SEOUL, Sept. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — In recent days, foreign luxury fashion brands have been actively participating in Korean art-related exhibitions and events. The French fashion brand Chanel announced on Tuesday that it will showcase the ‘Now & Next’ video series, which highlights modern Korean artists, in collaboration with the international art fair Frieze, scheduled [...]
SEOUL, June 26 (Korea Bizwire) — Art exhibitions are gaining popularity this year, with thousands of South Koreans flocking to art museums for large-scale exhibitions. The art industry reported that Maurizio Cattelan’s solo art exhibition at the Leeum Museum of Art in Seoul has been visited by 210,000 people since its opening in January. “Joseon [...]
SEOUL, March 13 (Korea Bizwire) — A growing number of art exhibitions designed to cater to visually impaired individuals are incorporating scents within their galleries. An exhibition by American artist Donna Huanca at Space K Seoul set up incense designed by the artist herself on Thursday. The incense combines Palo Santo, a tree native to [...]
SEOUL, March 25 (Korea Bizwire) — A growing number of people are going to exhibitions and cultural events as the spring arrives with quarantine policies being lifted. Online shopping mall 11Street reported that ticket sales for exhibitions this year have doubled since last year. E-commerce operator TMON Inc. also reported a 22-fold jump in ticket [...]
SEOUL, July 21 (Korea Bizwire) — Two national museums simultaneously kicked off exhibitions highlighting works from late Samsung Chairman Lee Kun-hee’s massive art collection Wednesday, allowing the public to take a peek at Korean masterpieces of various eras and formats. “A Great Cultural Legacy: Masterpieces from the Bequest of the Late Samsung Chairman Lee Kun-hee” [...]
GANGNEUNG, March 25 (Korea Bizwire) — A decommissioned naval vessel, once a prized resource for tourism that local authorities competed over, will be returned to the South Korean Navy. The city of Gangneung in Gangwon Province recently notified the Navy that ROKS Jeonbuk, a decommissioned naval destroyer currently displayed in Gangneung Unification Park as part [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s national museum of modern and contemporary art on Tuesday announced plans to hold exchange exhibitions with key art museums and galleries around the world over the next two years. Under the plan, the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art (MMCA) will be opening exhibitions at the [...]
SEOUL, July 27 (Korea Bizwire) — Describing “Carriers,” South Korean sculptor-installation artist Lee Mi-re’s latest work, as visually striking would be an understatement. You can’t unsee it once it’s seared into the brain’s visual cortex. Resembling an animal’s digestive organs, the installation work hanging from the ceiling and connected to the floor combines motors and [...]
SEOUL, March 18 (Korea Bizwire) — More than 2,500 performing art shows and exhibitions have been canceled for the first four months of this year, resulting in heavy financial damage to the arts industry, a report showed Wednesday. According to the report by the private Federation of Artistic & Cultural Organization of Korea, a total [...]