SEOUL, Nov. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — The National Museum of Korean Contemporary History said it will begin showcasing on Wednesday a time capsule given to President Moon Jae-in by K-pop superstar BTS on Sept. 19 last year during the Youth Day ceremony at the History Hall located on the fifth floor of the museum. The [...]
SEOUL, July 10 (Korea Bizwire) — What are Korean aesthetics? “DNA: Dynamic & Alive Korean Art,” a new exhibition organized by the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art Korea (MMCA), is an effort to answer this question. The exhibition, taking place at the MMCA’s Deoksu Palace wing in central Seoul, brings together artworks of [...]
SEOUL, May 29 (Korea Bizwire) — To what extent does a pandemic affect a society and its individuals? How can art capture this process? Can art be a means to reflect upon and heal the scars from a pandemic? “Catastrophe and Recovery,” a new exhibition taking place at the Seoul wing of the National Museum [...]
SEOUL, May 7 (Korea Bizwire) – A number of symbolic artworks by contemporary Korean masters are among the more than 1,000 pieces that the Samsung family recently decided to donate to the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art (MMCA). Last week, heirs of the country’s biggest conglomerate Samsung pledged to donate part of late [...]
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, [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — At the heart of Seoul is Jongchinbu, a historic building that was used as the headquarters of an office overseeing royal family affairs during the Joseon Dynasty (1392-1910). The building, which had been relocated to several different places near the royal palace of Gyeongbok, returned to its original spot [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art (MMCA) announced Thursday that it will hold free exhibitions in three locations throughout the country, taking masterpieces owned by the museum to areas that suffer from a lack of access to cultural content. An elementary and middle school in North [...]
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, Jan. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art (MMCA) will dedicate one of its exhibition halls to a collection of iconic paintings, the museum’s director has said. The Seoul gallery of the MMCA will host a permanent collection of 40 paintings by modern Korean painters, including Gu Bon-woong, [...]