By Diplomacy Journal Kayla Lee To commemorate the 75th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between South Korea and the Philippines, the Diplomacy Journal and the UN Journal, in collaboration with the Embassy of the Philippines in Seoul, will hold the Korea-the Philippines Cultural Exchange Exhibition on March 6-10 at Maru Art Center in Insadong, Seoul. The Philippines participated in the Korean War and was the first ASEAN country to establish diplomatic relations with South Korea." Period: March 6-11, 2024 Venue: Maru Art Center 2F, Insadong, Seoul (TBA) Entries: 20 works
By Diplomacy Journal Kayla Lee At one time, Chung Hee-sung ran a small academy for not only seal work but also gilded craft work, and now he runs a small "workshop" in the basement of the Officer's Building on Samildae-ro in Jung-gu, Seoul. Since the culture of seal has been slowly disappearing for a long time, his work has been cut off, and these days he spends his time making models of palaces and other tiled houses, and his workshop is filled with model castles, small palaces, and other figures. People often talk about "seal carvers" or "seal sellers" as people who carve "names" on finger-s
By Diplomacy Journal Kim Ji-eun Gyeongnam Traffic Culture Training Institute (GTCTI) T-Gallery is an exhibition space for people who love art and culture, displaying various artworks freely. Not only the works of local artists, but also the works of famous artists from home and abroad are on display to convey the joy of art to many people. T-Gallery holds new exhibitions every month. The exhibitions cover various forms of artworks such as painting, photography, sculpture, and installation art. In particular, we strive to reach out to visitors related to education within the GTCTI. This time, T
By Kayla Lee Professor Lee Mi-hyung of the Department of Cultural Contents at Myeongji University's Future Education Center will hold a graduation exhibition of the first class of the K-Folk Painting Leader Course, "Hihidamdam (喜喜談談, Joy and story)," from Jan. 23 to 28 at Hanokcheong in Bukchon, Jongno-gu, Seoul. The exhibition is the result of a year-long process under the guidance of Professor Lee, in which the students learned about the historical value and beauty of traditional folk paintings that they should master as leaders. Made up of the Chinese characters for "joy" and "story," "Hihi
By Lee Kap soo World K-Pop Center, a global K-pop talent training organization held a meeting with Peruvian Ambassador to Korea Paul Fernando Duclos Parodi to strengthen communication and cooperation in expanding bilateral cultural exchanges, the center announced on Jan. 15. Amb. Paul Duclos toured the center's training facilities and encouraged Peruvian girls who are training for K-pop auditions at the center. The K-pop project in Peru has been gaining momentum recently, with a K-pop audition award ceremony held at Lima City Hall two months ago. This is a good indication of the current status
By Kayla Lee A solo exhibition by leading Korean sculptor Han Jin-sub, titled, "S. Andreas Kim Tae-gon, unveiled at the Vatican," has been held at the Gana Art Center in Pyeongchang-dong until January 14. Han Jin-sub is the first Korean artist to have a sculpture of St. Andrew Kim Tae-gon (1821-1846) installed at St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican. This solo exhibition, held at the Gana Art Center for the first time in nearly a decade since 2014, will introduce the process in detail and shed light on the artistic world that Han Jin-sub pursues. Beginning with an introduction to the process of
By Lee Jon-young | The Organizing Committee of the World Peace Art Exhibition (Chairman Damhwa Lee Jon-young) will host an invitational exhibition of more than 70 Korean artists commemorating the 71st anniversary of the U.S.-Korea Alliance from March 18-25 at the first floor lobby of the Carson City Cultural Center in the United States. The exhibition will mark the 71st anniversary of the U.S.-Korea Alliance as a historic event in which the two countries took the first step toward a new alliance as an "alliance in action." It will also convey the message of a sustainable future for the allianc
By Kayla Lee In 1978, at the age of 25, Arok Jeong Kui-ja joined the Jeong Soo-hee's Folk Painting Institute, located in the Seoul National University Alumni Hall building near Gwanghwamun, after watching a TV program about folk paintings. This choice led to her eventual ascension to the status of Seoul City's Intangible Cultural Heritage Folk Painting Artisan. It was a chance encounter with folk painting that turned out to be fateful. In 1980, she met Kim Man-hee, the first and only master folk painter of Korea and the Seoul City Intangible Cultural Property No. 18, as her second teacher and
By Kayla Lee Boogie Moli, better known as Boogie, is a contemporary street artist born in 1995 in Kinshasa, Congo. The exhibition is being held at Doonamjae Gallery (located at 45, Tehyeran-ro 4-gil, Gangnam-gu, Seoul) from January 5 to February 18, organized by Oasis Art, CEO of Sublime Kim Ho-jae and CEO of Cuba Art Sunter Cha Hyo-joon. Boogie and his family immigrated to England when he was 10 years old, and soon after, his passion for soccer led him to play in the streets with his friends. His talent was soon recognized, and in 2009, he played for Liverpool FC, before signing a professiona
By Kayla Lee Seoul Tourism Organization (STO), led by CEO Gil Ki-yeon, has reorganized the Seoul Lantern Festival & Gwanghwamun Square Market into Season 2 for the New Year 2024. Season 2 will run from January 1 to 21. First of all, the Seoul Lantern Festival will add a media show for the New Year and conduct various experience programs. A projection mapping content 'New Year Media Show' will be held from 9:50 p.m. to 10 p.m. every day until the 21st in the White Hall, a 360-degree sphere representing the universe, wholeness, and earth. Various videos symbolizing the city, people, and natu
By Lee Kap-soo Singapore Tourism Board (STB) announced the appointment of Nicky Seet as the new head of its Korea office on Dec. 20. Nicky Seet will continue to lead strategic planning, marketing and promotional activities to make Singapore an attractive destination for Koreans, in line with the launch of Singapore Tourism Board's new global campaign, 'Made in Singapore'. She joined Singapore Tourism Board in 2015 as Senior Manager, Lifestyle Area Development, where she spearheaded the regeneration of Singapore's Orchard Road and supported various community activities. Orchard Road has recentl
By Kayla Lee To welcome the New Year, the Year of Dragon, a revolutionary master painter Nam Sang-jun, who is now 100 years old, has given the readers of Damwha Media Group a painting of a dragon rising above the overflowing waters, full of dreams and hopes. The writhing dragon opens its mouth wide and is about to grab the Yeoiju (cintamani), a magical jewel, in front of it. The dragon is the only imaginary animal of the zodiac that is not real, and is said to have a camel's head, deer horns, rabbit eyes, cow ears, snake neck, frog belly, carp scales, hawk claws, and tiger paws. The dragon was
[Journalist Lee Jeong-ha's Special Series] The artist's work is a repetitive process of filling and erasing over countless hours. In the midst of this repetitive process, matière naturally emerges, and the time of coexistence and extinction comes into play. Kandinsky describes white as "a silence full of possibilities" - understated drawing, understated color, and the white of a blank page. Emptying rather than filling, spirit rather than material, form rather than formlessness. For a long time, the artist has been using the sharpness and simplicity of straight lines as a place for mutual brea
By Lee Jon-young The following article was contributed by Lee Chil-yong, former expert member of the Cultural Heritage Administration to the Diplomacy Journal. –Ed. Buddhist woodcarver Huh Gil-ryang was born in 1953 in Seungju-gun, Jeollanam-do, and learned the basics of woodcarving from teacher Seo Soo-yeon in 1968 at the age of 15, and learned Buddhist painting from teacher Lee In-ho in 1975 at the age of 22. He was absorbed in Buddhist art at an early age and has been working with Buddhist woodcarving for his entire life. He won the grand prize at the 1977 Buddhist Art Exhibition and was ap
By Kayla Lee Expressing pure beauty in his uniquely structured works, artist Kim Sejoong draws the viewers deep into a magical time in a single space that allows them to see things in a new light and make them look amazing. The thousands and tens of thousands of hours of perseverance they have put in have not been in vain. This is the beauty that reborn European art forms and awakened the sense of art in the East. It will be a fantastic time to open the eyes and minds of the viewers with the reorganization of space and the illumination of vision, guiding them to a new world. Looking at Artist