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BERLIN (AP) ― Conveyor belts hum quietly, towering over piles of dark red wax. A giant mauve object that looks like a deflating balloon sprawls and sags its way across three rooms. A dark pigment cir...
Updated : 2013.05.21 19:55
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There are more than 100 shades of blue on a color chart. But the blues we see in real life are limited to a few seen in our random gazes at the sky in the middle of the day. At James Turrell’s “Sk...
Updated : 2013.05.20 20:11
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Six years after its 2007 Seoul run, South Africa’s iconic musical “Umoja: The Spirit of Togetherness” is back in Korea to show off the country’s colorful and explosive culture, deeply linked to i...
Updated : 2013.05.19 20:11
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The main gallery building of Hansol Museum (Hansol Museum) WONJU, Gangwon Province ― Hansol Museum, home to a lifetime art collection of the founder and adviser to Hansol Group Lee In-hee, the elde...
Updated : 2013.05.16 19:56
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VATICAN CITY (AFP) ― Five centuries after Michelangelo, the Vatican has commissioned fresh works on the biblical themes of creation and chaos for a show at the prestigious Venice Biennale art festiv...
Updated : 2013.05.15 20:19
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NEW YORK (AFP) ― A painting by Barnett Newman that Sotheby’s described as an icon of Abstract Expressionism sold Tuesday in New York for a record $43.84 million at an auction peppered with stunning...
Updated : 2013.05.15 20:19
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A scene from Compagnie Maguy Marin’s “Salves.” (LG Arts Center) After American choreographer William Forsythe’s cutting-edge performance “Heterotopia” last month, Korea’s dance scene is welco...
Updated : 2013.05.14 19:59
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FRANKFURT (AFP) ― The German theater director whose controversial staging of a Richard Wagner opera to a Nazi-era theme was cancelled after the premiere hit back Monday at what he saw as “censorship....
Updated : 2013.05.14 19:56
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“Towards,” 2013 by Kim Bo-hie. (Hakgojae Gallery) The nature depicted by artist Kim Bo-hie looks familiar to many with common motifs such as leaves, trees and flowers. But what captures the viewe...
Updated : 2013.05.13 20:36
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“Persimmon” by Oh Chi-gyun (Artday) Artday, a sister company of The Korea Herald, is holding an online auction and an exhibition in conjunction with Jean Gallery and Lotte Department Store from Ma...
Updated : 2013.05.12 20:30
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LOS ANGELES (AFP) ― The Getty Museum of Los Angeles announced Thursday it has acquired a self-portrait by Rembrandt and a painting by the Venetian artist Canaletto. “Rembrandt Laughing,” a small oil...
Updated : 2013.05.12 19:43
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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
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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
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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
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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
