Artist Shin Min-kyung looks forward to Saturdays, when she hauls a table and a bag of her artwork, mainly jewelry that she has made by hand, to the Hongdae Free Market, near Hongik University in northwestern Seoul. Shin is among a growing number of ... full story
Little is known of Korean traditional art outside of Asia, but with the help of European companies and organizations, it is slowly gaining international recognition. To mark the success of these works, the Europe-Korea Foundation, the Seoul City ... full story
SEOUL—Design Miami/Basel is doing so well in Basel that it's planning on expanding to Seoul, South Korea in 2012. The fair, a two-year-old joint partnership between Miami real estate developer Craig Robins and Art Basel owner Messe Schweiz Group, ... full story
To June 23: “Shiny Digital Modern Art Gallery.” Eighteen Korean artists are exhibiting their work at the Seoul Arts Center's Hangaram Design Museum. In a modern twist, all of the paintings on display are being exhibited in digital video format. ... full story
By LEIGH T. MOORE Growing up in Seoul, South Korea, Sumi Paik enjoyed being around her family and, after graduating from high school, she worked as a teller in her brother-in-law's bank while attending college. "I went to a Christian academy and I was ... full story
Tew's last major exhibition, Odyssey, was held at the National Art Gallery in 2007. Tew studied at Singapore's Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts and then attended Paris' Ecole Nationale Superieure Des Beaux Arts. His fascination with bovines was derived ... full story
" cellspacing="7" style="vertical-align:top;">Seoul to SoulBusiness Mirror... and taking in genius of Vincent van Gogh at the Seoul Museum of Art on our last day—were enough to leave a lovely lingering impression. ... full story
