SEOUL, May 2 (Korea Bizwire) – A new exhibition at the National Museum of Korea has brought together 76 portraits of British and global figures, ranging from playwright William Shakespeare to singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran. “Icons and Identities from the National Portrait Gallery, London,” which has kicked off at the national museum in central Seoul, is [...]
SEOUL, April 24 (Korea Bizwire) — Long before technicolor and computer graphic-supported animation, there were works that were created with classic techniques like using shadows and shot-by-shot images of puppets. “Movement Making Movement,” an exhibition zooming in on these traditional techniques and five early pioneers of animation, a genre that is nearly old as film, [...]
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, April 16 (Korea Bizwire) — The Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul exhibition, will highlight the latest innovation in key areas including sustainability, digitalization, workforce and passenger confidence within the aviation sector through its new Go Live! Theatre feature. The event, taking place from 15th - 16th June 2021 at DWTC, Dubai, will offer complimentary [...]
SEOUL, April 13 (Korea Bizwire) — An exhibition that brings together “hanbok,” or traditional Korean attire, worn by K-pop stars has kicked off Tuesday in Seoul in line with the annual hanbok culture week, the culture ministry said. The exhibition, co-hosted by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and the Hanbok Advancement Center, will [...]
SEOUL, March 29 (Korea Bizwire) — Pablo Picasso’s painting depicting the 1950-53 Korean War will be displayed for the first time in South Korea, an exhibition agency said Monday. The “Massacre in Korea”, one of a series of anti-war paintings by the legendary Spanish artist, will be exhibited at the Hangaram Arts Center Museum inside [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 20 (Korea Bizwire) – A solo exhibition highlighting American photographer Robert Mapplethorpe (1946-1989) has kicked off, bringing here some of his most iconic yet controversial works that have triggered debates on art and censorship for decades. Mapplethorpe, who was active in New York City in the 1970s and 80s, is known for his [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — An art exhibition is being held through a video app as the coronavirus is preventing the public from freely visiting art galleries. On Thursday, Arts Council Korea introduced Switch On, a smartphone app that allows art enthusiasts to access various art exhibitions. It is the first of its kind, [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — While Korean independence heroes, like Ahn Jung-geun, Yoon Bong-gil and Kim Gu, are widely revered and celebrated more than 100 years after the March 1 Independence Movement against Japanese colonizers, little is known about the women who fought alongside these men. As of 2019, which marked the 100th anniversary [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — The 1930s were a bleak time in South Korea. The country was under Japanese colonial rule, and everything seemed to be sparse and undersupplied. But even in this era, writers, poets and painters continued to write and paint as they became artistic inspirations for one another over the next [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — An exhibition highlighting foreign critics and historians who have explored and documented Korean art is under way at a museum in central Seoul. “Homebound Journey: Non-Korean Researchers’ Study of Korean Arts” is taking place at the Kimdaljin Art Archives and Museum in the central Seoul neighborhood of Jongno. The [...]