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Theater Scene from “Jekyll and Hyde” the musical (OD Company) “Jekyll and Hyde Musical”: Inviting the original Broadway cast members, the Jekyll and Hyde Musical will be hitting stages across the ...

Dec 9, 2016
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18th-century Buddhist painting returned to home soil

As a lover of Korean art and an avid collector, American Robert Mattielli often visited Mary’s Alley, known for its hole-in-the-wall antique shops, in Insa-dong, Seoul during his more than 30 years i...

Dec 8, 2016
Theater
‘The Underdog’ musical explores social hierarchies

In a dog-eat-dog world, “The Underdog” musical employs the life of everyday canines to expose the dark, seedy underbelly of the social class systems of humankind. Rife with political and socioeconom...

Dec 8, 2016
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Math explored in new London gallery by Zaha Hadid

LONDON (AFP) - London's Science Museum called upon the genius of late architect Zaha Hadid for the “huge challenge” of bringing life to its new gallery dedicated to mathematics, which opens on Thursd...

Dec 8, 2016
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KNCDC appoints new artistic director Ahn Sung-soo

Julliard graduate and Korea National University of Arts dance professor Ahn Sung-soo, 53, has been appointed as the new artistic director of the Korea National Contemporary Dance Company. Having off...

Dec 6, 2016
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In bid to fight art fraud, Sotheby's acquires forensic lab

NEW YORK (AP) -- In bid to fight art fraud, Sotheby's announced Monday that it had purchased a forensics firm whose founder once helped the auction house belatedly identify a $10 million painting as ...

Dec 6, 2016
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MMCA to exhibit Warhol, Picasso in 2017 and beyond

South Korea's national museum of contemporary art will present a series of exhibitions featuring Andy Warhol, Pablo Picasso and other great artists starting next year, the museum’s director said Mond...

Dec 6, 2016
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Fish skin, snooker chalk win UK Turner Prize for Marten

LONDON (AFP) -- Sculptor Helen Marten on Monday won the Turner Prize, at a London ceremony where the art world rallied against xenophobia and intolerance. The prize is awarded to a British artist un...

Dec 6, 2016
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[Herald Interview] Young opera soprano returns home to star as Juliet prior to Met Opera debut

Hyesang Park to star in opera rendition of Shakespeare’s beloved ‘Romeo and Juliet’

Dec 4, 2016
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Guggenheim museum in Helsinki gets rejected

HELSINKI (AP) -- The Helsinki City Council has after heated late night debate rejected a plan to build a Guggenheim art museum in the Finnish capital mainly on financial grounds. Closing a marathon ...

Dec 1, 2016
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Director of Spain's Prado museum to leave post after 15 years

MADRID (AFP) -- Spain's Prado art museum said Wednesday its director Miguel Zugaza will leave his post in 2017 after a 15-year run that included the biggest expansion of the world-renowned gallery. ...

Dec 1, 2016
Theater
Rome show explores painter Artemisia Gentileschi's art, life

ROME (AP) -- Artemisia Gentileschi was unusual for achieving success as a female painter in the male-dominated art world of the 17th century. But many admirers know her more for her fame in courageou...

Nov 30, 2016
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Late artist Kim Whan-ki makes record-breaking sale, again

A pioneer of Korean abstract art, Kim Whan-ki, has once again broken the record for the most expensive piece of Korean art sold, confirming the artist’s lasting global appeal. His yellow dotted pain...

Nov 28, 2016
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2 artworks in 1: Double-sided Pechstein on display

MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) -- A new exhibit of Max Pechstein's “Still Life with Nude, Tile, and Fruit” takes viewers not only behind the scenes of the German artist’s career, but also behind the painting ...

Nov 28, 2016
Theater
NY subway inspires Broadway's first a capella musical

NEW YORK (AFP) -- New York's cityscape reverberates with pounding jackhammers and blaring car horns, but it’s the cacophonous subway that perhaps best epitomizes the bustling metropolis. A chorus of...

Nov 28, 2016
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