The Korea Herald

Global project ‘MaytoDay’ to remembering Gwangju Democratic Uprising to launch in May

Apr 7, 2020

“The countries we have selected for the project -- Argentina, Germany and Taiwan -- have gone through conflicts and pains similar to those of Korea, such as military dictatorship and struggle over id...
MMCA launches online museum series for kids

Apr 2, 2020

The National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art in South Korea has launched an online museum series for children who are spending most of their time at home amid the COVID-10 outbreak, to help the...
Art of drawing letters: Beauty of calligraphy unveiled at MMCA for first time

Mar 31, 2020

“Kim’s work shows how the Korean poetry and the paintings of moon jar and plum flowers -- one of gracious plants that the literati enjoyed painting -- get along well in a modern way,” Bae said. “Alt...
Art auction markets perform well despite COVID-19 threat

Mar 27, 2020

The two main art auction houses in Korea saw better performance than expected in March despite the COVID-19 outbreak clouding the art market. Seoul Auction, the nation’s largest auction house, saw i...
Feminist photographer Park Young-sook inspired by sacrificed ‘witches’

Mar 26, 2020

When Park Young-sook, the first-generation feminist photographer, visited the Gotjawal Forest on Jeju Island for the first time last year, she had to walk through dead vines and thought of the forest...
Nam Hwa-yeon showcases artworks inspired by legendary, controversial dancer

Mar 23, 2020

Choi quickly earned international recognition through overseas performances. Pablo Picasso described Choi as a “real artist who exceptionally portrays the dream and ideal of our time period” after wa...
Instsallaiton artist Anicka Yi chosen for Hyundai Commission show at Tate Modern

Mar 16, 2020

Yi has held solo exhibitions at Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York, Kunsthalle Basel in Switzerland and Fridericianum in Germany. She has also participated in the 2019 Venice Biennale, the 2017...
Paik Nam-june retrospective to open in Amsterdam

Mar 11, 2020

Paik Nam-june, who was born in Seoul in 1932 and died in 2006, expanded art medium to television in the early 1960s at a time when it was a newly emerging media. He emphasized positive functions of t...
Korean Cultural Centre UK shows ‘Rendered Reality’

Mar 11, 2020

Korean Cultural Centre UK announced Wednesday that it is holding its UK Residency Report Showcase, in an exhibition titled “Rendered Reality” that features multimedia works by Min Joon-hong and Suh S...
Art world comes up with creative ways to survive virus

Mar 10, 2020

The virus had infected more than 7,400 people and killed 54 in Korea as of Tuesday morning, but the daily increase in the number of confirmed cases has slowed down this week. Some private galleries ...
Leaf through MMCA’s collection from home

Mar 5, 2020

Many art galleries and museums here have shut down or postponed exhibitions due to the COVID-19 outbreak, and more people are in self-imposed isolation as part of social distancing to prevent the spr...
[Feature] Paik Nam-june gets renewed interest at home

Mar 1, 2020

Experts call for more systematic approach to promoting pioneering video artist
Arario Gallery reaches out via online, private exhibition

Feb 28, 2020

Amid the COVID-19 outbreak, Arario Gallery said Friday it will unveil artworks through an online exhibition. Most art galleries in Korea have shut down temporarily due to rising virus infections acr...
Yang Hae-gue chosen as this year‘s MMCA Hyundai Motor Series artist

Feb 26, 2020

The National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea has selected Yang Hae-gue as its seventh artist for the MMCA Hyundai Motor Series, the museum announced on Wednesday. The MMCA Hyundai Motor...
Seoul Fashion Week 2020 shows to be canceled

Feb 24, 2020

Next month’s Seoul Fashion Week is to be canceled amid a serial cancellation of events, as worries over the novel coronavirus spread escalate in Korea. “We have internally decided to cancel the 2020...