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Indonesian artist asks ‘What Would You Do if These Crackers Were Real Pistols?’

FX Harsono participates in MMCA show tracing changes in Asia from ’60s to ’90s

Feb 10, 2019
Arts&Design
Gathering of contemporary art and history of Asia

Suspended in an exhibition hall at the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art’s Gwacheon branch is artist Tang Da Wu’s work consisting of seven white pieces of cloth tainted with rainwater an...

Feb 6, 2019
Arts&Design
First-generation Korean sculptor Um Tai-jung’s works on view at Arario Gallery

A total of some 50 works by sculptor Um Tai-jung are being exhibited at both branches of Arario Gallery in Samcheong-dong, central Seoul, and Cheonan, North Chungcheong Province. Um is one of the na...

Feb 4, 2019
Arts&Design
Youn Bum-mo to be new director of MMCA

Youn Bum-mo, curator and professor at Dongguk University, has been appointed the new director of the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art in Korea, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Touri...

Jan 31, 2019
Arts&Design
Kukje Gallery holds solo exhibition of Min Joung-ki

Kukje Gallery on Tuesday began a solo exhibition of painter Min Joung-ki, a local artist who regained attention after South Korean President Moon Jae-in and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un posed for ...

Jan 30, 2019
Arts&Design
Hyundai Motor to fund Tate research program

Hyundai Motor, South Korea’s leading carmaker, announced Friday that it would provide financial support for Tate’s new research center dedicated to promoting non-Western art. Starting in January, th...

Jan 25, 2019
Arts&Design
Doosan Gallery‘s exhibition of young curators seeks news ways to introduce artworks

Doosan Gallery is holding an exhibition curated by participants of its eighth Doosan Curator Workshop -- Yoo Eun-soon , Yu Ji-won and Lee Jin. The exhibition “YourSearch, On-demand Research Service”...

Jan 24, 2019
Arts&Design
[Exclusive] JR to unveil new, bigger Louvre project

Speaking at his first Seoul exhibition, 'photograffeur' talks about how his work interacts with public, upcoming installation in Paris

Jan 17, 2019
Arts&Design
With lights, mythical creatures come to life

Korean artists Kwon Ha-youn and Jin Si-yon have installed their media artworks at a pavilion outside the Times Square building in Causeway Bay, Hong Kong. Under the title of “Lunar Fantasy with Anci...

Jan 17, 2019
Arts&Design
MMCA announces 2019 exhibition calendar

The National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art on Wednesday announced its exhibition schedule for 2019. Park Wi-jin, managing director and acting director of the MMCA, announced the museum’s cal...

Jan 17, 2019
Arts&Design
Artist Kim Joon wins 18th SongEun Art Award

Artist Kim Joon has been selected as the winner of the 18th SongEun Art Award, SongEun Art and Cultural Foundation announced Friday. Kim has been focusing on introducing installations that present s...

Jan 14, 2019
Arts&Design
Christie’s defends sale of Korean gallery’s Francis Bacon painting

Christie’s has defended itself in regards to claims that it sold a Korean gallery’s painting for less than it was worth as part of a sweetheart deal, saying it acted to settle a loan it had made reas...

Jan 11, 2019
Arts&Design
French artist Xavier Veilhan holds solo exhibition

French artist Xavier Veilhan is holding a solo exhibition at 313 Art Project’s newly opened branch in Seongbuk-dong, as well as the gallery’s Cheongdam space. Veilhan rose to international acclaim w...

Jan 11, 2019
Arts&Design
Exhibition ‘Matters of Women’ shows female artists’ takes on lives of women

Roh Seung-bok’s pigment prints titled “1366 Project” are lined up on the wall. The warm toned prints that employ red, purple and pink are abstract at first sight. In fact, the prints are close-up im...

Jan 7, 2019
Arts&Design
[Herald interview] Changing lives, one building at a time

Architect Seung Hyo-sang believes in power of architecture to bring happiness

Jan 3, 2019
Arts&Design

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