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S. Korea’s Market for Fine Art Logs 1st Fall in 5 Years in 2018

SEOUL, Dec. 31 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s market for fine art shrank 9.3 percent last year from a year earlier, registering the first decline in five years, data showed Tuesday. The data by the Korea Arts Management Service showed that the total value of transactions of artwork came to 448.2 billion won (US$387.2 million) [...]

Boy Band WINNER’s Mino Becomes Latest Entertainer to Debut as Painter

SEOUL, Dec. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — Mino, a member of roaring boy band WINNER, officially debuted as a painter this week, the latest in a growing number of TV celebrities expanding their talent into the fine arts. An art exhibition including paintings by Mino, whose legal name is Song Min-ho began its run on Tuesday [...]