A painting featuring red dots by celebrated South Korean artist Kim Whan-ki sold for 8.5 billion won ($7.87 million) at Seoul Auction's Hong Kong sale on Sunday, shattering the record for any Korean work of art sold at auction and breaking Kim's own auction record, the auction house said. A native of the small fishing town of Shinan in southwestern Korea, Kim was one of the country's pioneers of...

Changwon Sculpture Biennale this year will attempt to make sculptures more relatable to the audience. Under the title of “The Balance of Non-Sculpting,” Changwon’s sculpture festival features sculptures and installation works by some 70 artists from 13 countries. The biennale runs from Sept. 4 to Oct. 14. “In the past, sculpture parks put a distance between the viewers and sculptures, forcing a...

Amorepacific Museum of Art opens its doors with Rafael Lozano-Hemmer works that meld art and technologies

A stunning nude that is the largest painting produced by Italian artist Amedeo Modigliani sold for $157.2 million in New York on Monday, becoming the fourth most expensive work of art sold at auction. The exact value of private sales are often not revealed. But a Willem de Kooning painting and a Gauguin were reportedly sold separately for $300 million each in 2015, according to US media. (AFP)

Character designer Kim Boo-kyoung paints big picture for Pucca

MMCA show marks 20th anniversary of its Deoksugung branch, as well as 80th anniversary of the building

Herald Artday, a subsidiary of Herald Corp., is holding an online auction from April 28 to May 2, presenting works of art by contemporary Korean artists. The art auction will feature some 150 artworks by renowned artists, including Soe Seung-won, Ha In-doo, Choi Young-rim, Oh Syng-yoon, Yoon Jung-sik and others. The collection also includes the country’s first-generation performance and conce...

SeMA unveils 61 participating artists, experts and groups for 2018 Seoul Mediacity Biennale

‘How Little You Know About Me’

An iconic video installation by media artist Paik Nam-june (1932-2006) has been turned off due to safety concerns, the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art said Thursday. The MMCA said it has unplugged the late visionary artist's video work titled "The More The Better" after a safety check by the Korea Electrical Safety Corporation warned of a fire risk. "Old monitors are the biggest ...

In their search for their means of expression, artists sometimes turn to materials to which they are culturally familiar or emotionally attached to. For sculptor Chung Hyun, that material is debris from abandoned traditional Korean buildings. Chun, whose works evoke the nation’s history through the use of individual handmade mulberry packets, said he now understands the lives of the ancestors. ...

Tate Modern is planning an exhibition featuring Korea‘s internationally acclaimed video artist Paik Nam-June next year. Tate Modern will kick off its Paik Nam-June exhibition during the second half of next year, a local media report said Sunday, citing Tate director Maria Balshaw. The exhibition will later tour several cities in East Asia. The exhibition will be curated by Lee Sook-kyung, Senio...

Jeong Geum-hyung offers unique perspective in ‘Spa & Beauty Seoul’ show at SongEun ArtSpace

Yeol, the Korean Heritage Preservation Society, is currently holding an exhibition of craftworks inspired by Korea’s tradition. The retrospective exhibition that highlights the foundation’s support of local craftsmanship over the last 16 years also marks the opening of its new building, Yeol Bukchonga in the Bukchon area in Seoul. Yeol, since its foundation in 2002, has supported various cultura...

Belgian dancer and choreographer Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker introduced her postmodern dance work “Violin Phase” -- the third of four movements set to the music of Steve Reich -- at the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Arts on Monday and Tuesday. A square-shaped sheet of white sand was placed in the middle of a white cuboid space while the late afternoon sunlight streamed in. De Keersma...