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Sometimes, two bite-sized paintings are all that it takes to encapsulate an artist’s decades-long quest to find beauty in the mundane and the simple.
Modern Korean art master Chang Uc-chin's (1917-90) first family portrait, “Family” (1955), thought to have been missing for six decades after its last known sale to a Japanese collector in 1964, has been rediscovered by the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea (MMCA).
Posted : 2020-12-21 08:40 Updated : 2020-12-21 12:52 Busan Biennale, held from September to November, was one of the few international art events that opened despite the COVID-19 pandemic. Courtesy of Busan Biennale. By Kwon Mee-yoo 1 Public museums closed for half year The National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea (MMCA) is currently on hiatus upon guidelines from the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism that have forced the shutdown of state-run museums as a precautionary measure against COVID-19. In fact, the museum's Seoul and Deoksu Palace branches have been closed for ...