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    • Features - 10 May 2023
      Polish Pavilion at the 14th Gwangju Biennale— POSTARTISTIC ASSEMBLY
      Polish Pavilion at the 14th Gwangju Biennale? POSTARTISTIC ASSEMBLY Convened by Sebastian Cichocki and Marianna Dobkowska 5 ? 7th of May, ..
    • People - 22 Dec 2022
      A history of servitude: Artist duo traces troubled history of labor migration from Asia
      On one wintry night in February 2004, across the treacherous sandflats of Morecambe Bay in northwest England, dozens of Chinese cockle picke..
    • Features - 16 Nov 2022
      You won't find a paintbrush in artist GuGu Kim's studio
      GuGu Kim, 53, is a finger painting artist, called jiduhwa in Korean, who uses only his fingers to create his artworks. He works on large can..
    • Features - 31 Oct 2022
      Artist Yein Lee contemplates today’s golden age of information and technology
      Vienna-based artist Yein Lee talks about her cultural influences and inspirations while growing up in South Korea. The year is 2050, and th..
    • Features - 27 Oct 2022
      [Korean Artists of Note] Artist Kim Sung-hwan's layered works expand organically
      This is the last in a six-part series highlighting the next generation of Korean artists active in the international art scene.-- Ed. Cli..
    • Features - 27 Oct 2022
      [Korean Artists of Note] Choi Chan-sook unearths landownership
      The following is the fifth in a six-part series highlighting the next generation of Korean artists active in the international art scene. - ..
    • Features - 25 Oct 2022
      [Korean Artists of Note] Kim Young-eun explores migration of sound
      The following is the fourth in a six-part series highlighting the next generation of Korean artists active in the international art scene. -..
    • People - 24 Oct 2022
      An Artist in Pursuit of Balance
      Lee Bul, a contemporary Korean artist, blends old traditions and new techniques. Work from her latest series, “Perdu,” will be shown at Frie..
    • Features - 19 Oct 2022
      Artist Seoyoung Chung: ‘There is something so critical and yet so ridiculous about sculpture’
      “I’m aware that I’m not supposed to have favourites,” says Seoyoung Chung, “but ‘The Time is Now’ is one of those works that is closest to m..
    • Features - 18 Oct 2022
      For This Korean Artist, Memories Are a Medium
      Work by Do Ho Suh, being shown in Seoul and New York in September, highlights the global nature of the art world ? and of his own personal j..
    • People - 18 Oct 2022
      [Herald Interview] Pinault Collection, forward-looking, finds Korean artists impressive
      The Pinault Collection, French billionaire Francois Pinault’s collection of contemporary art, holds more than 10,000 works of art by the wor..
    • Features - 17 Oct 2022
      Haneyl Choi’s Sculptures Burst With Attitude. They’ve Made Him One of the Most In-Demand Artists in Korea’s Contemporary Art World
      Haneyl Choi’s sculptures evade easy categorization; the range of materials, methodologies and motifs that he deploys across his practice cha..
    • Features - 30 Sep 2022
      [Korean artists of Note] ‘A painting is a painting’: Hejum Ba refuses to define images
      Following is the third in a six-part series highlighting the next generation of Korean artists active in the international art scene. ? Ed ..
    • Features - 29 Sep 2022
      [Korean Artists of Note] Lee Hee-joon ‘builds’ painting with layers of colors
      Following is the second in a six-part series highlighting the next generation of Korean artists active in the international art scene. ? Ed ..
    • People - 29 Sep 2022
      Dear artist Dew Kim
      Dear artist Dew Kim, Please forgive my discourtesy of addressing this letter to you, because the exact recipient of this letter is “Huh, N..
    • Features - 20 Sep 2022
      [Korean Artists of Note] Lee Kang-seung rewrites history through artistic practice
      Following is the first in a six-part series highlighting the next generation of Korean artists active in the international art scene. ? Ed ..
    • Features - 16 Sep 2022
      What I Buy And Why: Korean Collector Lyu Jihye Hopes More Local Artists Will Be Discovered During Frieze’s Seoul Launch
      To collector Lyu Jihye, art is more than just a window to the world or a way to bridge connections with others. Though she was interested in..
    • People - 16 Sep 2022
      The Artist Who Crosses over the Lava of the Floor
      One September day, when the heat had barely gone, I met KIM Hyeyeon in a worn-down concrete building where orange sunlight came in, obliquel..
    • Features - 09 Sep 2022
      Busan Biennale 2022 brings together Korean and international artists under one roof
      Every time I visit an art exhibition, I wander in a haze between life, art, myself, socialites, anxieties about the future, and dreams and p..
    • People - 01 Sep 2022
      [INTERVIEW] Artist transforms Atelier Hermes into pet crematorium as garish capitalist nightmare
      What awaits visitors at the Atelier Hermes, a gallery nestled in Gangnam, southern Seoul, after they pass by row after row of high-end cloth..
    • People - 01 Sep 2022
      [INTERVIEW] Artist traces first sonic encounters between Western, traditional Korean music
      Kim Young-eun's exhibition, 'Frames of Sound,' uncovers sound sources, ethnographic recordings that speak to modern Korea's musical history...
    • Features - 29 Aug 2022
      Top Korean Artists to See at Frieze Seoul 2022
      Frieze Seoul offers the chance to encounter today’s most acclaimed contemporary talents alongside historic masters of Korean art. In the Foc..
    • Features - 27 July 2022
      Dutch Korean artist's project: The Mother Mountain Institute of Sara Sejin Chang
      The following article presents an art project of Sara Sejin Chang (Sara van der Heide), an internationally acclaimed Dutch Korean artist, wh..
    • Features - 26 July 2022
      South Korean Artists Sang Woon Nam And Ji Young Hong Exhibit At J/M Gallery London
      Curator Rokhee Hwang is presenting the first of 2 exhibitions of contemporary South Korean artists at J/M Gallery in London’s Notting Hill. ..
    • Features - 25 July 2022
      Works by North Korean artists on exhibition in Gwangju
      Works by some 20 North Korean artists are being presented at the Jinhan Art Museum in Gwangju through June 30. Hosted by the city of Gwangj..
    • Features - 25 July 2022
      ‘I’m Trying to Show the Layers of Time’: Watch Artist Do Ho Suh Sketch a Life-Size Replica of His First New York City Apartment
      When the Korean-born artist Do Ho Suh first moved to New York City, in 1997, he was lucky to find that a friend happened to be vacating his ..
    • Features - 21 July 2022
      Busan Biennale 2022 Reveals Title and Full Artist List
      On July 20, the Busan Biennale Organizing Committee revealed the theme of the Busan Biennale 2022, “We, On the Rising Wave,” and the full li..
    • Features - 19 July 2022
      Spotlight: Tech Start-Up Artscapy’s New Exhibition Showcases 5 Rising Korean Artists and Their Takes on the NFT Wave
      Every month, hundreds of galleries add newly available works by thousands of artists to the Artnet Gallery Network?and every week, we shine ..
    • Features - 18 July 2022
      Reviving an Ancient Korean Craft, Artist Dahye Jeong Wins the 2022 Loewe Foundation Craft Prize
      Yesterday, at the Seoul Museum of Craft Art (SeMoCA) in South Korea’s capital, Dahye Jeong was named the winner of the 2022 Loewe Foundation..
    • Features - 15 July 2022
      An Artist Trapped Goldfish in IV Bags for a Museum Show in Korea. They Were Released After Visitors Complained About Them Dying
      The artist also uses dead flies and insects in his work. Since the end of last month, 15 goldfish had been slowly dying at the Jeonnam Mu..
    • Features - 13 July 2022
      22 artists bring BTS songs to life through ‘Beyond the Scene’
      K-pop sensation BTS’ discographies are being presented as artworks at the Total Museum of Contemporary Art in Jongno-gu, Seoul, until July 3..
    • Features - 30 June 2022
      Two artistic directors appointed for Korean Pavilion at 2023 Venice Biennale
      Cultural curator Jung So-ik and art professor Park Kyong will curate South Korea‘s national pavilion at the upcoming 2023 Venice Biennale, A..
    • Features - 24 June 2022
      Muckenthaler draws Korean American artists close with ‘Embrace’ exhibition
      In a collaborative exhibition titled “Embrace,” Fullerton’s Muckenthaler Cultural Center and the Korean-American Women’s Artist Alliance hav..
    • Features - 23 June 2022
      South Korean artist Royyal Dog's downtown Grand Rapids mural to be unveiled on June 10
      GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. ? South Korean artist Royyal Dog’s mural on the Hopson Flats building in downtown Grand Rapids will be unveiled on Frida..
    • Features - 23 June 2022
      Works by abstract artist Rhee Seundja gain recognition after auction record, RM picture
      Works by Rhee Seundja (1918-2009), one of the few female first-generation Korean abstract artists, are attracting renewed attention after on..
    • Features - 22 June 2022
      Second and final '2022 Kumho Young Artist' exhibit opens
      The second part of “2022 Kumho Young Artist” is filled with performances, installations and paintings by three up-and-coming artists. The K..
    • Features - 21 June 2022
      Friendship forged among Kim Whanki and young artist couple in NY
      Hailed as one of Korea's greatest abstract masters, Kim Whanki (1913-74) forged his legacy when he birthed a series of pointillist paintings..
    • Features - 24 May 2022
      Highlighting Korean Contemporary Artist IV: Hyungkoo Lee
      Busan Museum of Art has presented an exhibition titled Highlighting Korean Contemporary Artist to introduce significant artists in the conte..
    • People - 19 May 2022
      STIR in conversation with Lee Kun-Yong, the Korean avant garde artist
      The multi-disciplinary artist - whose performative works in 1970s responded to Korean political environment - talks about his art practice t..
    • Features - 19 May 2022
      Showcasing South Korea’s Recent Artistic History
      Gallery Hyundai is showing seven artists who represent how the nation’s art has evolved since the Korean War.
    • Features - 12 May 2022
      A Korean-American Artist’s Search for His Family’s Pas
      ROCKLAND, ME ? For more than a decade, Korean-American artist Young Sun Han has been exploring sometimes painful, sometimes revelatory aspec..
    • Features - 26 April 2022
      Pioneering South Korean artist Ha Chong-Hyun on show at Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa, Venice
      Istituzione Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa to host a solo show of South Korean artist Ha Chong-Hyun (b. 1935, Sancheong). Presented by Kukje ..
    • People - 26 April 2022
      A South Korean artist in Qatar : Kim Sinae on Changing perceptions of the Middle East
      Kim Sinae says that before she moved to Qatar for work, the only images she saw of the Middle East were political or economic. “It was mainl..
    • Features - 20 April 2022
      Time stopped and these Korean artists created. See what they made for a new exhibit in Port Moody
      They felt like time had stopped when the COVID-19 pandemic hit. And the 15 members in the Vancouver Korean Artist Collective ? the leading ..
    • Features - 31 Mar 2022
      Media artist Choi Chan-sook named winner of Korea Artist Prize 2021
      Media artist Choi Chan-sook has been named the winner of the Korea Artist Prize 2021, the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Ko..
    • Features - 29 Mar 2022
      Kim Byung-ki, one of Korea’s first abstract artists, is dead at 105
      Kim Byung-ki, one of Korea’s first-generation abstract artists, died on Tuesday. He was 105. Kim was the oldest Korean artist still active ..
    • Features - 22 Mar 2022
      South Korean Artists Contemplate the Meaning of Middle Age
      In Cheonan, South Korea, an exhibition confronts what it means to reach the culturally symbolic age of 40, when people are supposed to have ..
    • Features - 14 Mar 2022
      Architect of 'mechanical organism' chosen as this year's MMCA Hyundai Motor Series artist
      Kinetic artist Choe U-ram has been named the artist for this year's MMCA Hyundai Motor Series by the National Museum of Modern and Contempor..
    • Features - 14 Mar 2022
      Saatchi Yates To Hold Breakthrough Korean Artist Sujin Lee's First UK Solo Show
      Saatchi Yates to open a Korean artist Sujin Lee first UK solo exhibition, set to open on Wednesday 2nd February. Born in Korea’s Jeju Island..
    • Features - 08 Mar 2022
      Gay artists explore their identities in two solo exhibitions
      Korea is known as a conservative country and is said to be generally apathetic about or hostile toward LGBTQ culture. There are few LGBTQ ar..
    • Features - 08 Mar 2022
      87-year-old artist Ha Chong-hyun refuses to take a break
      The latest works by 87-year-old artist Ha Chong-hyun, now on view at the K1 space of Kukje Gallery in central Seoul, are very colorful, wher..
    • Features - 08 Mar 2022
      Two Korean artists to show at Venice Biennale's main exhibition
      Two Korean interdisciplinary artists -- Lee Mi-re and Jeong Geum-hyung -- will participate in the main exhibition of the upcoming Venice Bie..
    • Features - 23 Feb 2022
      The multiple layers of artist Song Sang-hee
      “Homo Natura” is an enigmatic term introduced in Friedrich Nietzsche’s (1844-1900) book “Beyond Good and Evil” (1886), which explores the Ge..
    • Features - 10 Feb 2022
      Korean-Finnish artist duo Nana & Felix tells lesser-known sides of Seoul
      Korean-Finnish artist duo Nana & Felix have picked up photographs of families, someone’s childhood or Christianity quotes kept in a fram..
    • Features - 10 Feb 2022
      Korean Artist Lee Kun-Yong, Whose Vital work Bridges Performance and Abstraction, Joins Pace Gallery
      The artist Lee Kun-Yong, a crucial figure in the development of Korean avant-garde art, is now represented by Pace Gallery. It is a global d..
    • Features - 07 Jan 2022
      IMA picks contemporary Korean female artists for joint exhibit
      Three notable Korean female artists spanning different generations are simultaneosly holding solo shows at Ilmin Museum of Art (IMA) in cent..
    • Features - 14 Dec 2021
      [Herald Interview] ‘Guerilla artist’ leaves encouraging messages all over city
      Walking through the bustling streets of Seoul and encountering a rose sprouting from a piece of charcoal, one might wonder, “Is this install..
    • People - 03 Dec 2021
      I obey time': The artist who spent three decades on a single painting
      It was the late 1980s when South Korean artist Myonghi Kang began work on her painting "Le temps des camelias" ("The Time of ..
    • People - 03 Dec 2021
      ['AG' ARTISTS] Suh Seung-won and the evolution of modern Korean art
      A solo show of 80-year-old artist Suh Seung-won at PKM Gallery in central Seoul, which wrapped up last month, attracted an unexpectedly high..
    • Features - 03 Dec 2021
      Korea Artist Prize finalists shows at MMCA explore contemporary issues
      Four Korean promising artists unveiled their works at the exhibition “Korea Artist Prize 2021” at the National Museum of Modern and Contempo..
    • Features - 01 Dec 2021
      Lehmann Maupin gallery to move to larger space in Seoul’s Hannam-dong district, home to K-pop artists and movie stars
      After four years in the Sogyeokdong neighbourhood of Seoul, Lehmann Maupin is moving to a larger gallery in the glamorous Hannam-dong area, ..
    • Features - 16 Nov 2021
      Remembering September 11 Through an Immigrant Artist’s Eyes
      September 2001 started out as an auspicious time for the Korean-born artist Young-Il Ahn. Having moved to Los Angeles in the mid 1960s, he’d..
    • People - 25 Oct 2021
      PENDULATING IDENTITIES: THE DIGITAL DOUBLES OF KOREAN ARTISTS
      The seemingly limitless expanses of what we call digital space are powerful catalysts for explorations of alternative identities. Online, yo..
    • People - 08 Sep 2021
      [INTERVIEW] Korean-Danish artist explores histories of diasporic subjects through lens of Jeju shamanism
      For Jane Jin Kaisen, a Jeju Island-born visual artist, who was adopted to Denmark in 1980, the island is much more than just her "ances..
    • Features - 02 Sep 2021
      Nam June Paik predicted the Internet, YouTube and Instagram. But he was more interesting as an artist than as a prophet.
      Artists are not prophets, except occasionally by dumb luck. Just because they explore new ways of doing things doesn't mean they can see int..
    • Features - 02 Sep 2021
      Post-Dansaekhwa charcoal artist Lee Bae opens exhibition in Hong Kong
      Artist Lee Bae, best known for his charcoal paintings, has a solo exhibition at the art gallery Perrotin Hong Kong. The "Paradigm of..
    • People - 12 Aug 2021
      Media artist's own DNA breathes new life into digital landscape paintings
      What exactly did media artist Lee Lee Nam need in order to give life to a 6.8-meter-high digital waterfall roaring down a wall of the Savina..
    • Features - 21 July 2021
      Korean artist Jun So-jung to join Circa’s project in August
      Interdisciplinary artist Jun So-jung has been selected as the first South Korean artist to join a global project showcasing digital artwork...
    • Features - 15 June 2021
      Could We Love Machines? Korean Artist Geumhyung Jeong’s Performative Robots Test Our Empathy / Artnet
      Geumhyung Jeong is gently tinkering with a robot. From the nose up, it has a human head; there’s a wheel where the jawline should be. The..
    • Features - 08 June 2021
      Art Basel Hong Kong: 4 Leading Korean Artists to See Online and at the Shows - Prestige
      In the weeks leading up to this year’s local edition of Art Basel, consider acquainting yourself with these daring, influential Korean artis..
    • Features - 01 June 2021
      Stones as symbol of the spiritual and nature in conceptual artist Park Hyun-ki's works
      Park Hyun-ki (1942-2000) was a pioneering video and conceptual artist of the latter half of the 20th century in Korea, alongside towering fi..
      #Parkhyunki #iamnotastone #galleryhyundai
    • Features - 01 June 2021
      London-based Korean artist Meekyoung Shin holds exhibit at CR Collective
      Flat sculptures, some of which look like fragments of ancient buildings and others which look like abstract expressionism paintings on slate..
      #meekyoungshim #abstractmatters
    • Features - 31 May 2021
      Great (Korean) Women Artists
      Today, even after decades since “Why Have There Been No Great Women Artists?”, a 1971 essay by art historian Linda Nochlin, was published, g..
      #womenartists #artmarket
    • People - 31 May 2021
      South Korean Artist Minouk Lim Talks About Her Creative Practice And Being Part Of Para Site's "Curtain"
      The Korean artist talks to Tatler about her expansive creative practice, her identity crisis and her work, "Antigone" being part o..
      #LimMinouk #Curtain
    • Features - 17 May 2021
      Media Art, the Door to Multi-Worlds: Media Artists
      The Korea Creative Content Agency unveiled its blueprint for nurturing ‘untact (non-face-to-face)’ immersive content at the ‘2021 Supporting..
      #media art #mediaartists #kangyiyun #kimchiandchips #Leeyeseung #Leeleenam #Choichansook
    • Features - 30 Mar 2021
      10 Most Famous Asian Contemporary Artists To Keep an Eye Out For
      Asia has probably produced some of the biggest artists of incredible talents when it comes to contemporary art. Cai Guo-Qiang, Pacita Abad,..
      #haegue_yang #namjune_paik
    • People - 19 Mar 2021
      Juree Kim : The Narrative and History in the Soil of a Locale and Artist as a Traveler
      Juree Kim taps into the realm of “locality” as a mediator of memory in bringing lumps of clay into the museum space. The lumps of clay are d..
      #JureeKim #locality #installation #video #MMCAresidencyGoyang
    • People - 04 Mar 2021
      Artist Mina Cheon explores dreams of Korean unification, implications for politically divided US
      Korean American artist Mina Cheon unveils her latest pieces created by her North Korean art persona, Kim Il-soon, at an exhibition "Dre..
    • Features - 01 Feb 2021
      Strange Attractors: Haegue Yang Creates Ethereal Creatures and Pays Tribute to St. Ives Artists
      Tate St Ives in Cornwall, England, is presenting “Strange Attractors,” South Korean artist Haegue Yang’s largest UK exhibition to date. The ..
      #haegue_yang
    • Features - 05 Nov 2020
      Park Re-hyun's life as 'Triple Interpreter' - artist, wife and interpreter
      Park Re-hyun (1920-1976) is one of the first modern artists in Korea, having studied at the Women's Academy of Fine Arts in Tokyo in the ear..
      #Park_Re-hyun #MMCA #retrospective #colonialera
    • Features - 05 Nov 2020
      Modern artist Byun Shi-ji offers comfort revealing severe loneliness in paintings
      You may feel poignant loneliness in the paintings. The man who walks with a cane facing strong wind or a typhoon may look so lonely that it ..
      #Byun_Shi-ji #ganaart
    • Features - 05 Nov 2020
      In a time of lockdowns and quarantines, artists are looking for ways to capture the immaterial
      One of the many things that ArtReview Asia learned during lockdown was what a chocopie is. It’s two layers of cake sandwiching marsh- mallow..
      #Mina_Cheon #AsiaSocietyTriennale
    • Features - 14 Oct 2020
      Dansaekhwa artist Ha Chong-hyun presents 'Conjunction' in London
      Renowned dansaekhwa (Korean monochrome painting) artist Ha Chong-hyun opened a solo exhibition at Almine Rech Gallery London, Tuesday. Th..
      #Ha_chong-hyun #dansaekwha #monochromepainting #painting
    • Features - 14 Oct 2020
      Ambiguity is inevitable according to renowned contemporary artist Haegue Yang
      Haegue Yang, who is now one of the world's most influential contemporary artists, but often faces complaints that her works are too difficul..
      #Haegue_yang #MMCA #installation #sculpture
    • Features - 15 Sep 2020
      Three Artists Explore Bodily States at Seoul's Art Sonje Center
      Showing at Art Sonje Center in Seoul until 13 September 2020, three concurrent exhibitions examine various states of the body-physical and p..
      #hello!artist #artsonjeconter #Don_sunpil #Lee_Mire
    • Features - 03 Sep 2020
      Preview of Busan Biennale 2020 : Conversation with Artistic Director (part. 2)
      No one could argue that the year 2020 has been unpredictable. Many plans have been delayed and canceled in all over the world. Like biennale..
      #biennale #busan_biennale #biennalepreview
    • Features - 03 Sep 2020
      Preview of Busan Biennale 2020 : Conversation with Artistic Director (part. 1)
      No one could argue that the year 2020 has been unpredictable. Many plans have been delayed and canceled in all over the world. Like biennale..
      #biennale #busan_biennale #biennalepreview
    • People - 14 Aug 2020
      How five South Korean contemporary artists envision North Korea
      Despite occasional fluctuations in the political climate, the division of South and North Korea has remained the status quo since 1953, when..
      #kown_hayoun #moon_kyungwon #jeon_joonho #back_seungwoo #sun_mu
    • Features - 14 Aug 2020
      Artist Jun Sojung Maps the Cosmopolitan Consciousness
      Jun’s exhibition at Atelier Hermes, Seoul, considers the psycho-geography of modern cities Amid the dimly lit environs of the underground e..
    • Features - 14 Aug 2020
      Artist Kimsooja Plants the Seed of an Idea
      At Wanas Konst, Sweden, the artist’s project ‘Sowing into Painting’ returns culture to nature While most people were locking down this May,..
    • Features - 06 Aug 2020
      The minjung art movement: The voices of artists who could not ignore social issues
      In the late 1970s, a group of young South Korean artists rebelled against the abstract art that was enjoying widespread popularity across th..
      #HakgojaeGallery #ExhibitoninKorea #GalleryinKorea
    • People - 04 Aug 2020
      Nam June Paik’s Pioneering Vision: How the Artist Predicted an Age of Digital Technology
      “I think the best technology, information, has to do with education?our thinking,” artist Nam June Paik wrote in his famed 1976 essay “Why i..
      #namjune_paik #videoart
    • Features - 30 July 2020
      10 Korean Artists Who Are Shaping Contemporary Art
      Across cultural disciplines in Korea, contested memories and trauma ruptures both past and present?from the division of the peninsula and Ja..
      #KoreanArtist #KoreanContemporaryArt
    • People - 25 July 2020
      Bae Bien-u, Photographer
      "I'm someone who seeks escape and hides behind landscape. I'm not very interested in stories inthe wild out there." Bae's intentio..
      #Artist #Photography #Landcape
    • Features - 08 April 2020
      Artists look back on history of democracy in 'Better Man'
      Choi Ha-neyl's 〈Korean Dream〉, featuring five sculptures symbolizing underrepresented groups in Korean politics ― transgender, single mother..
      #betterman #ilminmuseum #exhibiton #koreancontemporaryart
    • People - 02 April 2020
      An Artist Whose Muse Is Loneliness
      When the artist Haegue Yang shows old artworks in new places, she likes to create a fresh piece that links the exhibition to the local conte..
      #Haegue_yang
    • Features - 28 Feb 2020
      K-Pop Band BTS and Artist Tomás Saraceno Launch Solar-Powered 'Sculpture'
      The record-setting balloon flight sought to draw attention to climate change and the potential of renewable energy sources.
      #bts #connect_bts
    • Features - 26 Feb 2020
      Young female artists raise gender issues through art
      The TV screen at the exhibition hall shows a bird flapping its wings midflight, while through the headset connected to the TV set, one can h..
      #feminism #artsonjecenter
    • Features - 10 Feb 2020
      Insight 2020 – Key concepts of the Gwangju and Busan Biennales according to their artistic directors
      With the new year just dawned, there is already much hustle and bustle in the biennale and fair scene and among institutions that are newly ..
      #biennale #gwnagju_biennale #busan_biennale
    • Features - 02 Jan 2020
      Rhii Jew-yo wins MMCA Korea Artist Prize 2019
      Rhii Jew-yo was announced the winner of the Korea Artist Prize 2019 Thursday evening.
      #rhii_jewyo #mmca #korea_artist_prize
    • Features - 17 Dec 2019
      The unparalleled ‘Universe’ of Whanki: Korean artist’s latest public offering smashes previous records at auction in Hong Kong
      At 6:08 p.m. on Saturday, in the Grand Hall of the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, the auction that would rewrite the history of..
      #dansaekhwa #kim_hwanki
    • Features - 08 Nov 2019
      Cheongju shows off its artistic side: Exhibit spotlights crafts, work from emerging talents
      Located 140 kilometers (87 miles) from Seoul, Cheongju is usually not on the list of places that people seek out for a weekend full of art. ..
      #mmca #cheongju
    • Features - 01 Nov 2019
      Setting the Stage: Korean Women Artists on Performance and Beauty
      In its magical capacity to reconstrue the processes of life and the material bodies inhabiting it, performance politicises the everyday, tur..
      #feminism #aaa
    • Features - 10 Sep 2019
      Five Artists: Sites Encountered at M+
      According to the curatorial statement for 《Five Artists: Sites Encountered》, M+’s latest exhibition, the notion of site provides a gateway t..
      #hong_kong #m+ #mplus #lee_bul
    • Features - 21 Aug 2019
      Angry young women take on the world: Artists Eunsae Lee, Raejung Sim add humor to dark topics
      Raejung Sim, 36, known for her violent, dark and humorous black-and-white hand-drawn animations, and Eunsae Lee, 32, known for her colorful ..
      #raejung_sim #eunsae_lee #kyoboartspace
    • Features - 24 July 2019
      Colorful art pioneer takes center stage in Daegu: Park Saeng Kwang inspired many of Korea’s minjung artists
      Park Saeng Kwang (1904-85), whose large-scale retrospective recently kicked off at the Daegu Art Museum in the southeastern city, is known a..
      #minjung_art #park_saeng_kwang
    • People - 09 July 2019
      2019 Venice Biennale: Korean Pavilion Artist Interview – Jane Jin Kaisen
      Jane Jin Kaisen (b.1980) was born in Korea and adopted by a family in Denmark to become a visual artist and filmmaker. Her artistic practice..
      #jane_jin_kaisen #venice_biennale
    • People - 02 July 2019
      2019 Venice Biennale: Korean Pavilion Artist Interview – siren eun young jung
      siren eun young jung (b.1974) studied visual arts and feminism at Ewha Womans University in Korea and University of Leeds in the UK. Since 2..
      #venice_biennale #siren_eun_young_jung
    • People - 01 July 2019
      2019 Venice Biennale: Korean Pavilion Artist Interview – Nam Hwayeon
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    • People - 13 June 2019
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    • People - 23 May 2019
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    • People - 07 May 2019
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    • Features - 09 April 2019
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    • Features - 21 Feb 2019
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    • Features - 19 Feb 2019
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    • Features - 13 Feb 2019
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    • Features - 30 Jan 2019
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    • People - 24 Oct 2018
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    • People - 17 Oct 2018
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    • People - 16 Oct 2018
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    • People - 11 June 2018
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    • People - 08 May 2018
      A conversation with Mami Kataoka, Artistic director of the 21st Biennale of Sydney, 2018
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    • Features - 26 Dec 2017
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    • People - 11 Dec 2017
      Koo Jeong A: Stories of an Ambiguous World Transforming
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      #Koo_Jeong_A #A_Jeong_Koo #Artist #Place #Ousss #Art_Sonje_Center #Ambiguity #Drawing #Installation #Video
    • People - 06 Dec 2017
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    • Features - 20 Nov 2017
      “Ghosts and Spectres”: 4 Asian artists explore the “Shadows of History” at NTU CCA Singapore
      Addressing notions of histories, stories and constructed narratives, the exhibition looks at Asia and its collective memories. An exhibition..
      #Apichatpong_Weerasethakul #Ho_Tzu_Nyen #Nguyen_Trinh_Thi #Park_Chan-kyong #Ghosts_and_Spectres #History #Asia #NTU_CCA #Singapore
    • People - 21 July 2017
      Koo Donghee, Participating Artist at Sharjah Biennial 13
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    • Features - 21 July 2017
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    • Features - 14 June 2017
      Counterbalancing global perspectives : Korean Pavilion at Venice Biennale draws praise for social commentary
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    • People - 09 June 2017
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      #Artist #Mediacity #Biennale #Video #Internet #Game #Virtual_reality
    • Features - 31 May 2017
      “2 or 3 Tigers”: Asian new media artists at Berlin’s Haus der Kulturen der Welt
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    • People - 16 Jan 2017
      Taeyoon Choi
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      #Artist #Performance #Activist_art #Technology #Society #Education #Mediacity #Art_Fairs_Biennales
    • People - 03 Jan 2017
      Jun Sojung
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    • People - 03 Jan 2017
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    • Features - 27 Dec 2016
      Kim Yong-Ik Solo Exhibition
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    • People - 13 Dec 2016
      Cha Jeamin
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    • Features - 25 Nov 2016
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      #Exhibition #Prize #Korea_Artst_Prize #MMCA #Prize #Artist
    • Features - 23 Sep 2016
      Jeong Geum-hyung: Private Collection
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    • Features - 11 Aug 2016
      Yang Fudong x Bae Young-whan Yang Fudong at Daegu Art Museum / Yang Fudong & Bae Young-whan at Platform_L
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    • Features - 30 June 2016
      Art Spectrum 2016
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    • Features - 22 April 2016
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    • Features - 08 April 2016
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      #Feminist_Art #Artist #Exhibition #Artlink
    • Features - 01 Dec 2015
      Global Art Scene and Advance Strategy of Korean Contemporary Art
      A lecture was held on Korean art’s strategy to enter the overseas art market. Next Academy, a training program for international exchange of..
      #Next_academy #KAMS #Art_market #Biennale #Internatioanal #strategy #Artist #Curator
    • People - 02 July 2015
      Yun Suknam Artist
      “I wanted to draw my mother, whom I love so much. I intended to focus on my mother’s life and thought that it would lead me to embody the li..
      #Aritst #Feminist_Art #Painting #Sculpture #Installation
    • Features - 18 Oct 2013
      Talk03 : Kim Ku-lim Like You Know It All
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      #Artist #Experimental_Art #Avant-garde #SeMA #Retrospective
    • Features - 18 Oct 2013
      Talk02 : Kim Ku-lim Like You Know It All
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      #Artist #Experimental_Art #Avant-garde #SeMA #Retrospective
    • Features - 18 Oct 2013
      Talk01 : Kim Ku-lim Like You Know It All
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      #Artist #Experimental_Art #Avant-garde #SeMA #Retrospective
    • Features - 16 April 2013
      Talk02 : Choi Jeong-hwa 'Kabbala' exhibition
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      #Artist #Installation #Plastic #Daegu
    • Features - 16 April 2013
      Talk01 : Choi Jeong-hwa 'Kabbala' exhibition
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      #Artist #Installation #Plastic #Daegu
    • Features - 25 Jan 2013
      Talk03 : Hong Myung-seop, Shadowless, Artless, Mindless - Creeping Pieces
      After an eight-year hiatus, Hong Myung-seop, an established artist recognized for reiecti ng the ?xed concepts and values of the art world t..
      #Artist #Sculpture #Installation
    • Features - 25 Jan 2013
      Talk02 : Hong Myung-seop, Shadowless, Artless, Mindless - Creeping Pieces
      After an eight-year hiatus, Hong Myung-seop, an established artist recognized for reiecti ng the ?xed concepts and values of the art world t..
      #Artist #Sculpture #Installation
    • Features - 25 Jan 2013
      Talk01 : Hong Myung-seop, Shadowless, Artless, Mindless - Creeping Pieces
      After an eight-year hiatus, Hong Myung-seop, an established artist recognized for reiecti ng the ?xed concepts and values of the art world t..
      #Artist #Sculpture #Installation
    • People - 03 Dec 2012
      Stimulation: A Talk with Joo Jae-hwan, Artist(2)
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      #Artist #Grass-roots #Activist_art #Minjung_art
    • People - 03 Dec 2012
      Stimulation: A Talk with Joo Jae-hwan, Artist(1)
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      #Artist #Grass-roots #Activist_art #Minjung_art
    • People - 25 July 2012
      Mioon, Artist
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    • People - 25 July 2012
      Hong Kyung-taek, Artist
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      #Artist #Painting #Library #Music
    • People - 25 July 2012
      Seo Do-ho, Artist
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      #Artist #Sculpture #Installation #Home #Architecture
    • People - 25 July 2012
      Bae Bien-u, Photographer
      "I'm someone who seeks escape and hides behind landscape. I'm not very interested in stories inthe wild out there." Bae's intentio..
      #Artist #Photography #Landcape
    • People - 25 July 2012
      Atta Kim, Photographer
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    • People - 25 July 2012
      Gwon Osang, Sculptor
      Gwon Osang is the masterminid behind photography sculpture. He is also very good ar asking questions. They say answers lie embedded within t..
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    • People - 25 July 2012
      Jung Yeon-doo
      Jung, who says he wants to "create work where you can sense the humanity," was born in 1969. In his childhood and adolescence, he ..
      #Artist #Media #Video #Photography #Humanity #Fantasy
    • People - 19 July 2012
      Choe Uram, Sculptor
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      #Artist #Sculpture #Mechanic #Robot
    • People - 19 July 2012
      Lee Dongi, Artist
      Lee Dongi's Atomouse has long been beloved as an icon of Korean pop art. For more than two decades, the artist's universe has been in a cons..
      #Artist, Painting #Pop_art
    • People - 19 July 2012
      Kim Hong-joo
      Kim Hong Joo's paintings bloom on canvases like flowers. When asked why he paints flowers, his answer is simple: "because flowers,"..
      #Artist #Painting #Flower
    • People - 19 July 2012
      Han Sung-pil
      Han Sungpil's photographs make it difficult to distinguish what is real from what is fake. His intention to reveal gap between represenratio..
      #Artist #Photography #Video #Installation
    • Features - 10 July 2012
      Talk03 : Do Ho Suh - Home within Home
      In celebration of the publication of TheArtro, it has conceived a special column called 'Art Talk' in which a domestic exhibition that has r..
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    • Features - 10 July 2012
      Talk02 : Do Ho Suh - Home within Home
      In celebration of the publication of TheArtro, it has conceived a special column called 'Art Talk' in which a domestic exhibition that has r..
      #Artist #Sculpture #Architect #Home
    • Features - 10 July 2012
      Talk01 : Do Ho Suh - Home within Home
      In celebration of the publication of TheArtro, it has conceived a special column called 'Art Talk' in which a domestic exhibition that has r..
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