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Mon, July 4, 2022 | 15:21

Rising international artists' first exhibitions in Korea

With the year nearing its end, Seoul has invited a number of notable rising international visual artists for their first solo exhibitions in the country, largely through globally renowned galleries that have begun expanding their presences in the region.

2021-12-16 18:46

Historic Cecil Theater poised to close over safety issues

The Cecil Theater, founded in 1976 and owned by the Anglican Church of Korea, is facing closure again due to safety concerns. The Seoul Theater Association, which has been running the historic theater since April 2018, issued a press release Wednesday announcing that it has decided to cease its operations there upon the request of the church and vacated the building as of Dec...

2021-12-16 13:32

Dansaekhwa artist's works experiment with 'hanji' as both material and method

When Korea gained independence from decades-long Japanese colonial rule in 1945, a debate emerged among artists about how to sever ties with the Japanese style of art that had once dominated the country's art scene. Together with attempting to end colonialism's influence on art entirely, some put forth developing a new form of “national” art - whether by reverting to Korean t...

2021-12-15 18:07

Exhibition shows 70-year evolution of eclectic Surrealist master, Salvador Dali

A string of memorable modifiers always seems to follow Salvador Dali (1904-89). Known as a Surrealist icon who defined the 20th century, he was the eccentric genius behind his dreamlike, often downright nonsensical, landscapes, featuring optical illusions, melting clocks and elephants with spindly legs.

2021-12-14 09:06

Exhibition of Surrealist masterpieces rings differently during uneasy pandemic age

Exhibition of Surrealist masterpieces rings differently during uneasy pandemic age

“The past two years, marked by COVID-19, have been described by many people as being 'surrealist times,'” began Sandra Tatsakis, Director of International Exhibitions of the Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen in the Netherlands, at a recent press preview in southern Seoul.

2021-12-12 19:46

Exhibition shows 70-year evolution of eclectic Surrealist master, Salvador Dali

Exhibition recognizes Joseon-era Buddhist monk artisans

After reaching its peak with the full-fledged support of the ruling class during the 918-1392 Goryeo period, Buddhism is known to have declined during the 1392-1910 Joseon Kingdom after the new rulers adopted Confucianism as their ideology.

2021-12-06 18:07

International Sculpture Festa 2021 brings spotlight to sculpture

The International Sculpture Festa 2021 (ISF 2021), the nation's largest exhibition focused on the genre of sculpture, is showing the works of more than 140 artists from here and abroad during this year's edition at the Seoul Arts Center's Hangaram Art Museum, in southern Seoul.

2021-12-02 16:50

Seoul's first craftworks museum highlights artisans

People admire the beauty of craftworks, but they rarely appreciate the artisans who turn materials obtained from nature into useful objects for daily life. The Seoul Museum of Craft Art (SeMoCA), which had its official opening on Tuesday, is dedicated to both the craftworks and the creators.

2021-12-01 08:55

Canvas becomes flower garden from artist's memories of childhood

Visual artist Cho Sung-hee's painting may look like a “Dansaekhwa” (“monochrome painting”) work from afar, awash with the vivid hues of red or snow white. But a closer look reveals hundreds of thousands of flower petals and stems formed from hanji (traditional Korean paper made from the bark of mulberry trees) firmly placed onto the canvas by hand.

2021-11-30 17:08

Late Korean realist sculptor's works reframed through photographic exhibition

Along his path of artistic exploration towards reaching the zenith of sculptural elegance, modern sculptor Kwon Jin-kyu (1922-1973) had a close but tumultuous relationship with Korea's neighboring country, Japan - one that was at times oppressive and at others inspirational.

2021-11-29 18:16

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