SEOUL, July 8 (Korea Bizwire) — The foreign ministry opened a three-day exhibition for artists with developmental disabilities from South Korea, China and Japan on Thursday, seeking to enhance the countries’ ties long plagued by historical and territorial tensions. The event, involving 13 artists, took place at COEX in southern Seoul under the theme of [...]
SEOUL, July 8 (Korea Bizwire) — The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and the Korea Creative Content Agency are co-hosting ‘Korea: Cubically Imagined,’ an exhibition held at the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) headquarters in Paris that began on July 6. The exhibition showcases BTS’s video performance of “BTS Map Of [...]
SEOUL, June 19 (Korea Bizwire) — Contemporary artist Daniel Boyd’s works appear somewhat different when seen in person. A closer look at the paintings — which seem like flat, pointillist pieces on paper or a computer screen — bulge with transparent dots that the Australian artist applies one by one using glue, giving the artworks [...]
TOKYO, June 17 (Korea Bizwire) — An exhibition showcasing a statue symbolizing Japan’s sexual enslavement of women from Korea and elsewhere in Asia is set to continue despite opposition from right-wing activists, organizers said Thursday. The exhibition is set to take place in the Japanese city of Osaka from July 16-18, according to the organizers. [...]
SEOUL, June 8 (Korea Bizwire) — Three Korean battery makers are set to showcase their next-generation battery products and technologies at a major industry fair to get ahead in the toughening competition in the fast growing electric vehicle battery market, the companies said Tuesday. LG Energy Solution Ltd., Samsung SDI Co., and SK Innovation Co. [...]
SEOUL, June 4 (Korea Bizwire) — Amid a series of assaults from conservative extremists in Japan surrounding the case of sex slaves committed by the Japanese military, like-minded Japanese citizens are gathering to hold exhibitions of the Statue of Peace. The Tokyo Organizing Committee for the Inconvenient Exhibition of Expression, consisting of civic group activists [...]
BUSAN, May 31 (Korea Bizwire) — Songjeong Beach, Busan’s top destination for surfers, is opening up this Tuesday and will host an exhibition for surfing and environment-related artworks made with waste. Haeundae District is holding a ‘Junk Art’ exhibition at Songjeong Beach under the title of ‘Songjeong Beach, where even polar bears make a visit’, [...]
SEOUL, May 29 (Korea Bizwire) — To what extent does a pandemic affect a society and its individuals? How can art capture this process? Can art be a means to reflect upon and heal the scars from a pandemic? “Catastrophe and Recovery,” a new exhibition taking place at the Seoul wing of the National Museum [...]
SEOUL, May 24 (Korea Bizwire) — At art museum Daelim Museum in central Seoul, a narrow piece of fabric is seen rolled up between white circular chairs. This piece of art is made of fabric waste and defective products thrown away from manufacturing plants that make protective masks, which have become essential in the pandemic [...]
SEOUL, May 9 (Korea Bizwire) – A Seoul museum will hold an exhibition next month on the UNESCO-listed Czech tradition of puppetry, with more than 150 puppets and other items on display. “Secrets of Wooden Puppets – Czech Marionettes” will open at the Seoul Museum of History on June 4 in association with the Chrudim [...]