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TOKYO (AFP) ― The curtain is about to go up at a new theater dedicated to Japan’s centuries-old kabuki-za performing art, sited in a high-tech venue in a 29-storey Tokyo office building. The theater...
Updated : 2013.03.26 19:40
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LONDON (AP) ― The massive bronze sculpture is formally known as “Draped Seated Woman,’’ a Henry Moore creation that evoked Londoners huddled in air raid shelters during the Blitz. To the East Enders...
Updated : 2013.03.25 19:20
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Some big titles are used to describe artist Kim Whanki. The artist is called a “pioneer of abstract art,” for adopting simplified compositions in his paintings, and the “Korean Picasso” for his p...
Updated : 2013.03.25 19:19
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Tucked away off the streets of Anguk-dong sits a beautiful hanok, a traditional Korean house, filled with fresh flowers of many different shades. Among the pretty bouquets are pink tulip Dreaming Mai...
Updated : 2013.03.22 20:30
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There’s something about landscape paintings that allows viewers to accept them as they are. When viewing Kang Yo-bae’s landscape paintings of Jeju island, one can stop trying to understand the art...
Updated : 2013.03.21 19:28
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Local choreographer Hong Sung-yup is widely nicknamed “the dancer of literature.” The director of Korea National Contemporary Dance Company has been praised for his ability to translate works of l...
Updated : 2013.03.20 20:00
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PARIS (AFP) ― Six paintings that fell into the hands of the Nazis after their Jewish industrialist owner was forced to sell in order to flee occupied Paris in 1941 were on Tuesday returned to his gra...
Updated : 2013.03.20 20:00
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Na Hyun Hermes Korea has selected three artists as finalists for the 2013 Hermes Foundation Art Award. Na Hyun, Noh Sun-tag and Jung Eun-young were chosen from among 10 artists by a five-member jud...
Updated : 2013.03.19 19:32
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LONDON (AP) ― A painting donated to Britain’s National Trust by the estate of a wealthy supporter has been identified as a Rembrandt self-portrait worth 20 million pounds ($30 million), the heritage ...
Updated : 2013.03.18 19:42
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A local scholar on Sunday claimed he has discovered what he believes to be the oldest painting in Korea. Lee Dong-cheon, a guest researcher at the Museum of Liaoning Province in China, said he recen...
Updated : 2013.03.18 19:42
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SANTIAGO (AFP) ― A massive painting by Chinese dissident artist Ai Weiwei dedicated to Nobel laureate Pablo Neruda was unveiled Saturday in Valparaiso, the Chilean port where the poet lived. Entitl...
Updated : 2013.03.17 20:31
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A strange noise comes from the hall, traces of footsteps are marked on a wall and a ghost family covered in white curtains greets visitors. Those who have visited haunted houses at amusement parks m...
Updated : 2013.03.17 20:29
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The National Museum of Contemporary Art, Korea presents a bold selection of young Korean artists at the regular exhibition introducing young talent. In an effort to break away from the institutional ...
Updated : 2013.03.14 19:46
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In March of 2000, Kim Joo-won was watching French ballet dancer Sylvie Guillem perform at the Royal Opera House in London. Kim, who was the Korean National Ballet’s prima ballerina at the time, was ...
Updated : 2013.03.14 19:46
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The warm spring breeze and flowers put people in a good mood and perhaps evoke thoughts of spring romance. Fittingly, a love-themed art exhibition is opening at Seoul Museum on March 14, or White Da...
Updated : 2013.03.13 19:53
