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Fri, June 2, 2023 | 03:38

Artist Kim Hee-cheon wins 20th Hermes Foundation Missulsang

Artist Kim Hee-cheon wins 20th Hermes Foundation Missulsang

Artist Kim Hee-cheon, whose video works incorporate technological interfaces to question how our present-day reality is perceived and understood, has been named the winner of the 20th Hermes Foundation Missulsang, according to the foundation, Tuesday.

Park Han-sol | 2023-03-01 08:26

Peter Weibel's daring, forward-looking media art arrives in Seoul

Peter Weibel's daring, forward-looking media art arrives in Seoul

A 1967 black-and-white composite photograph, produced by new media and post-conceptual artist Peter Weibel, shows a curious-looking technological "invention." It combines images of a camera, walkie-talkie, speaker, television and telephone into one imaginary mini-electronic device that can perform every function a modern human would need.

Park Han-sol | 2023-02-24 14:47

'Pixel artist' Hong Seung-hye's road to creative liberation

'Pixel artist' Hong Seung-hye's road to creative liberation

For a quarter of a century, the basic building blocks of veteran artist Hong Seung-hye's paintings have been none other than pixels - the smallest square unit that forms a foundation of any raster image appearing on a digital screen.

Park Han-sol | 2023-02-20 08:35

NewJeans' hanji artworks to be put up for auction this weekend

NewJeans' hanji artworks to be put up for auction this weekend

Hanji artworks, produced by K-pop girl group NewJeans in an effort to promote Korea's traditional paper made from the bark of mulberry trees, will head to an online auction this weekend. Early last month, the K-pop act appeared in a Korea Craft & Design Foundation's (KCDF) YouTube video to introduce Korea's centuries-old technique used to fashion hanji - the paper long touted...

Park Han-sol | 2023-02-16 15:05

Hanji artist layers handmade paper into sculptures

Rare Joseon-era moon jar, Park Soo-keun painting to go on display before Christie's NY auction

Rare Joseon-era moon jar, Park Soo-keun painting to go on display before Christie's NY auction

The leading auction house Christie's is set to exhibit 10 major Korean antiques and pre-modern works of art - including a rare Joseon-era moon jar - at its Seoul outpost next week before they are put up for auction in New York in March.

Park Han-sol | 2023-02-14 10:59

Final lineup of artists, commissioned projects unveiled for Gwangju Biennale

Final lineup of artists, commissioned projects unveiled for Gwangju Biennale

The 14th edition of Gwangju Biennale, Asia's largest and longest-running survey of contemporary art, is set to bring in 79 artists and collectives to examine transnational and postcolonial narratives both within and beyond the context of Korea's southwestern city that witnessed the 1980 pro-democracy uprising.

Park Han-sol | 2023-02-09 12:33

Reclusive fashion icon Martin Margiela makes comeback as artist with eerie wonderland of human bodies

Reclusive fashion icon Martin Margiela makes comeback as artist with eerie wonderland of human bodies

It has been well over a decade since Martin Margiela, who left an indelible mark on the world of fashion as the founder of French haute couture house Maison Margiela and the creative director of Hermes, left the industry for good in 2009.

Park Han-sol | 2023-02-05 16:46

$120,000 banana, praying Hitler: Infamous art world prankster Maurizio Cattelan's first Seoul outing

$120,000 banana, praying Hitler: Infamous art world prankster Maurizio Cattelan's first Seoul outing

A ripe banana with a price tag of $120,000 duct-taped to a wall. That was enough to make the art world go bananas in December 2019, when the “ephemeral sculpture” proudly made its appearance at Art Basel Miami Beach.

Park Han-sol | 2023-02-01 14:14

AmorePacific Museum of Art brings Joseon-era folding screens to center stage

AmorePacific Museum of Art brings Joseon-era folding screens to center stage

Decorative folding screens that once embellished the interiors of the royal palaces and working-class households during the 1392-1910 Joseon Kingdom have been brought to the fore at the ongoing exhibition hosted by the AmorePacific Museum of Art (APMA) in Seoul's Yongsan District.

Park Han-sol | 2023-01-31 08:32

Smiling flower, mushroom bomb, zombie: What do Takashi Murakami's grotesquely 'kawaii' creatures tell us?

Smiling flower, mushroom bomb, zombie: What do Takashi Murakami's grotesquely 'kawaii' creatures tell us?

BUSAN - What completed Japanese art star Takashi Murakami's already colorful look of the day on Jan. 26 as he appeared in the southern port city of Busan was his comically large headdress. A pink plush toy in the shape of Kurage-bo - a creepily endearing jellyfish boy designed by the artist for his directorial debut “Jellyfish Eyes” - resting atop his graying head already off...

Park Han-sol | 2023-01-30 14:31

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