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Thu, July 7, 2022 | 16:52

Performing arts revenue nearly doubled last year from 2020

The Korean performance market posted a total of 307.1 billion ($258.3 million) in sales last year, 1.8 times more than that of the year 2020, or 107.2 billion won, according to data from the Korea Performing Arts Box Office Information System (KOPIS), Sunday.

2022-01-03 09:17

Year of Tiger: Vigorous, fearless year full of adventure unfolding

The year 2022 is the Year of the Tiger according to the Chinese zodiac. In Korea, the tiger has been portrayed as an animal representing a brave and fearless spirit. An apex predator, the tiger also instills both fear and awe among Koreans.

2022-01-01 08:00

Erwin Olaf's painterly photos offer surreal commentary on human fragility

“I see myself as the director of one second.” The acclaimed Dutch photographer Erwin Olaf, known for his painstakingly polished and staged images that seem to sit somewhere between a painting and a photo, is a director in the truest sense of the word. Against a real-life backdrop he has scouted carefully, Olaf styles his scene down to every last detail: from delivering actors...

2021-12-31 08:14

SeMA exhibition 'unlearns and relearns' Australia's cultural landscape

“By instructing students how to learn, unlearn and relearn, a powerful new dimension can be added to education,” wrote American author and futurist Alvin Toffler in his 1970 book, “Future Shock.” “Tomorrow's illiterate will not be the man who can't read; he will be the man who has not learned how to learn.”

2021-12-29 18:24

2021 Top news in art: Late Samsung chairman's art trove excites museums, NFT ignites debate

Following the quiet year of 2020 engulfed by the COVID-19 pandemic, Korea's art market saw a new boom this year. Part of the surging public interest was fueled by the unprecedented donation of late Samsung Chairman Lee Kun-hee's massive art collection. Non-fungible tokens (NFTs) that represent the ownership of digital assets, became another attractive buzzword for a new secto...

2021-12-29 09:00

Works of world's most influential masters fill Korean galleries

The end of 2021 has become an exciting time for art enthusiasts across Korea. Works of some of the most influential creators of the 20th century - Henri Matisse, Salvador Dali and Roy Lichtenstein, among others - have begun to fill Seoul's galleries, with many being the artists' first or largest retrospectives to date in the country.

2021-12-27 19:04

Han Kang's 'The Vegetarian' to be made into play; National Theater unveils 2022 lineup

The National Theater Company of Korea (NTCK), the country's state-run theatre company, announced its 2022 play lineup, which includes a play adaptation of Han Kang's acclaimed novel “The Vegetarian,” as well as new theatrical works reflecting contemporary social issues such as climate change, virtual reality, the disabled and feminism.

2021-12-24 16:56

Tracing enthralling theme of light across Tate Collection

A single lit candle flickers and flutters faintly inside the steel shell of a cathode-ray tube (CRT) television. In Paik Nam-june's “Candle TV,” while the flame represents the beginning of civilization, TV becomes a symbol that has ushered in a new digital era of human culture.

2021-12-22 08:19

National Museum exhibition compares Asian lacquerware techniques and cultures

Toxicodendron vernicifluum, commonly known as lacquer trees, have been cultivated in Asian countries for centuries. In Korea, some people boil “samgyetang” or ginseng chicken soup with twigs of lacquer tree wood due to their health benefits. Lacquer tree wood is known for its antioxidant properties, which prevents or slows cell damage.

2021-12-21 14:42

Immersive artwork recreates elaborate Joseon-era royal banquet held in 1902

How did people in the royal palace of the Joseon Kingdom (1392-1910) celebrate key events, such as a crown prince rising to power or the birthday of a reigning king? Depending on the events, kings threw small or large banquets that entailed choreography, musical performances and other rituals to guarantee prosperity and longevity. Banquets were also held to flaunt the power a...

2021-12-20 17:05

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