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Featuring 90 ceramic pieces by Picasso and seven paintings by Pissarro, Monet, Miro, Chagall, Gauguin and Renoir, the exhibition consists of donated artworks by late Samsung Group Chairman Lee Kun-hee last year. The first section explores how Pissarro and Gauguin were inspired by one another during the time. Pissarro (1830–1903) was an Impressionist master who often captured scenes of markets wh...

The opening ceremony kicked off with Jeon Hai-ok, a gayageum byeongchang specialist and designated national intangible cultural asset, singing and playing the gayageum at the same time. Choi Jin-young, CEO of The Korea Herald and Herald Artday, a subsidiary of Herald Corp., delivered congratulatory remarks at the opening ceremony. “This exhibition on Nigerian arts holds several meanings as we h...

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Other emerging Nigerian artists whose works will be shown at the exhibition include Precious Oshiole, Christopher Ankeli, Ademola Adeshina, Daniel Aranciola, Rafhue, Soji Yoloye and Demola Tukuru. Sculptures inspired by nature and the human form by Exodus Aluyia, Henry Chijioke and Joseph Olabisi will also be showcased. The opening ceremony of the four-day exhibition will take place at 3 p.m. o...

The exhibit, which runs through Sunday, is on display at the gallery’s newly opened Hanok Viewing Room in Seoul. At the Busan venue, another presentation called “Quasi-Legit” featuring the artist’s blind installation series “Sol LeWitt Upside Down” is ongoing. She plans to keep exhibiting different works simultaneously, featuring new and existing series that will constantly evolve. Yang is set t...

Answering an earlier question, Brillembourg highlighted "connecting" the nodes of the city, transforming the space into a multilayered, multidimensional complex with private and public spheres mixed together into a creative zone. Concluding the session, Brillembourg said every city and country should have “zones for experimentation” because while architects dream and draw, they need to try thing...

“Today, smartphones make people keep their distance. So I wanted to create a building where children can freely explore a space -- where children can read, talk, talk with books, talk with adults and have a relationship,” Ando said, referring to the Nakanoshima Children's Book Forest which opened in 2020. Ando is the founder of Tadao Ando Architects & Associates in Osaka, and the winner of the p...

Ecological architect Vincent Callebaut has called for an environmentally friendly approach to architecture at a time when economic and environmental crises are threatening the next generation. “Young people these days are very sensitive to the climate crisis and climatologists have started predicting gloomy future for mankind," Callebaut said during a lecture at Herald Design Forum 2022 in Seoul...

"Herald Design Forum has provided a platform for a variety of discussions on design. This year’s edition discusses architecture with nature, mobility as renovation of space and how virtual reality would affect our lives in the future. I hope these discussions help in making policy for both public design and the industry,” said Prime Minister Han Duck-soo in a video message. “In the advent of a n...

Gwangju National Museum and Gwangju Museum of Art will start their exhibitions on Oct. 5. A total of 170 pieces, including 16 national treasures, will be on display at the Gwangju National Museum through January next year. In particular, “Inwang Jesaekdo” by Jeong Seon will be displayed until Oct. 31. The museum, which specializes in ceramics, will exclusively showcase 39 paintings and ceramic a...

BUSAN -- When Kim Hae-ju was inaugurated as the artistic director of Busan Biennale, she set about conducting thorough research about the port city, which is also her hometown. She was attracted to the history of migration and how the city is being formed even to this day. “I wanted to stress the historic narrative of how the port city has evolved to be open to migrants. It is not confined to in...

The installation work “Low Pressure” by Australian Aboriginal artist Megan Cope will come into sight upon arriving at the venue. Resisting the colonial concept of “Aborigine,” her work uses mapping practices and language to illustrate geographical locations that belong to her people and colonization's impact on the lands, waters and people over Australia’s long history. French artist Tabita Reza...

This is the first exhibition of Korean art at the Hood Museum. “Frieze Seoul and Kiaf made a big splash earlier this month, establishing South Korea as the region's next major art market. Stateside, there is an important moment happening in Korean contemporary art as well,” said Meg Blackburn in charge of public relations at the museum. Kim also said she noticed a gradually increasing interest ...

Other artists joining the exhibition presented by Herald Artday are Jin Tocotoco, Choi Aira, Yun Yee-jin, Shin So-ra, Suh Ho-sung, Chung Young-hwan, Gammanzi, Kim Sou-sou, Jeong Ji-yoon and MeME. The exhibition kicked off on Friday and runs through Oct. 5 at Summit Gallery. The gallery is closed on Mondays. By Park Yuna ( yunapark@heraldcorp.com )