SEOUL, Dec. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — The South Korean government pushes to fight against art forgery by firming up relevant laws in the wake of a series of high profile art forgery scandals that have hit the country since last year, the culture ministry said Tuesday. The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism said a [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 21 (Korea Bizwire) – “Beautiful Woman,” a famous painting at the center of an intense forgery debate, was drawn with a different style of facial features from that of its supposed painter Chun Kyung-ja, sources within the art circle said Wednesday, citing the results of a French inspection of the work. The claim [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 23 (Korea Bizwire) – Chun Kyung-ja was one of the most prominent female painters in Korea’s modern art history. She is best known for her portrayal of women and flowers, as shown in her controversial painting “Beautiful Woman”. The controversy began in 1991 when Chun claimed that a painting attributed to her, which [...]