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MMCA's online campaign recognized at International Business AwardsArts&DesignSept 16, 2020The National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea was awarded the bronze prize at the 17th International Business Awards for the museum’s online campaign “My Museum, MMCA,” which ran last yea... -
BTS' RM donates 100 million won for MMCA art publicationsArts&DesignSept 14, 2020RM, the leader of K-pop group BTS, donated 100 million won ($84,426) to the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art Foundation, Korea towards the production of the museum’s art publication tha... -
Korea‘s major art auction houses implement live online biddingArts&DesignSept 12, 2020A preview of the pieces will be held by appointment at the K Auction headquarters starting Saturday. The art auction scene in Korea has seen changes since the COVID-19 pandemic, with major auction h... -
Korean soloist’s ballet choreographing selected for Benois de la Danse’s online projectArts&DesignSept 11, 2020The Korean modern ballet, “Into the Pulse,” choreographed by Kang Hyo-hyung -- a soloist at the Korean National Ballet -- was selected to be included in the line-up of an online project by Benois de ... -
Fair sells hanbok online via livestreamingArts&DesignSept 11, 2020Korea’s annual expo of Hanbok, traditional Korean costume, kicked off Thursday through an online platform. Hosted by the Hanbok Advancement Center and Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, the ma... -
Online traditional ritual to offer comfort in pandemic timesArts&DesignSept 11, 2020The Korea National University of Arts (KNUA) kicked off the Ars Electronica Garden Seoul Festival to present diverse ideas on how society would transform after the COVID-19 pandemic. The festival is... -
Busan Biennale scrambles to put on a show in pandemic timesArts&DesignSept 9, 2020Titled “Words at an Exhibition - an exhibition in ten chapters and five poems,” this year’s edition of the Busan Biennale portrays the city via three genres - literature, visual art and music. In fac... -
Korea's largest art fair to go online as pandemic continuesArts&DesignSept 7, 2020Korean International Art Fair(KIAF), the largest international art fair in Korea, will go online as the government’s strengthened social distancing system continues, the KIAF Art Seoul Committee anno... -
Utopia of Asian, Western mythologies comes to Gallery HyundaiArts&DesignSept 7, 2020The artist does not simply aim to deliver the narratives of “Samguk Yusa,” focusing on the countries from where the myths originate or projecting nationalism. Rather, the paintings encompass both Asi... -
Your signature enriches workplace, societyBooksSept 5, 2020In 2019, Lee won the Positive Organization Intervention Challenge Finalist Award from the International Positive Psychology Association, a global professional organization for thousands of psychologi... -
Indonesian visual art talks about war, peace in SeoulArts&DesignSept 3, 2020The use of a wide range of colors in his paintings also reflects the influence of traditional Indonesian costumes made with embroidery, Nugroho told the press during an online press conference held o... -
Furniture designer Ha Ji-hoon, Living and Arts Creative Center win Craft Prize 2020Arts&DesignSept 2, 2020Furniture designer Ha Ji-hoon and the Living and Arts Creative Center -- a social enterprise that promotes craft art -- were selected for Craft Prize 2020, an annual craft award organized by the Mini... -
Print Bakery turns into upscale multicultural spaceArts&DesignAug 29, 2020Print Bakery by Seoul Auction in Samcheong-dong, central Seoul, has turned into an upscale multicultural complex. The art store reopened on Aug. 14, after going through an extensive renovation, unde... -
Atelier Hermes explores blurred line of reality, fiction at new exhibition ‘Elsewhere’Arts&DesignAug 28, 2020Atelier Hermes -- a nonprofit gallery in Seoul run by Fondation d’Entreprise Hermes -- has brought together rising South Korean contemporary artists around the theme of “Elsewhere.” “Elsewhere” -- w... -
A thorough look at a unique Korean art formBooksAug 27, 2020The book, written in collaboration with the late Edward W. Wagner (1924-2001), a professor and founder of the Korean studies program at Harvard University, provides significant information about chae...
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