South Korea's National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art (MMCA) will very soon have a new director, but the local art community is protesting the top candidate for the position, Bartomeu Marí.

Former South Korean first lady Kim Keon Hee, who staged exhibitions of global art stars from Andy Warhol to Mark Rothko, was taken into custody on Tuesday, after a South Korean court issued a warrant ...

The appointment of a new director to South Korea’s National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art last week has extenuated the concerns of the country's art community over issues of government and ...

Few people—aside from perhaps her mother—have played as pivotal a role in positioning South Korea on the global art map as New York-based dealer Tina Kim. Born in South Korea and raised in California, ...

Founded in 2002 by the Galleries Association of Korea, Kiaf has been deeply rooted in—and sustained by—its close ties to South Korea’s gallery system from the outset. Globally, it’s rare for an art ...

Part I. Ancient to Medieval Cultures on the Korean Peninsula. Early Paintings of Korea: Murals and Craft Decorations / Minku Kim -- Sculptures of the Three Kingdoms and Unified Silla / Sunkyung Kim -- ...

Based on his colorful, lyrical, childlike landscapes of wildflowers, forests and Korea’s Mount Seorak, one might think South Korean artist Kim Chong Hak’s is far younger than his 88 years. “When I ...

Kim Yun Shin turns 90 this year, and she has no plans to slow down. Born in 1935 in Wonsan, North Korea, the artist is known for her sculptures of wood and stone as well as canvas works. She has ...

On a weekday afternoon this fall, the largest museum in South Korea looked as if it were preparing for a K-pop concert. Outside, a maze of crowd control barriers had been installed. A sign at the gift ...

The 18th-century painting, which the Met acquired in 2007, is believed to have been removed from a South Korean temple while it was controlled by the U.S. Army. By Derrick Bryson Taylor The ...