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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
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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
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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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Kim Whan-ki's painting breaks S. Korean sale record at 6.32 bln won

A painting by Korean abstract artist Kim Whan-ki has been sold for 6.32 billion won (US$5.36 million) on Sunday, making it the most expensive South Korean art work ever sold. At Seoul Auction's 20th...

Nov 27, 2016
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[Arts calendar] Musicals, exhibitions, concerts and more

Pop Music Singer-songwriter Dean (Joombas Music) “Hyundai Card Curated 31 Dean with Club Eskimo”: Rhythm and blues singer-producer Dean is holding a concert with members of music movement Club Esk...

Nov 25, 2016
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Hyesang Park returns home to play Juliet

Rising opera star Hyesang Park is returning to South Korea to take on the role of one of the most iconic leading ladies -- Shakespeare’s Juliet. Park will be performing in the Korea National Opera’s...

Nov 24, 2016
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Latin American art sells for nearly $23m at Christie's auction

NEW YORK (AFP) -- Christie’s on Wednesday wrapped up one of its biggest auctions of Latin American art at $22.7 million, with seven Cuban painters drawing record prices as interest in the region's ar...

Nov 24, 2016
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Artday to hold November auction

Herald Artday, a subsidiary of Herald Corp., is holding an online auction from Nov. 25 to 29, presenting major works of art by contemporary Korean and international artists. The art auction will fea...

Nov 23, 2016
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[Herald Review] Artist Yoo Young-kuk’s paintings brought to life online

MMCA partners with Google for concurrent offline and digital exhibitions

Nov 22, 2016
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Tintin drawing sells for record 1.55 mn euros in Paris

PARIS (AFP) - An original drawing from the popular Tintin adventure “Explorers on the Moon” sold for a record 1.55 million euros ($1.64 million) at a Paris auction on Saturday, auction house Artcuria...

Nov 21, 2016
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