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Sat, June 3, 2023 | 16:28

Visual artist captures ephemeral candlelight as launchpad for collective solidarity

Visual artist captures ephemeral candlelight as launchpad for collective solidarity

For over five millennia, flickering candles have illuminated the history of humanity with their mystical glow. For many, they have been more than just sources of light and heat against hours of darkness, signifying at times moments of spirituality as well as the remembrance of the deceased. In present-day Korea, candlelight has turned into a symbol of peaceful resistance agai...

Park Han-sol | 2022-10-19 12:24

Korean artist's traveling project with youth with autism unfurls in Mexico

Korean artist's traveling project with youth with autism unfurls in Mexico

More than 2,000 colorful paper butterflies born from the hands of children and adolescents with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) around the world have found a temporary new home in the Mexican city of Guanajuato. Each butterfly perched gently on the surface of the wall of the Congress of Guanajuato is the fruit of Korean artist Ahn Yun-mo's years-long global project called “Bec...

Park Han-sol | 2022-10-17 08:47

LG Arts Center Seoul celebrates relocation with performances by Cho Seong-jin, Simon Rattle

LG Arts Center Seoul celebrates relocation with performances by Cho Seong-jin, Simon Rattle

LG Arts Center Seoul, an art theater managed by Korea's fourth-largest conglomerate, LG Group, celebrated its relocation on Thursday with the performance of award-winning Korean pianist Cho Seong-jin and the London Symphony Orchestra (LSO), helmed by British conductor Simon Rattle.

Dong Sun-hwa | 2022-10-14 14:23

World's first-ever Haribo-themed media art show arrives in Seoul

World's first-ever Haribo-themed media art show arrives in Seoul

Haribo's instantly recognizable collection of multihued gummy bears has arrived in Seoul for its first-ever media art exhibition. Held as a centennial celebration of the global confectionery brand's signature Goldbears, “Welcome to the Haribo World” has turned the Insa Central Museum in downtown Seoul into a 1,300-square-meter interactive universe of mouth-watering gelatinous...

Park Han-sol | 2022-10-13 15:09

[INTERVIEW] Black-and-white photos offer glimpse into layered cultural identity of Koryoin

INTERVIEWBlack-and-white photos offer glimpse into layered cultural identity of Koryoin

A black-and-white snapshot captures one family's springtime visit to an ancestral gravesite in 1993 - a familiar scenery in Korea during major traditional holidays, with dishes of fruit, meat and a bottle of liquor laid out neatly for the spirit of the deceased. But something seems different here, namely the shape of the tomb, as well as the language of the epitaph.

Park Han-sol | 2022-10-12 16:21

Korean immersive art exhibition to be held in HK

Korean immersive art exhibition to be held in HK

HONG KONG - D'strict, one of Korea's leading commercial design companies famous for its site-specific media art installations, will present its first overseas exhibition in Hong Kong on Oct. 7.

Park Ji-won | 2022-10-06 08:41

US curator appointed as artistic director of 2023 Seoul Mediacity Biennale

US curator appointed as artistic director of 2023 Seoul Mediacity Biennale

U.S. curator Rachael Rakes has been appointed as the artistic director of the 12th edition of the Seoul Mediacity Biennale, slated for September 2023, the Seoul Museum of Art (SeMA) announced Wednesday.

Park Han-sol | 2022-09-28 13:55

Lewben Art Foundation brings young artistic gems from Lithuania

Lewben Art Foundation brings young artistic gems from Lithuania

Though little known in Korea, the northeastern European country of Lithuania has a vibrant art scene that came to attention when the country's pavilion won the Golden Lion for "Sun & Sea (Marina)" in 2019.

Kwon Mee-yoo | 2022-09-26 15:01

Performing arts festival to open in Daehangno Saturday

Performing arts festival to open in Daehangno Saturday

A feast of theatrical performances will take place starting Saturday through Oct. 30 in Daehangno, the central Seoul district that is the mecca of plays and theater performances, according to the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism. The sixth edition of the Welcome Daehakro (Daehangno) Festival, organized jointly by the ministry, the Korea Tourism Organization and the Kor...

Kim Rahn | 2022-09-24 06:54

Over half of participating artists to present new works at 2023 Gwangju Biennale

Over half of participating artists to present new works at 2023 Gwangju Biennale

The 59th edition of the Venice Biennale's International Art Exhibition, helmed by Cecilia Alemani, made global headlines earlier this year for filling approximately 90 percent of its roster with women and gender non-conforming artists - for the first time in the event's 127-year history. Lee Sook-kyung, the artistic director for the 2023 Gwangju Biennale, witnessed the long o...

Park Han-sol | 2022-09-23 15:01

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