Kim Chong Hak, known widely as “the painter of Mount Seorak,” worked prolifically in abstract art over the first decades of his career as an artist.

The same can be said of the Korean art scene. The seeds for what is now a vital part of Asia's art scenes were planted decades ago. Not many know that Korean artist Kim Byung-ki was one of the ...

Kim is a designer “who thinks like an artist,” Campbell said, adding that she was drawn to the way Kim’s pieces reflect the history of Korean migrants in Uzbekistan. Earlier this month ...

Trigger Warning: This article contains explicit content and s*xual abuses. As the ongoing scandal about Kim Soo-Hyun’s past relationship with Kim Sae-Ron when she was a minor made headlines ...

Courtesy of Kimsooja Studio. “My conceptual art position started from the moment I conceptualized my body as a needle,” Kimsooja tells Observer. This idea can be traced back to her walking ...

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.

Artists’ private lives have long informed the curiosity of others, their romantic partnerships even more so, with numerous books, exhibitions, and online listicles addressing this particular ...

South Korea is struggling to contain wildfires ravaging the country’s southeast after more than two dozen blazes broke out over the weekend, killing four people and forcing thousands to evacuate.

Lee Mi-re, one of South Korea's younger, rising artists, will showcase her first-ever performance work next week, extending her artistic practice that has centered on creating viscous kinetic ...