Hanmi Gallery has been working with Junebum Park for a couple of years now. Their latest venture is a project with the boys of Tonbridge School: Digital Generation Art from Fidelity International 23 January – 6 March 2016 OBS GALLERY | Tonbridge School | Tonbridge | Kent TN9 1JP Open Saturday & Sunday 12-4pm and … [Read More]
Visual arts, crafts, design, fashion (page 46)
Art Fair news: Hanmi Gallery presents Guem MinJeong at LAF
Hanmi Gallery will be participating in the Project space of the London Art Fair, presenting Guem MinJeong’s work for the first time in London: Guem MinJeong Hanmi Gallery | Art Projects P8 | London Art Fair 2016 20 – 24 Jan 2016 | Business Design Centre | London N1 0QH Hanmi Gallery is pleased to … [Read More]
Korea – Australia arts exchange: engaged, or just hanging out?
Catching your eyes as you leave the museum shop of Brisbane’s Gallery of Modern Art is a magazine with the arresting work of Lee Hyung-koo on the front cover. It certainly drew my attention as I reluctantly came to the end of my visit to the Asia Pacific Triennial. Taking a closer look, I noted … [Read More]
Exhibition news: Noh Suntag at 43 Inverness Street and Fitzrovia Gallery
Winner of the 2014 Korea Artist Prize Noh Suntag is coming to London for two concurrent solo shows. He will be appearing in a talk at SOAS on 5 February, and doing a guided tour of his Inverness Street exhibition on 30 Jan at 11 am. Noh Suntag Dance of Order, at 43 Inverness Street … [Read More]
Exhibition news: Dansaekhwa — Minimal Korean Art of the 1970s, at The Arts Club
Coinciding with the opening of the Park Seo-bo solo exhibition at White Cube is a broader exhibition of Dansaekhwa at the Arts Club. Open to non-members by appointment only at the times mentioned below. Dansaekhwa: Minimal Korean Art of the 1970s The Arts Club 40 Dover Street | Mayfair | London W1S 4NP | www.theartsclub.co.uk … [Read More]
Looking back at 2015: Culture, sport and tourism
In the first of four articles looking back over 2015, we recall some of the culture, sports and heritage stories that made the news. Heritage The historic Baekje sites were listed by UNESCO as world heritage. UNESCO also listed in their Memory of the World register some Confucian woodblock texts and records of the family … [Read More]
Exhibition visit: Korean artists at APT8
The Queensland Art Gallery (QAG) has been hosting the Asia Pacific Triennial since 1993. The exhibition features artists from all over the region, and Korea has been represented from the start. The triennial is spread over two buildings (the QAG itself and the nearby Gallery of Modern Art which opened in 2006) which collectively are … [Read More]
Exhibition news: Park Seo-Bo — Ecriture 1967-1981
One of the big exhibitions opening in January is a solo show by Park Seo-bo, a key Dansaekhwa artist. Definitely an exhibition I’m looking forward to. Park Seo-Bo: Ecriture 1967-1981 Preview: Thursday 14 January, 6-8pm 15 January – 12 March 2016 White Cube Mason’s Yard | 25 – 26 Mason’s Yard | London SW1Y 6BU … [Read More]
The growing interest in Dansaekhwa
The Nation has an interesting piece by Barry Schwabsky on the recent growth in interest in Dansaekhwa in the States, pointing out that during November New York simultaneously hosted three solo shows by major artists: Chung Chang-sup at Gallerie Perrotin (3 Nov – 23 Dec) Yun Hyong-keun at Blum & Poe (30 Oct – 23 Dec) Ha Chong-hyun … [Read More]
Exhibition visit: Sora Kim’s 2,3 at the KCC
Sora Kim’s 2,3 is her first solo show in London, put together as part of the second outing of the KCCUK’s Artist of the Year programme whose objective is to “introduce aspects of Korea’s vibrant art scene to a UK audience.” The exhibition is an interesting concept in which none of the individual works presented … [Read More]
Exhibition news: Bate’s Room – Shin Kiwoun at The Old Police Station
It’s nice to have Hanmi Gallery back with an exhibition – though this one is curated at the Old Police Station in Deptford. Shin Kiwoun: Bate’s Room The Old Police Station | 114 Amersham Vale | London SE14 6LG 15th December – 5th January 2016 Opening event: 23rd December 5pm Hanmi Gallery are pleased to … [Read More]
Exhibition news: Heeseung Chung and Onejoon Che — Dialogues of Space
The KCC’s final exhibition of the year is a photography duo exhibition curated by MA students from the Whitechapel Gallery and London Metropolitan University. Dialogues of Space: Heeseung Chung and Onejoon Che 15 December 2015 – 6 February 2016 Korean Cultural Centre UK, Grand Building 1-3 Strand, London WC2N 5BW Opening times: Monday – Friday, … [Read More]
Exhibition news: Kyung Hwa Shon in UK/RAINE, at Saatchi Gallery
London-based artist Kyung Hwa Shon has been shortlisted in the Painting category of the open competition UK/raine. Her work can be found in gallery 3 on the ground floor of the Saatchi Gallery. UK/RAINE AN OPEN COMPETITION FOR EMERGING ARTISTS FROM THE UK AND UKRAINE Exhibition: 24 November 2015 – 3 January 2016 Saatchi Gallery … [Read More]
Exhibition news: Hyun Jeung — Beauté anonyme, at Mokspace
Hyun Jeung is back at Mokspace for her 4th exhibition. Do pay it a visit. Her prints are really lovely. Beauté anonyme Hyun Jeung solo exhibition Mokspace | 33 Museum Street | London WC1A 1LH | www.mokspace.com 4 – 26 December 2015 For her 4th exhibition at Moksapce, Hyun Jeung’s multi-layered approach to printmaking reveals … [Read More]
Exhibition news: Christine Sun Kim — Rustle Tustle, at Carroll / Fletcher
News of a London exhibition by Christine Sun Kim, born in California to Korean parents and now based in New York and Berlin. Christine Sun Kim: Rustle Tustle CARROLL / FLETCHER 56 – 57 Eastcastle St | London W1W 8EQ | 020 7323 6111 | www.carrollfletcher.com 27 November 2015 – 30 January 2016 Private View: … [Read More]
Event news: Fashion Korea Pop-up Store
Your chance to pick up some Korean fashion at bargain prices. A few familiar names here from the London Fashion Week catwalks. Fashion Korea Pop-Up Store / Showcase Date : 20th Nov – 25th Nov 2015 Location : 22 Calvert Avenue | London E2 7JP | calvert22.org | [Map] Opening hours: 11:00 AM – 17:00 … [Read More]