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A Korean scholar has published a book suggesting environmental problems will cause a world food crisis. Titled “Food War 2030,” the book is written by Lee Cherl-ho, who holds a Ph.D. in food scien...
Updated : 2013.04.11 19:55
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Ceramic pieces made by artist Yi Yoon-shin are among the most sought-after dinnerware among Koreans. Her calm, serene ceramic dinnerware goes well with any kind of food ― whether it be Korean or pa...
Updated : 2013.04.11 19:46
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NEW YORK (AFP) ― Cosmetics billionaire Leonard Lauder has given New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art an entire, no-strings-attached collection of Cubist art that he assembled over four decades, the ...
Updated : 2013.04.10 19:52
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The “space of otherness” is what iconoclastic choreographer William Forsythe is bringing to Korea this week with the Korean stage debut of his 2006 work “Heterotopia.” A site-specific dance whic...
Updated : 2013.04.10 19:51
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BRUSSELS (AP) ― The Antwerp Royal Museum of Fine Arts has put those big, bold Baroque works of its famous son Peter Paul Rubens into hiding ― if only for a renovation. Just as the famous Amsterdam...
Updated : 2013.04.09 19:29
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ALEXANDRIA, Virginia (AP) ― A federal judge will seek to unravel an art mystery and determine the rightful owner of a napkin-sized painting by French impressionist Pierre-Auguste Renoir that a Virgi...
Updated : 2013.04.08 19:40
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Seoul’s Gangdong Arts Center, one of the major venues for dance, is holding its annual festival featuring a total of 19 works of diverse genres ― including ballet, modern, and traditional Korean da...
Updated : 2013.04.08 19:39
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What do some of the best-known modern abstract artists such as Willem de Kooning, Hans Hartung and Cy Twombly have in common? The contemporaries who left a significant impact on abstract art found t...
Updated : 2013.04.08 19:38
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Artist Chang Hwa-jin finds inspiration in modern buildings and the memories they hold. Watching the Japanese General Government Building being demolished in 1996, he began to pay attention to the hi...
Updated : 2013.04.07 19:13
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The annual Seoul Theater Festival unveiled its line-up for this year’s edition, featuring a number of works delving into socially-conscious subject matters including bullying, poverty, and the exper...
Updated : 2013.04.07 19:08
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The Bolshoi Ballet Academy plans to open its Korea branch in Songdo International Business District, a new city built on reclaimed land on the west coast of Incheon. The Russian institution, one of ...
Updated : 2013.04.04 19:37
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Ballet dancer Lee Eun-won achieved a lot of things early in her life. Undoubtedly one of the most stellar dancers in the local ballet scene, Lee was only 18 when she joined the Korean National Balle...
Updated : 2013.04.04 19:37
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A webtoon about a young woman and her domestic helper has won the top prize at the first Herald Webtoon Contest, organized by the Herald Corporation. The winner, Seung Jeong-yeon, will receive 15 mil...
Updated : 2013.04.03 20:11
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Aspiring webtoon artists should be conscious of future smart devices and how they work, famed cartoonist Lee Doo-ho said. The artist, best known for his 1984 iconic work “Taoist Mutul,” was the ch...
Updated : 2013.04.03 19:36
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Korean crafts have largely been associated with modesty and purity as seen in white porcelain and costumes dating mostly from the Joseon era (1392-1897). But extravagance and glamour were dominant a...
Updated : 2013.04.03 19:35
