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Sat, July 2, 2022 | 21:09
History of epidemics in Korea explored at National Folk Museum
History of epidemics in Korea explored at National Folk Museum
“Last night, the symptoms of my child who has fallen ill with smallpox grew so much worse that I could hear him coughing up phlegm from outside the house. I am deeply worried that he may not be able to live to see another day.”
2021-11-25 18:01
Exhibition becomes compact archive of intergenerational queer narratives
Exhibition becomes compact archive of intergenerational queer narratives
In September 1980, Hong Kong-born American queer photographer Tseng Kwong Chi captured in a still image the mesmerizing presence of 19-year-old ballet dancer Shawn McQuate, who was active in New York's East Village countercultural scene during the 1980s.
2021-11-25 08:59
Korea's iconic theatrical show 'Nanta' set to return
Korea's iconic theatrical show 'Nanta' set to return
Wearing sweatpants, five performers gathered together for the first time in 21 months, in an empty theater in Myeong-dong, Seoul, designed especially for “Nanta,” a non-verbal, cooking-themed, percussive, theatrical performance.
Park Ji-won | 2021-11-24 08:55
COVID-cancelled French musical 'Notre Dame de Paris' hits Korean theaters
COVID-cancelled French musical 'Notre Dame de Paris' hits Korean theaters
The original French production of the musical, “Notre Dame de Paris,” based on the novel with the same title by Victor Hugo and one of the most popular original foreign productions in Korea, will be performed with its 1998 original cast and new casts in three different locations in Korea, running until Jan. 16 of next year.
Park Ji-won | 2021-11-21 17:26
Exploring Park Soo-keun's oeuvre in new light beyond limiting labels
Exploring Park Soo-keun's oeuvre in new light beyond limiting labels
In 1926, then a 12-year-old boy, Park Soo-keun's fateful encounter with Jean-Francois Millet's iconic painting of “The Angelus” awakened his artistic passion. His dream to become a painter was certainly an ambitious - even reckless - one, as his family's loss of fortune made any formal art education after elementary school an unthinkable luxury.
2021-11-20 09:37
South Africa-based artist brings domestic life to forefront via silk tapestries
South Africa-based artist brings domestic life to forefront via silk tapestries
South Africa-based visual artist Billie Zangewa embodies the message, “The personal is political,” through her artistic snapshot of domesticity. As an artist and a single mother, she turns the seemingly humdrum tasks and encounters at home - things women do that often go unacknowledged, like cooking, sewing and inviting close family members for her 8-year-old son's birthday -...
2021-11-19 08:51
Artist Georg Baselitz featured at newly opened Thaddaeus Ropac Seoul
Artist Georg Baselitz featured at newly opened Thaddaeus Ropac Seoul
Having opened its doors last month in Hannam-dong, Thaddaeus Ropac Seoul is currently hosting an exhibition of the latest paintings and drawings by celebrated German artist Georg Baselitz. Named “Hotel garni,” which refers to a small inn in French, the show features a series of paintings of female figures suspended upside down in an undefined, black void.
2021-11-17 18:09
Yayoi Kusama's early 'Pumpkin' may become the most expensive piece sold at a Korean auction this year
Yayoi Kusama's early 'Pumpkin' may become the most expensive piece sold at a Korean auction this year
Seoul Auction's winter sale, slated to take place next week, will feature the coveted early work of Yayoi Kusama, which is expected to become the highest priced artwork sold at Korean auctions this year.
2021-11-17 08:51
MMCA unveils plans to exhibit late Samsung Chairman's art collection nationwide from next year
MMCA unveils plans to exhibit late Samsung Chairman's art collection nationwide from next year
The National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea (MMCA) has announced its plans to organize a series of nationwide exhibitions of the art collection bequeathed to the museum by late Samsung Group Chairman Lee Kun-hee, until 2024.
2021-11-14 17:00
'Room of quiet contemplation' designs space for viewers to reflect on 'thinking Bodhisattvas'
'Room of quiet contemplation' designs space for viewers to reflect on 'thinking Bodhisattvas'
There are many ways to enjoy pieces in a museum, but one normally starts with reading the explanatory text written at the entrance of the exhibition hall and then the texts next to the individual works. These texts may be informative and enable us to learn about the historical context of the pieces, but sometimes they fail to give us room to take a moment to contemplate their...
Park Ji-won | 2021-11-12 18:08
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