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AlUla Arts Festival Launches Today with New Large-scale Public Art Commissions and Exhibitions by Internationally Renowned Artists

AlUla Arts Festival Launches Today with New Large-scale Public Art Commissions and Exhibitions by Internationally Renowned Artists

AlUla Arts Festival runs from 9 February – 2 March 2024, immersing visitors in a vibrant showcase of contemporary visual and public art, design, artist residencies and workshops throughout the ancient city. Highlights include the return of the international open-air art exhibition Desert X AlUla, a special AlUla edition of the largest art prize in [...]

Hollow Walkway Tunnel Turns into Art Gallery

Hollow Walkway Tunnel Turns into Art Gallery

CHUNCHEON, May 6 (Korea Bizwire) — As part of the city’s public art project, Chuncheon, the capital of Gangwon Province, set up a wall painting inside a tunnel walkway located in the heart of the city. The city embarked on a wall painting project inside a tunnel across Toegyecheon-gil to offer work opportunities to local [...]

Battered Cold War-era Building’s Basement Transforms into Hip Urban Arts Venue

Battered Cold War-era Building’s Basement Transforms into Hip Urban Arts Venue

SEOUL, July 30 (Korea Bizwire) — Surrounded by a stream, a mountain and a bustling street market, Hongeun-dong appears like most Seoul neighborhoods, if not for a mammoth building with an obsolete ivory-colored facade. Measuring 220 meters in length and 44 meters in width, Yujin Sangga remains one of the city’s biggest buildings 50 years [...]