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Controversial British graffiti work up for sale again

LONDON (AFP) ― A work by renowned British graffiti artist Banksy that was withdrawn from a controversial U.S. auction is being put up for sale again in London, auctioneers said Saturday. The mural, ...

Updated : 2013.05.12 19:43

Art lovers become creators at museums

Participants take part in a pottery class for foreigners at Seoul Museum of Art. (Seoul Museum of Art) Museums and galleries are not just places to view exhibitions. They could be a place for findi...

Updated : 2013.05.10 20:49

Between dream and reality: Murakami novel on stage

Famed Japanese writer Haruki Murakami is currently in the international spotlight for his recently released novel “Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage.” But Seoul’s Daehangno, the...

Updated : 2013.05.09 19:15

Digital prints of young artists’ works available on social commerce site

Artworks of young artists are being offered at affordable prices online as part of efforts to boost art sales and promote young artists to a wider audience. Gana Art Gallery and Wemakeprice.com, a s...

Updated : 2013.05.08 20:17

Two Rodin sculptures fetch $16 million in N.Y. auction

Auguste Rodin sculpture, “The Thinker.” (AP-Yonhap News) NEW YORK (AP) ― Two early casts from Auguste Rodin’s masterpiece “The Gates of Hell’’ have sold for a total of more than $16 million a...

Updated : 2013.05.08 20:15

Michael Jackson show in Vegas more of a good thing

LAS VEGAS (AP) ― Michael Jackson spent his life breaking music industry records. Four years after his death, the pop star’s estate has delivered another first: Jackson is now the only person, place o...

Updated : 2013.05.08 20:12

Portraits by Alice Neel get Asian premiere at Gallery Hyundai

Portraits by Alice Neel are on exhibit for the first time in Asia at Gallery Hyundai, Seoul. The exhibition “People and Places: Paintings by Alice Neel,” which began on May 2, features 15 portrait...

Updated : 2013.05.07 20:01

Youn Myeung-ro: 50 years of life in art

Perched high on a hill in Pyeongchang-dong, Seoul, artist Youn Myeung-ro’s atelier overlooks the two greatest mountains in Seoul. Having the rocky Bukhan Mountain as a backdrop, Youn’s 35-year-old ...

Updated : 2013.05.06 19:53

MODAFE 2013 to feature ‘dance and life’

A scene from Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui and Damien Jalet’s “Babel,” the opener of this year’s International Modern Dance Festival in Seoul. (MODAFE 2013) The 2013 International Modern Dance Festival, ...

Updated : 2013.05.02 19:44

Ambitious Mariinsky supremo launches new Petersburg theater

ST. PETERSBURG (AFP) ―The hugely ambitious and well-connected director of Saint Petersburg’s Mariinsky Theatre will on Thursday oversee the opening of a controversial new ballet and opera house, one ...

Updated : 2013.05.01 20:32

Chinese dancer emerges as Korea’s best-known filial daughter

Chinese soloist Fang Meng-ying rehearses “Shimchung” in the Universal Ballet Company’s dance studio in Seoul. (UBC) Ballerina Fang Meng-ying arrived in Seoul from China at the age of 17, all by h...

Updated : 2013.05.01 20:30

Mao no-show as Andy Warhol exhibition opens in China

SHANGHAI (AFP) ― Shanghai’s contemporary art museum on Sunday opened a show featuring the works of American pop artist Andy Warhol, but without his iconic portraits of former Chinese leader Chairman ...

Updated : 2013.04.30 20:08

N.Y., Israel museums jointly buy Hebrew manuscript

NEW YORK (AP) ― The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York and the Israel Museum in Jerusalem have jointly acquired a 15th-century illuminated Hebrew manuscript, they announced Monday. The Mishneh ...

Updated : 2013.04.30 20:07

Korean media artists to feature at Edinburgh festival

A computer-generated image of Kim Hyung-su’s media art installation that will be set up in front of Usher Hall, the main venue of the 2013 Edinburgh International Festival. (Kim Hyung-su) Art afici...

Updated : 2013.04.30 20:06

Korean contemporary artists hold exhibition in Hungary

Works of Korean contemporary artists are on exhibit in Hungary as part of a cultural promotion exhibition by the National Museum of Contemporary Art, Korea and the Korean Cultural Center in Hungary. ...

Updated : 2013.04.29 19:53