Arts & Culture

Gyeongsang to celebrate the Chuseok holiday. The government has prepared a range of activities including traditional games, festivals, and discounts on tours for citizens to enjoy. Programs such as jegi chagi and Tuho Nori will be available…

The 16th Daegu International Opera Festival will be held one month early from September 14th to October 21st. This year marks the 70th anniversary of the Korean opera and the Daegu Opera House has been its crown jewel by hosting Asia’s…

2018 The 7th Gangjeong Daegu Modern Art Festival will be held from Friday, September 7th to Sunday, September 30th at The Arc Square. A total of 17 artists are scheduled to participate in the festival.

“The Lion King,” the biggest Broadway musical in the United States, (performance cost of 20 billion KRW) will arrive in Daegu before Seoul. From November 9th to December 25th, the show will be held 56 times at the Gyemyeong Art Center.…

Since I read Les Miserables, a novel written by a French writer, Victor Hugo, I have dreamed of becoming a novelist for a long time. The book that I read was edited for elementary school kids like myself, but it was impressive enough…

Kim Hong-do did the best true-view genre paintings ever, and Hearing a Birdsong on Horseback is one of his many masterpieces. On a fine late spring day amid the fresh verdure of the trees and the blossoming flowers, a young scholar is…

The festival, which celebrates its 6th anniversary this year, is decorated with a variety of experiential themed spaces including the main event venue, the Chicken & Beer Club, ice cafes to cool off and Chicken &…

Portrait painting is a genre in painting to depict a human subject. Portraitists often work on commission, but can also simply just be inspired by the subject itself and create their own work.

Lady Sin, mother of the great philosopher Yi I, was famous for painting. She is said to have been exceptionally talented in painting grapes, in particular, and no one could rival her in her lifetime. Nonetheless, only a few of her grape…