Arts & Culture

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…

Sin Yun-bok was able to use fine brush lines as thin as silk thread and as elastic as wire in illustrating human figures. His superb painting skills helped him depict the voluptuousness of women's sensuous bodies, and the neat and tidy…

Art reflects the sprit of the times. The landscape paintings of An Gyeon display the flourishing cultural period of King Sejong’s reign while the bamboo paintings of Yi Jeong represent the unshaken sprit of Joseon scholars during the harsh…

Sunny Skies are predicted for this summers much anticipated Korean Craft Beer Festival at Suseong Lake.Make sure you check out the schedule to enjoy this weekend to the fullest!…

Kim Whanki recently made national news when one of his untitled paintings broke an art auction record, selling for 8.5 billion won ($7.87 million). The previous record of 6.55 billion won ($5.9 million), set in April of last year, was also…

These Days, with new language and all kinds of shortened words being born, you can’t possibly communicate between the generations if you don’t know these words, and the word ‘tradition’ sounds beyond old.