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“Winged Victory of Samothrace.” (Muse du Louvre) PARIS (AFP) ― The Louvre is in September to restore one of its most iconic works, the “Winged Victory of Samothrace” statue depicting the Greek ...
Updated : 2013.01.22 19:00
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Artday, a sister company of The Korea Herald, holds a charity auction with Lotte Department Store Yeongdeungpo this week. The event presents a collection of hand-painted kites made by 41 famous Kore...
Updated : 2013.01.20 19:55
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Losing weight and getting facials were what it took the three men to play the leading role of “Rebecca,” one of the most anticipated musicals in the first half of the year. “This is a role that r...
Updated : 2013.01.20 19:55
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Exhibitions “Maden Pictures 13”: Arario Gallery Cheongdam presents a photography and video exhibition as its first show of the year. Titled “Maden Pictures 13,” the exhibition shows the artwork ...
Updated : 2013.01.18 19:29
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“Ranch Northeast of Keolta, Colorado, 1969” by Robert Adams (Museo Reina Sofía) MADRID (AFP) ― A major retrospective of works by U.S. photographer Robert Adams, who has focused on the changing l...
Updated : 2013.01.17 19:45
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Internationally-renowned South Korean artist Kim Sooja will present a new “bottari” series at the Korean Pavilion of the Venice Biennale this year. Kim has been chosen as the sole artist to repres...
Updated : 2013.01.17 19:44
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The Korea Herald is publishing “Korea’s Cultural Pride,” a 10-part series on the country’s cultural and natural heritage. A total of nine tangible and 14 intangible examples of heritage in Korea ...
Updated : 2013.01.16 19:42
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HONG KONG (AFP) ― Art Basel on Tuesday unveiled the lineup for its inaugural Hong Kong show in May, in which it promised “the strongest combination of galleries from East and West that the art world ...
Updated : 2013.01.16 19:21
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Young artists who majored in Korean painting are seeking various ways to add a contemporary touch to traditional ink-and-wash paintings. Sul Park, 29, has come up with a unique variation on traditio...
Updated : 2013.01.14 20:15
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Following “Phantom of the Opera” and “Aida” of last year, the performing arts scene is seeing the arrival of heavyweight openers for the 2013 season. Among them is major musical company EMK’s m...
Updated : 2013.01.13 20:12
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The number of South Koreans going to theaters alone nearly doubled over the past seven years as a growing number of the younger generation enjoy doing activities such as viewing performances or shopp...
Updated : 2013.01.13 14:29
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TOKYO (AFP) ― An extremely rare copy of a work by fourth century Chinese calligraphy legend Wang Xizhi has been unearthed in Japan, the first such discovery in four decades, Tokyo National Museum sa...
Updated : 2013.01.10 18:56
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Natural settings have been popular photography subjects ― awe-inspiring landscapes, and news photos capturing historical moments have inspired many audiences and they still do. But staged photograp...
Updated : 2013.01.10 18:54
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Poet Kim Ji-ha, a well-known dissident figure during former President Park Chung-hee’s authoritarian regime in the 1960s and ’70s, has been stirring up controversy since he abruptly announced his s...
Updated : 2013.01.09 20:50
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WASHINGTON (AFP) ― The United States on Tuesday returned to Italy a ceramic water vase from the sixth century B.C. that had been sold to an Ohio museum in 1982 by art dealers using falsified document...
Updated : 2013.01.09 20:17