Delicate implications in Western portraits (KOR)

There is a lot to learn from the pride of ancient Greek artists who must have enjoyed a similar social status as unknown Goryeo (918-1392) celadon artisans.

2024-09-10

Delicate implications in Western portraits

There is a lot to learn from the pride of ancient Greek artists who must have enjoyed a similar social status as unknown Goryeo (918-1392) celadon artisans.

2024-09-09

Pawtrait artist

Pet portrait artist Ben Lenovitz paints a cat at Shinsegae Department Store, where he will hold a pop-up store at three branches including Gangnam, southern Seoul, through Oct. 22.

2023-10-04

Colombian art workshop shares message of peace

Sitting side-by-side in pairs, Koreans and expats from Colombia, Spain, Venezuela and other Spanish-speaking countries threaded colorful beads at the instructions of Mateo Perea Bernal, artist and founder of Colombian art collective Tejidos...

2023-09-07

Sale of Warren Buffett portrait can’t match $19 million lunch bid

The auction of a high-tech portrait of Warren Buffett didn't come close to matching the $19 million someone paid earlier this year for a private lunch with the billionaire, but it still raised $75,100 for one of his favorite charities. The ...

2022-09-01

[WORD_ON_THE_WEB] 'It’s only right to protect a celebrity’s publicity rights'

The revised Prevention of Unfair Competition Act, meant to protect publicity rights by making it illegal to use a celebrity's name or face without their permission, was enacted by the Korean Intellectual Property Office on June 8.

2022-06-15

Famed fashion photographer takes inspiration from renowned sculptor

Photography meets modern sculpture in a collaborative exhibition being held at PKM Gallery in Jongno District, central Seoul. In "Images of Eternity: Kwon Jin Kyu x Mok Jungwook," fashion photographer Mok Jung-wook captured the self-portrait...

2021-12-08

Espace Louis Vuitton Seoul opens exhibit of Andy Warhol's works

Andy Warhol is famous for pop-art paintings of Campbell’s soup cans and Marilyn Monroe, but his wide range of portraits truly show the artist’s uniqueness. Warhol said in his own words, “If you want to know about Andy Warhol, just look at the...

2021-09-30

Experience London's portrait gallery at the National Museum of Korea

A portrait photograph of British fashion designer Vivienne Westwood hangs side by side with a portrait painting of British-American fashion journalist Anna Wintour in a room at the National Museum of Korea in Yongsan District, central Seoul.

2021-06-22

'Godmother of Korean Feminist Art' celebrates female activists

Yun Suknam, 82, dubbed the “Godmother of Korean Feminist Art,” got angry when she couldn't find any portraits of women in a voluminous book about Korean traditional portraits. “So, I decided to paint portraits of women... the women who fought for...

2021-02-22

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