August 13 – 23, 2015, Dongsong, Cheorwon-gun, Gangwon-do, http://realdmz.org, curators: Keum Hyun Han, Nam-See Kim, Sunjung Kim, Hyejin Lim The Real DMZ Project tour in Dongsong, a small village a few kilometers away from the DMZ, was most of all an experience of travel and exploration. Spending three hours in a minibus, first slowly crawling…
Table of Contents: Art Issue Projects 藝術計劃: Huang Yen-Ying, Jang Jongwan “Dual Exhibition” Asia Museum of Modern Art (Taichung): “Klimt and Jugendstil”, “Genesis: The Sculpture of Auguste Rodin and Henry Moore”, An Era of Abstraction: Chu Teh-chun, Richard Lin, Liu Kuo-Sung, Hsiao Chin”, “Magicians of Sculpture: The Imaginative Worlds of Philippe Hiquily and Arman” Eslite…
The art fair is over. I want to record this event, but at the same time, don’t see much meaning in writing about the fair itself. A fair is a fair. Many artworks by many artists were on display for sale, many people came to town to buy, and many people followed those who buy…
A change of location – in December I spent some time back in Czech Republic’s two largest cities – Prague and Brno. Besides celebrating Christmas and seeing friends, I also managed to get a quick glimpse at what is happening on the art scene. You can read the individual posts below, this is a summary…
This post provides a flashback of this year’s summer time in Seoul. I spent most of July and August in Seoul. It has been more than a month since my departure, but memories still linger in my head. On the contrary to my experience in Europe where summer is the holiday season or Shanghai where…
Hong Kong Exhibition and Convention Centre, 22 May – 26 May 2013 My first impression was definitely linked to the new name: Is this event taking place in Basel or in Hong Kong? Will the Art Basel fair now be called “Art Basel Basel” to conform to the new naming convention? Below, three deja-vues and…
Saint Petersburg is a city famous for its historical architecture as well as art collections spanning many centuries of art history. Two big institutions which stand out are the Hermitage and the Russian Museum. Both of the museums have numerous locations around Saint Petersburg. The Hermitage is known for its almost endless amassment of classical…
In December, I visited South Korea and had a look at what is happening there in terms of Fine Arts. I checked out some smaller privately managed spaces around Seoul like Artsonje Center, Kukje Gallery and Plateau as well as some public institutions like the Nam Seoul Museum of Fine Art and the National Museum…