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Sat, December 3, 2022 | 21:05

Gucci to sponsor preservation of Gyeongbok Palace

Gucci to sponsor preservation of Gyeongbok Palace

Italian luxury fashion house Gucci has announced a three-year sponsorship agreement with the Cultural Heritage Administration (CHA) of Korea designed to preserve and safeguard Gyeongbok Palace. Gucci President and CEO Marco Bizzarri signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Choi Eung-chon, head of the CHA, Nov. 1, promising cooperation on future restoration projects of ...

Park Han-sol | 2022-11-09 16:50

Italian Egyptologist views future museums as 3-pronged: physical, digital, metaverse

Italian Egyptologist views future museums as 3-pronged: physical, digital, metaverse

SHARJAH, United Arab Emirates ― How will a museum survive in the era of digitization and that new buzzword we can't seem to escape ― metaverse? Will the brick-and-mortar repositories of humanity's collective history give way to their virtual counterparts? Egyptologist Christian Greco doesn't believe in that idea of a zero-sum game between the physical and the virtual.

Park Han-sol | 2022-11-07 18:34

Park Seo-bo becomes first Korean artist to join Louis Vuitton's ArtyCapucines collection

Park Seo-bo becomes first Korean artist to join Louis Vuitton's ArtyCapucines collection

Louis Vuitton has unveiled this week its 2022 ArtyCapucines bag collection, born from the French luxury house's collaboration with six renowned contemporary artists. Among them is “Dansaekhwa” (monochrome painting) master Park Seo-bo, who became the first Korean creator to be part of the project.

Park Han-sol | 2022-10-20 15:32

Korean language education expands in Hong Kong

Korean language education expands in Hong Kong

Learning a foreign language is difficult and it takes a lot of time and energy to see certain visible outcomes. But a growing number of people in Hong Kong are learning Korean nowadays. Once a hobby restricted to K-pop fans, learning Korean is now more common, being included in the foreign language category for the university entrance exam as well as among regular school lang...

Park Ji-won | 2022-10-09 08:16

Belated Hangeul learners find life blossoms after literacy

Loan period extended for US-captured Joseon-era flag

Loan period extended for US-captured Joseon-era flag

The loan period for a rare Joseon-era flag, which had been captured by U.S. naval forces during the 1871 military action against the Joseon Kingdom and was returned to Korea on a lease, has been extended for another year.

Kwak Yeon-soo | 2022-09-29 16:52

[INTERVIEW] 'Digital transformation requires managerial skills'

INTERVIEW'Digital transformation requires managerial skills'

Over the last few decades, media organizations have been pursuing a so-called “red ocean strategy,” a business plan involving competition in an existing industry. The primary goal of this strategy is to beat the competition and exploit present demand. Food and media industries, for example, are considered to be the active followers of this strategy as there are a lot of small...

Kim Yoo-chul | 2022-09-29 08:20

Korean choreographer's work called 'Chinese dance' by Hong Kong troupe as 'kimchi wars' extend to the stage

Korean choreographer's work called 'Chinese dance' by Hong Kong troupe as 'kimchi wars' extend to the stage

The Hong Kong Dance Company (HKDC) has discovered to its cost that the “kimchi wars” can extend to dance, as it defends its latest program against South Korean claims of Chinese cultural imperialism. On Wednesday, one of the choreographers behind the company's “Myth of the Dancing Durumi” program, which runs until Sept. 18, demanded that the troupe remove the Chinese term “ch...

Park Ji-won | 2022-09-21 08:21

Korea's largest-ever art market opens in Seoul

Korea's largest-ever art market opens in Seoul

Two big international art fairs will kick off in Seoul on Friday, bringing together a combined 350 galleries from around the world.

2022-09-02 14:34

Shows to look out for during Frieze and Kiaf Seoul

Rare Joseon-era spherical sundial unveiled to public

Rare Joseon-era spherical sundial unveiled to public

The “Iryeongwongu,” a portable spherical sundial from the 1392-1910 Joseon Kingdom era, has been unveiled to the public after returning from the United States, the Cultural Heritage Administration (CHA) said Thursday. The CHA and the Overseas Korean Cultural Heritage Foundation purchased the rare relic at an auction in the U.S. in March.

Kwak Yeon-soo | 2022-08-18 17:16

Lee Kun-hee's art collection likely to be exhibited abroad in 2024 or 2025

Lee Kun-hee's art collection likely to be exhibited abroad in 2024 or 2025

The art collection of late former Samsung Chairman Lee Kun-hee will be exhibited abroad in 2024 or 2025 after stints in four cities here - Seoul, Gwangju, Daegu and Cheongju. Yoon Sung-yong, the new director-general of the National Museum of Korea (NMK), said the state-run museum will complete the registration for cultural heritage of Lee's private collection by the end of th...

Kwak Yeon-soo | 2022-08-11 16:45

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