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East Asia
Yungang Grottoes asks the world for official logo design
Administrators of the Yungang Grottoes, located 16 kilometers west of Datong, north China’s Shanxi Province, recently launched a global competition to design a new official logo, according to the Yungang Grottoes Research Institute, Chinanews.com reported on March 12. With more than 51,000 Buddhist statues of various sizes in 45 existing…
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Culture
An Exhibition about the History of Iranian Media
From March 8, the Hoo Art Gallery of Tehran presents Watching the History of Iranian Media, an exhibition that celebrates the 5th edition of the book titled The Donkey Party Newspaper. Hosted by Pune Neda, vice president of Asia Journalist Association, publisher of Shukran, and head of the Iran branch of…
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Culture
Goryeo: The Glory of Korea
From December 4, 2018, to March 3, 2019, the National Museum of Art present “Goryeo: The Glory of Korea”, a comprehensive overview of art in the Goryeo Dynasty. The special exhibition brings together 450 artworks, including works on loan from 45 institutions, 11 of them in the United States, United…
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East Asia
How Korea’s modern art began
Exhibition sheds light on art of Korean Empire The Korean Empire (1897-1910), proclaimed by Joseon’s 26th ruler King Gojong as an effort to modernize, is often neglected in Korea’s history. “Art of the Korean Empire ― The Emergence of Modern Art,” an exhibition on view at the National Museum of…
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World
An Overview about OBEY
OBEY is a street brand in the U.S founded by a world-renowned street artist Shepard Fairey in 2001. Fairey created OBEY clothing because he thought fashion was the most effective way in which people identify themselves. OBEY is famous for its simple but dynamic images. The brand also well represents…
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East Asia
“Into The Light”: a Route From Art to Social Issues
This is a story of art, disabilities, diplomacy, and democracy. A story in which the feeling of guilt is intertwined with the spiritual searching of a soul. An adventure that started in Gwangju, South Korea reached New York in the United States. And this was possible thanks to a partnership…
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Culture
Looking for needle in Gwangju Biennale’s haystack
Gwangju Biennale explores border issues in scattergun approach Under the theme “Imagined Borders,” derived from Benedict Anderson’s book “Imagined Communities,” the 2018 Gwangju Biennale deals with imminent issues such as refugees, migration, cold war, divisions and the digital divide. For this year’s Gwangju Biennale, 11 curators organized seven main exhibitions…
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Culture
Paper, Present
Normalization of digital media brought with it the assumption that print mediums—paper—would soon become obsolete. The popularity of Kindle tablets certainly suggested this, and offline news sources often went unread as there was always the more easily accessible online version. But for some artists, paper has become more than useful.…
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Culture
Chagall in Seoul
From May 28th to August 18th, the M Contemporary Museum, in Seoul, holds a special exhibition. Chagall is a project that assembles Marc Chagall’s artwork. The exhibition is divided into five different sections: Dreams, Fables, Religion, which includes Bible related artwork, War and Exodus, which combines Chagall’s famous illustrations, The…
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Culture
Looking and Painting through Windows
Born in Beirut, Lebanon, in 1973, Bilal Bassal is an artist currently living and working in Paris. After studying drawing and painting at Institute of Fine Arts in Lebanon, he settled down in France, where he studied The Art of Engraving and Printing at École supérieure des arts appliqués. In 2000, he…
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