SEOUL, Jan. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art (MMCA) will dedicate one of its exhibition halls to a collection of iconic paintings, the museum’s director has said. The Seoul gallery of the MMCA will host a permanent collection of 40 paintings by modern Korean painters, including Gu Bon-woong, [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — Seoul citizens and visitors will be given a rare opportunity to appreciate about one hundred ancient Egyptian treasures, including a 2,700-year-old mummy and coffin, free of charge over the next two years, the National Museum of Korea (NMK) said Monday. The NMK said the Asian Gallery located on the [...]
BUSAN, Dec. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s first memorial exhibition for Korean sea lions that went extinct following excessive poaching during Japanese colonial rule will be held at the Korea National Maritime Museum in Busan. The exhibition will take place between December 18 and March 15 at the Museum’s Special Exhibition Hall. The event [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — Brazil, known as South America’s gateway to the Korean Wave, hosted an exclusive event to promote Korean webtoons. The Korean Cultural Center in São Paulo held a Webtoon Night Exhibition on Monday. Famous webtoon artists including Kwon Hyuk-joo and Song Rae-hyun were present at the opening ceremony, giving an [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — The Korean Cultural Center in New York has opened an exhibition of video installation works by the visionary artist Paik Nam-june (1932-2006). Titled “Nam June Paik: The Maestro of Time,” the exhibition began on Thursday (U.S. time) and runs through Jan. 31 in celebration of the center’s 40th anniversary. [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — A landmark exhibition in the South Korean port city of Busan will chronicle the highly acclaimed 70-year career of abstract painter Park Seo-bo, deemed the godfather of the unique Korean monochromatic painting genre. The exhibition will kick off next Thursday at Johyun Gallery’s two art spaces in Haeundae, Busan, [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — Gaya was an ancient confederation that ruled the central-southern region of the Korean Peninsula for about 500 years through the sixth century. But its presence has been dim and often forgotten due to the more powerful Three Kingdoms that flourished on the peninsula in Gaya’s last centuries. The National [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea is a pioneering Asian country in video art, being the home of Paik Nam-june, the de facto inventor of the genre. To chronicle the unique history of Korean video art, the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art (MMCA) is this week holding a special exhibition that [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — North Koreans are also interested in luxuries instead of necessities when it comes to dining culture, according to a recent exhibition. From November 11 to 14, the Pyongyang International Agriculture and Foodstuff Exhibition took place at the Pyongyang Indoor Stadium, shedding insight on food trends among North Koreans. According [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — The National Institute of Biological Resources, affiliated with the Ministry of Environment located in Incheon, will hold an exhibition of nudibranchs. Nudibranchs are shell-less snails that live in the sea. They are often referred to as “hidden gems in the ocean” for their unique, diverse forms and brilliant colors, [...]