SEOUL, Jul. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — At a command of the art-loving Joseon king Jeongjo in 1788, two royal court painters — Kim Hong-do and Kim Eung-hwan — went on a 50-day sightseeing journey that brought the duo from what is now South Korea’s eastern province of Gangwon up to North Korea’s Mount Kumgang. This [...]
GIMHAE, Jul. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — As the number of single-person households and the number of people who “eat alone” and “drink alone” are increasing, the population of companion animals has reached the 10 million mark. The “Viewpoint of a Cat” in Gimhae, South Gyeongsang Province, is a special relay exhibition that takes the new [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — A group of young South Korean and Hong Kong artists put on a joint exhibition in the Chinese region this month in commemoration of the centennial of a historic national independence movement on Korean soil. The friendship exhibition between the two countries, “Nevertheless, History Continues,” will kick off Thursday [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — A batch of stage costumes worn by iconic British band Queen and personal records of the band’s late frontman arrived in South Korea for their first exhibition here, alongside contemporary installations and video artworks inspired by its music. The signature outfit of jeans, a white tank top and a [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — The “Jurassic World : The Exhibition,” a realistic reenactment of various dinosaurs featured in the film “Jurassic World,” will open Friday at Lotte Mall Gimpo Airport Branch. At the 2000 square meter exhibition hall, seven large robot dinosaurs that feature animatronics technology implemented to make it seem as if [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — The Platform-L Contemporary Art Center in Seoul is displaying hundreds of umbrellas and parasols mass-produced by French master craftsman Michel Heurtault. This year’s exhibition, “Summer Bloom: A Story of French Umbrellas”, which runs until September 19, will introduce unique and trendy umbrellas and parasols created in collaboration with Korean [...]
SEOUL, May 3 (Korea Bizwire) — Female seniors from Suncheon, South Jeolla Province, who studied how to write and paint at old age, held an exhibition in New York on Thursday. ‘We Didn’t Know How to Read But We Knew How to Live’ is the title of the exhibition held at the R. Michelson Gallery [...]
JEJU, Oct. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — TMONET, a service developer and provider of electronic payment systems, announced yesterday that it was renovating a 3,000-square meter underground bunker no longer in use in Seongsan-eup, Seogwipo on Jeju Island to create an art installation exhibition featuring recreated works originally by Austrian painter Gustav Klimt. The exhibition, scheduled [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — The K-pop boy band BTS will hold a photo and video exhibition in Seoul marking the fifth anniversary of its debut, its agency Big Hit Entertainment said Monday. BTS will showcase photos showing them working on albums, photos taken by the seven members themselves and video clips featuring various [...]
JEJU, Jan. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — Exhibitions featuring famous film series such as Harry Potter and Avatar could soon be coming to Jeju Island. According to the Jeju Free International City Development Center (JDC) on Tuesday, city officials and representatives from German company AWC AG, Europe’s largest blockbuster exhibition agency, have agreed to hold business negotiations [...]