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Reporter : Park Han-sol
Fri, September 29, 2023 | 08:37
[INTERVIEW] Sotheby's returns as Korea's art market regains luster
Sotheby’s, one of the world’s largest auction houses along with Christie’s, made a comeback to Korea this week with the opening of a new space in Seoul nearly three decades after its initial withdrawal.
Theater & Others | 2023-09-22 17:20
[INTERVIEW] Seoul becomes magnet for global galleries despite fluctuating market
Scattered across a scenic rooftop garden of newly-opened Whitestone Gallery in central Seoul's Yongsan District on a cloudless September afternoon were moon jars made by rising Korean ceramicist Shin Won-dong.
Theater & Others | 2023-09-20 22:04
Chang Uc-chin's lifelong pursuit of beauty in the mundane traced in his largest retrospective
Sometimes, two bite-sized paintings are all that it takes to encapsulate an artist’s decades-long quest to find beauty in the mundane and the simple.
Theater & Others | 2023-09-20 09:26
Japanese colonial company-turned-museum in Daejeon celebrates opening with Anselm Kiefer
DAEJEON ― It was in 1908, shortly before Japanese colonial rule (1910-45) began, when imperial Japan established the Oriental Development Company in the heart of Seoul as a state-led economic enterprise to control and exploit Korea's land and resources.
Theater & Others | 2023-09-17 16:50
[INTERVIEW] How cosmic vision and lost histories collide in Tavares Strachan's art
Entering Perrotin Seoul, where Tavares Strachan's first solo exhibition in Asia has been mounted, is like a cosmic experience.
Theater & Others | 2023-09-14 16:09
[INTERVIEW] Yue Minjun's canvas evolves from laughing faces to blooming flowers
Even just a cursory glance at Yue Minjun’s “self-portraits” reveals what has made the 61-year-old painter an enduring icon of Chinese contemporary art.
Theater & Others | 2023-09-12 16:04
Dealers at Frieze optimistic about Korea's art scene despite market readjustment
The Korean art market experienced an unprecedented boom since the COVID-19 pandemic, further boosted by Frieze Seoul's debut in 2022. Market records were broken last year when art sales surpassed the 1 trillion won ($748 million) mark for the first time.
Theater & Others | 2023-09-08 16:34
Frieze Seoul returns with more collectors from Asia
Following a splashy debut last year, Frieze Seoul returned to COEX in the ritzy Gangnam District in the southern part of the capital this week to offer another two-for-one art fair experience with its local counterpart Kiaf Seoul.
Theater & Others | 2023-09-07 17:11
[INTERVIEW] Phillips Asia chairman sees Korea as foothold in Asian art market
It isn't just the galleries and museums across Korea that are joining the art-filled action on the occasion of the return of two major art fairs - Frieze and Kiaf Seoul - this week. As the leading global auction houses have mounted their own free pop-up exhibitions throughout the capital city, dazzling art lovers who are traveling beyond the fair venue at COEX in southern Seo...
Theater & Others | 2023-09-05 15:24
Must-see shows during Frieze and Kiaf Seoul 2023 (2)
In tandem with the return of two leading art fairs - Frieze and Kiaf Seoul - at COEX in southern Seoul, Sept. 6, Korea will see a flurry of exhibition openings and late-night soirees at museums and galleries strewn across its capital city.
Theater & Others | 2023-09-01 08:18
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