Somers, Wisconsin, Sept. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — In April 2021, the Pritzker Military Museum & Library, located in Chicago, launched an international competition for the new Cold War Veterans Memorial to be built in Somers, Wisconsin. After reviewing an impressive number of inspiring design concepts, four finalists have been selected to advance to Stage II of [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — A virtual reality (VR)-rendered full moon will be screened at the COEX convention center in Seoul upcoming Chuseok holiday. The National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art (MMCA) began screening the first episode of a VR-rendered Korean art at COEX K-pop Square. The MMCA began streaming the MMCA VR [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — The National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art (MMCA) announced Tuesday that it has set up an exclusive streaming platform for video art in collaboration with four galleries in Asia. ‘Watch and Chill’ is a subscription-based online streaming platform for 22 video art pieces provided by the MMCA, Hong [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — The Korea Museum in Tokyo’s Shinjuku district is opening the ‘Korea-Japan Children’s Drawing Exchange Exhibition.’ Elementary school teachers from South Korea and Japan, who by coincidence met at the Independence Hall of Korea in 2011, joined together to engage in a five-year exchange of letters and drawings between children [...]
TOKYO, Aug. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean Olympic archery champions An San and Kim Je-deok will donate their “Robin Hood” arrows and autographed uniforms to the Olympic Museum in Switzerland, the sport’s national federation said Sunday. The Korea Archery Association (KAA) said An, a triple gold medalist at the Tokyo Olympics, and Kim, who [...]
SEOUL, July 7 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea on Wednesday unveiled a plan to build a museum dedicated to artworks donated by late Samsung Chairman Lee Kun-hee in the country’s capital after months of deliberation on its location. Under the plan announced during a news conference here, Culture Minister Hwang Hee said the government will [...]
SEOUL, May 24 (Korea Bizwire) — The government plans to make a decision by next month on the construction of a new museum to house donations from the late Samsung Chairman Lee Kun-hee’s vast art collection, officials at the culture ministry said Monday. Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Hwang Hee plans to announce details [...]
SEOUL, May 14 (Korea Bizwire) — Hybe, the K-pop powerhouse behind BTS, Seventeen and Enhypen, has opened what it calls a “music museum” for its artists and fans at its new headquarters in central Seoul. The 4,700-square meter venue spread across two basement floors at Hybe Yongsan features giant screens that show a rotating selection [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — Starting Tuesday, the National Museum of Korea will exhibit South Korea’s oldest national flag until March 8, in commemoration of the 102nd anniversary of the March 1 movement against Japanese colonial rule. The flag is called Denny’s, as King Gojong (1863-1907) of the Joseon Dynasty gave it to U.S. [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — Specialized equipment from South Korea will be used to preserve Uzbek artifacts. The Cultural Heritage Administration (CHA) announced the opening of a preservation chamber at the State Museum of Cultural History of Uzbekistan, Samarkand on Tuesday (local time). The chamber will help to preserve 230,000 artifacts owned by eight [...]