SEOUL, Dec. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — The South Korean operators of major performing arts theaters have decided to correct the terms and conditions of contracts that have been criticized as ‘venue rental gapjil.’ The word ‘gapjil’ is used to describe a situation in which a higher-ranked person abuses people who are of lower standing. The [...]
Class, ethnicity and disability are still major barriers to young people gaining entry to the creative industries, and the pandemic has heightened gaping inequalities in the creative pipeline. Given the last year, the term “Arts Emergency” has never been more true, nor more urgent: Just 16% of people in the Creative industries are from a [...]
SEOUL, May 25 (Korea Bizwire) — Seoul Auction, South Korea’s only listed auction house and a gallery operator, said Saturday it will hold a new online auction dubbed “Art Circle” to overcome the crisis posed to the art world resulting from the coronavirus pandemic. When a submitted entry is sold, the artist will set aside [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — South Koreans’ attendance at performing cultural and arts events has been steadily rising in recent years due to higher incomes and interest in cultural life, a government survey said Monday. The survey, organized by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and the Korea Culture and Tourism Institute, showed [...]
GWANGJU, South Korea, May 30 (Korea Bizwire) – The city of Gwangju and the Asia Culture Center is co-hosting the 2017 ACC Gwangju Fringe International from June 2 to 4, featuring 16 domestic and international troupes, spanning the city’s venues and public spaces including the ACC, May 18 Democracy Square, and Geumnam-ro Street. The festival, [...]
SEOUL, March 29 (Korea Bizwire) – A circus production inspired by Salvador Dali’s surrealistic painting Mad Tristan will be showcased in Korea from April 27 to 30 at the LG Arts Center in Seoul. The production, dubbed La Verita, is a collaboration of theater, dance, music, arts, and acrobatics with Dali’s painting as its backdrop. [...]
SEOUL, March 17 (Korea Bizwire) – The new South Korean musical “Every Show’s A First Today!” is about to completely change the dynamics between musical theatre actors and the audience. The self-explanatory show will see the performers improvise depending on what the audience wants to see when it kicks off in mid-April. Every show over the [...]
GWANGJU, Aug. 26 (Korea Bizwire) – The opening ceremony of the 2016 Gwangju Biennale, Asia’s oldest contemporary art biennale, is set to kick off in the southwest city of Gwangju next week, the festival’s foundation said Friday. During the ceremony, set to start at the plaza in front of the Gwangju Biennale Exhibition Halo at [...]
SEOUL, Korea, Nov 08 (Korea Bizwire) – Hyundai Motor, in cooperation with the National Museum of Contemporary Art, is set to begin a corporate social responsibility program to support Korean artists and globally promote their artworks. The auto maker said on November 7 that it would give to the national museum a total of 12 billion won [...]