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Visual arts, crafts, design, fashion (page 41)

Exhibition news: Lee Jaehyo — Nature Bound, at Pontone and Albemarle Gallery

event date 20 Jan - 01 Apr 2017 venue Albemarle posted

Pontone Gallery’s first exhibition of the New Year is a solo show by Lee Jaehyo, more usually seen at Albemarle Gallery. I’m looking forward to seeing his new works using polished nails. Previously the designs have been abstract, looking like constellations of stars. The latest work looks to be moving towards more representational designs. Lee … [Read More]

Event news: i, kid — the Korean Artists Association residency at the KCC

event date 16 Jan - 28 Jan 2017 venue KCCUK posted

This is now the seventh exhibition by the Korean Artists Association UK to be held at the KCC. Their opening performance is always very popular and numbers are strictly limited so get your registration in early. Note that registration is via [email protected] and not the normal KCC address. i, kid — 우리어릴적 Exhibition and performance … [Read More]

Exhibition news: Memories of Korea, at Han Collection from 6 January

event date 06 Jan - 28 Jan 2017 venue Han Collection Museum Street posted

An interesting exhibition to start the New Year: Memories of Korea – Cross-vision from East and West 6th – 28th January 2017 Han Collection | 30 Museum Street | London WC1A 1LH | www.hancollection.co.uk A collection of woodblock prints from both eastern and western artists, using traditional Japanese woodblock printing techniques along with a mix … [Read More]

Exhibition news: Jinhee Park — Surface Layer Time, at Clerkenwell Gallery

event date 06 Dec - 11 Dec 2016 posted

News of Jinhee Park’s upcoming exhibition in Clerkenwell. Jinhee Park: Surface Layer Time Clerkenwell Gallery | 20 Clerkenwell Street | London EC1R 0DP 6th – 11th December Opening Hours: 11-6 Vestiges of the ever-changing intensity of sunlight, hues, and shadows, clocks without conventional functions, arrows of an asymmetrical branch, awkwardly disconnected landscapes. Jinhee Park’s second … [Read More]

The folding plug makes it on to the high street

posted updated 11 Mar 2026 by Philip Gowman < 1 minute read

Seen in Maplins Canary Wharf branch yestserday: The electrical and gadget retailer is stocking the folding plug designed by Choi Min-kyu. Fantastic news that the product has made it onto the high street. We first noticed the idea back in 2009, and saw the next iteration in 2013. Looking at the elegant USB chargers I … [Read More]

Review: Bongsu Park’s Crossing Over – Ritual of Grief

posted updated 25 Nov 2025 by Philip Gowman 4 minute read

Bongsu Park’s two-part work, Crossing Over – Ritual of Grief, is an ambitious piece lasting for almost two hours which saw its first performance spread over two weekends in two different locations during August. It blends contemporary electronic music with traditional Korean music, and contemporary dance with traditional Korean dance such as Salpuri. Appropriately enough … [Read More]

Choigate, censorship and the arts

posted updated 2 Mar 2026 by Philip Gowman 3 minute read

At any other time the presence of a demonstrator outside the KCC – and outside the opening screening of the London Korean Film Festival – protesting about artistic censorship that is said to have taken place during the current KCC director’s stint at the National Gugak Centre would have been prominent news. But choreographer Jung … [Read More]

Exhibition news: Kitty Jun-Im — Connected Moment, at Han Collection

event date 21 Oct - 29 Oct 2016 venue Han Collection Museum Street posted

Notice of an upcoming exhibition at Han Collection (in the gallery space formerly occupied by Mokspace): Kitty Jun-Im: Connected Moment Han Collection | 33 Museum Street | Bloomsbury | London WC1A 1LH | 020 7637 8880 | www.hancollection.co.uk 21-29 October 2016 We are very much looking forward to our eagerly anticipated exhibtion of new paintings … [Read More]