SEOUL, March 26 (Korea Bizwire) — Three nonfungible token (NFT) editions of a landmark abstract artwork by Korean modern art master Kim Whan-ki (1913-1974) have sold for around a combined 730 million won (US$597,870) at a Seoul auction, becoming the most expensive NFT editions for a Korean artwork ever, an online auction house said Saturday. [...]
SEOUL, May 12 (Korea Bizwire) – “I tinker with dots that assemble to represent a form. Let me keep doing things like this,” Kim Whan-ki, the best known master of Korean monochrome painting, told himself in his journal in 1968. Three years later in 1971, Kim came up with “Universe,” a pair of massive blue [...]
SEOUL, April 22 (Korea Bizwire) — “Universe,” a major dot painting by late South Korean abstract master Kim Whan-ki, will go on exhibition in his home country next month after it was sold for the highest price tag of any Korean painting in an auction last year. According to Gallery Hyundai, the diptych, officially titled [...]
HONG KONG, Nov. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — A major dot painting by late South Korean abstract master Kim Whan-ki sold for HK$88 million, or 13.2 billion won (US$11.2 million), in a Christie’s auction in Hong Kong on Saturday. It was the first time that a South Korean painting had fetched more than 10 billion won [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — After a work by late Korean abstract master Kim Whan-ki set an auction record last year, another major dot painting by him will be put up for auction in Hong Kong in November, an auction house said Monday. One of Kim’s major works, “05-IV-71 #200,” titled “Universe,” will be [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 6 (Korea Bizwire) – A Kim Whan-ki painting has become the most expensive Korean artwork to be sold at auction after reaching US$4 million in Hong Kong, a South Korean auction house said Tuesday. The oil painting known only as “19-VII-71 #209″ went for HK$31 million at a Hong Kong auction Monday, Seoul [...]