Artists, being people, are drawn to power. Like moths to a flame. What they do in their work with the relationship they seek with it can vary widely. But rarely is power just ignored. A sizable new ...

This is a masterpiece by Lee In-sung (1912–1950), a genius painter of Joseon. He was greatly influenced by Gauguin, wasn’t he ...

Deep in the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ), an area about 160 miles long and 2½ miles wide that separates North and South Korea, former South Korean soldier Mr. Kim sets out on his covert sunset-to-sunrise ...

A new book and exhibition trace the remarkable lives of Park Seo-Bo, Kim Tschang-Yeul, Lee Ufan, and Kim Whanki. Inside a vitrine in "The Making of Modern Korean Art: The Letters of Kim Tschang-Yeul, ...

Seoul is the latest major city to establish itself as a significant international hub for new art. With that distinction comes the expected propagation of ambitious museum exhibitions seeking to ...

From a resort ballroom on Sentosa Island to a former port warehouse at Tanjong Pagar, Korean artists and curators are ...

On the occasion of the new publication, The Making of Modern Korean Art: The Letters of Kim Tschang-Yeul, Kim Whanki, Lee Ufan, and Park Seo-Bo, 1961–1982, Asia Society brings together the ...

"Over the past decades, Korea has gradually risen to become one of the global representatives of Asian culture. Korean artists have been increasingly active at an international level, with many being ...

Recent years have seen the South Korean capital turn into a global art hub, home to powerful collecting families, world-class museums, and a thriving international gallery scene. It’s no wonder, then, ...

Artists, being people, are drawn to power. Like moths to a flame. What they do in their work with the relationship they seek with it can vary widely. But rarely is power just ignored. A sizable new ...