Art of Banksy to premiere in Seoul next month

This summer, Korea will welcome the Asian premiere of “The Art of Banksy: Without Limits,” a celebrated showcase of more than 130 works associated with arguably the most fascinating and enigmatic British graffiti master and activist at present. The Seoul exhibition will be mounted in the Seouliteum in Seongsu-dong from July 30 and will run until Feb. 6 next year.

Arts | 2021-06-01 15:03

Farmer-artist recalls how wildflowers saved his life in prison

To Hwang Dae-kwon, wild grasses and flowers are much more than just pesky weeds that don't ever seem to go away. In fact, these nameless plants' persistent existence is what got him through his more than decade-long prison stay after he was wrongfully convicted. A series of watercolor paintings of the wild plants he sketched within the confines of his own cell is being opened...

Arts | 2021-05-31 17:13

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