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Sun, May 29, 2022 | 13:49

Tim Burton's iconic world of misunderstood misfits returns to Korea

Tim Burton, the Hollywood mastermind behind films “Beetlejuice,” “Edward Scissorhands” and “Sweeney Todd,” has returned to Seoul with his world of inventive eccentricity and misunderstood yet endearing misfits. “The World of Tim Burton,” held at the Dongdaemun Design Plaza (DDP) in central Seoul as part of its world tour, is the filmmaker's second retrospective showcased in K...

2022-05-25 09:09

2 artists of Korean descent question hegemonic frameworks of race, gender

Contemporary viewers have been bearing witness to the art world's trend in recent years of questioning, critiquing and dismantling hegemonic cultural frameworks ― Western-centric, patriarchal and heteronormative ― in efforts to bring “peripheral” narratives into the spotlight.

2022-05-20 17:32

Musical 'Beethoven' to hit stage next year

A musical about the legendary composer, Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827), is set to hit the stage next year. Korean musical production company EMK Musical is planning to premiere “Beethoven” in January 2023, at the Seoul Arts Center. It will soon begin an audition to decide on the actors for different roles.

Dong Sun-hwa | 2022-05-17 08:40

Antony Gormley, Chun Kyung-ja to be highlighted at this month's auction

A major art sale hosted by K Auction at the end of this month will bring in masterpieces of Korean female modernists and international titans, including Chun Kyung-ja and Antony Gormley, the auction house said Friday. The auction, scheduled to be held at K Auction's Gangnam headquarters in southern Seoul on May 25, will feature a total of 115 works of art.

2022-05-16 10:37

Kim Seon-ho to play male lead in 'Touching the Void' this July

Actor Kim Seon-ho will return to the stage with the play, “Touching the Void” in July. The actor's agency Salt Entertainment confirmed that Kim has been cast as Joe Simpson in “Touching the Void,” based on the 1988 mountaineering memoir of the same title.

Kwak Yeon-soo | 2022-05-15 16:48

Award-winning play explores family longing, aims to go global

Actor Kim Soo-ro has returned as the producer of a play titled “The Return,” which whirls the audience into stories of reuniting families that were once separated for different reasons. In a career that spans stage, television and film, the actor has been at the forefront of bringing theater closer to the public.

Kwak Yeon-soo | 2022-05-15 16:30

Plunging into Joan Miro's constellation of women, birds, stars, suns and moons

A painter who declared an “assassination of painting,” an absolute denial of the established aesthetics celebrated among the bourgeoisie of the 1930s - that was who Joan Miro (1893-1983) was. Miro's dislike of bourgeois art was manifested in his lifelong attempts to plunge into spontaneous experimentation without limits, which came to hold a strong influence and paved new roa...

2022-05-13 07:57

Ballerina Park Sae-eun awarded France-Korea cultural prize

Korean ballet dancer Park Sae-eun of the Paris Opera Ballet has been awarded the France-Korea Cultural Prize in recognition of her contribution to raising the world's awareness of the artistry and beauty of Korean ballet.

2022-05-12 17:10

MMCA's mask-centric exhibition takes on new meaning during pandemic

Throughout the more than two years of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, what has become perhaps the most intimate part of all of our daily lives is - you guessed it, face masks. Once a common tool of disguise and pretense in classic fables, masquerade balls and even the virtual-reality space full of avatars, masks have transformed into an essential means of safety and protection.

2022-05-10 16:53

Centuries-old passion play returns after pandemic break

Almost 400 years ago, the Catholic residents of a small Bavarian village vowed to perform a play of ``the suffering, death and resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ'' every 10 years, if only God would spare them any further losses from the plague known as the Black Death.

2022-05-08 21:08

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