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With lights, mythical creatures come to life

Jan 17, 2019

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...
MMCA announces 2019 exhibition calendar

Jan 17, 2019

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...
Artist Kim Joon wins 18th SongEun Art Award

Jan 14, 2019

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...
Christie’s defends sale of Korean gallery’s Francis Bacon painting

Jan 11, 2019

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...
French artist Xavier Veilhan holds solo exhibition

Jan 11, 2019

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...
Exhibition ‘Matters of Women’ shows female artists’ takes on lives of women

Jan 7, 2019

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...
[Herald interview] Changing lives, one building at a time

Jan 3, 2019

Architect Seung Hyo-sang believes in power of architecture to bring happiness
MMCA opens its fourth venue in Cheongju

Dec 26, 2018

The National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art has opened its fourth branch in Cheongju, North Chungcheong Province, following the Gwacheon branch that opened in 1986, the Deoksugung branch in 19...
Marcel Duchamp’s legacy visits Korea

Dec 24, 2018

Art critic Arthur Danto once said, “Duchamp did not merely raise the question ‘What is Art?’ but rather ‘Why is something a work of art when something exactly like it is not?’” The paradigm shift th...
SongEun Art Award nominees announced

Dec 23, 2018

SongEun Art Foundation hosts exhibition featuring four candidates for 18th SongEun Art Award
‘Winter Coffee Club’ asks what coffee means to us

Dec 23, 2018

More than a century has passed already since Koreans began to consume coffee near the close of the 19th century. Throughout the years, it has surely established its position. In downtown areas, there...
Culture Ministry withheld top marks for biennales in 2018

Dec 21, 2018

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism on Thursday released its evaluations of government-supported art biennales that took place this year. Among the eight art biennales reviewed by the minist...
Artist Jun So-jung wins 18th Hermes Foundation Missulsang

Dec 19, 2018

Korean artist Jun So-jung has been selected as the winner of the 18th Hermes Foundation Missulsang, the foundation announced Wednesday. Jun made her name with narrative-focused works of art using va...
Celebrate holidays with panache at museums, galleries

Dec 17, 2018

It is that time of the year. “All I Want for Christmas” plays seemingly on repeat and Santa decorations are in every window. The year has almost come to an end. For those tired of the same old alcoh...
Photographer’s journey highlights beauty of Korean porcelains

Dec 17, 2018

Photographer Koo Bohn-chang is holding a solo exhibition featuring his photographs of traditional Korean porcelains at the newly opened Kukje Gallery’s Busan branch located in a factory-turned-cultur...