Voices of the oppressed and marginalized from around the world fill the Seoul Museum of Art in downtown Seoul. A cacophony of sounds from different video and installation works startle the visitors entering the building. The dissonant mixture of sounds is a choir of the voiceless, who speak through works of art. The ongoing exhibition, “Voiceless: Return of the Foreclosed,“ has on display some ...

An art therapy program organized by Sookmyung Women’s University in Seoul and the Seoul Western District Prosecutors’ Office is helping wayward teens get back on track. The program could be improved by putting more effort into monitoring the teens afterward, according to a few members involved in the rehabilitation program. “Some of the participants from last year are now in the last year of hi...

SongEun ArtSpace is holding a group exhibition to feature young local artists the institution has supported over the recent three years. SongEun ArtSpace’s “Summer Love: SongEun ArtCube Group Exhibition” is the second such exhibition, following the first in 2015. The 2015 “Summer Love” exhibition was held to celebrate its fifth anniversary and highlight young local artists SongEun ArtCube had su...

Seoul National University Museum of Art holds exhibition ‘Oscillation: Between Korea and the United State’

Although “pungsu jiri,” a Korean version of Chinese feng shui that concerns correlation between life-force energy and its surroundings, is often regarded as superstitious, the idea is often reflected in the interior design of many Korean residences. The practice of integrating this intricate art of geomancy with housing, at the macro level, is usually done by building one’s home on an auspicious...

Herald Artday, a subsidiary of Herald Corp., is holding an online auction from June 23-28, presenting works by contemporary Korean artists. The auction will feature artworks by renowned artists, including Chun Hyuck-lim, Lee Ung-no, Lee Bae and Sa Suk-won. The collection also includes one artwork from Kim Tschang-yeul’s “Recurrence” series, in which sparkling droplets emerge against a backgroun...

Amorepacific’s newly built headquarters will play a key role in the redevelopment of Yongsan, central Seoul. Yongsan has been undergoing significant changes in the past few years, particularly after the announcement that the US military will be relocating out of Yongsan Garrison, which is to be transformed into a park in the future. Since then, the area has been seeing its old low-rise buildings...

Retro-inspired interior design is booming among hipsters in Korea

Lights determine the mood of a living space, create subtle partitions within one-rooms

For Koreans, the home is evolving from a space of mere comfort into one of aesthetic, emotional value

Surging popularity of DIY trend credited to social media

The Seoul Museum of Art on Tuesday kicked off an exhibition that traces its 30-year history, not just by highlighting the museum’s collection but also by reinventing its artworks. Titled “Digital Promenade,” the museum’s 30th-anniversary exhibition features 30 artworks produced between 1961 and 2017 by renowned artists here, as well as 10 commissioned tech-art productions of young local artists....

Lili Reynaud-Dewar‘s show at Atelier Hermes draws critical eyes to Marfa, minimalist mecca

MMCA show highlights artists and engineers who pioneered intertwining of art, technology

Kim Whan-ki’s 1972 panting “3-II-72 #220” was sold for 8.5 billion won ($7.87 million) at Seoul Auction’s Hong Kong sale Sunday, topping all previous auction records set by Korean artworks, the auction house said. The sale of “3-II-72 #220” also broke the record set last year by another of the celebrated Korean abstract painter’s works, “Tranquility 5-Ⅳ-73 #310,” a painting that features blue do...