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| Chung-Ang University professor Kim Young-ho, right, art director of the "Kandinsky, Malevich & Russian Avant-Garde" exhibition, explains the "Jewish Venus" painting by Mikhail Larionov to distinguished guests during the opening ceremony at Sejong Center for the Performing Arts in Seoul, Wednesday. The exhibition, hosted by The Korea Times and its sister paper Hankook Ilbo, will showcase 75 masterpieces by 49 Russian artists, including Larionov, Wassily Kandinsky and Kazimir Malevich. The opening ceremony was attended by a slew of dignitaries including Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Hwang Hee and Russian Ambassador to Korea Andrey Kulik, fifth from right in the front row. Second from right in the front row is Hankook Ilbo President Lee Young-sung. Korea Times photo by Wang Tae-seog |
