To modern people, especially urban area people, few understand the meaning of farming or living as farmers. However, it was also hard to imagine in the 19th century. While other painters at the time were interested in brilliant landscapes, images of God, and religious pictures, one painter turned hi

You have likely seen the album jacket of The Beatles walking along a crossroad in a row. A woman photographer captured the natural moment as they prepared for filming. The woman not only captured The Beatles, but also lots of other musicians famous in the 1960s such as The Doors’ Jimi Hendrix and Er

What are your memories of an alley? Perhaps, in your youth you saw block friends playing there, make new friends with children that came by, or saw flower beds. There are some of my treasured memories. Though skyscrapers now line the city streets, behind those building the alleys still remain even i

What has round, large, sparkling eyes, a pointed small beak, and a flat face? Still a mystery? It hunts at night, and its eyes penetrate the dark. Perhaps, you have encountered it through lots of movies, fairy tales, and books such as Harry Potter. Has the answer become crystal clear? It’s the owl.

Bolivia is a country nurturing special poets, songs, and a long history. Park Nohae, a poet and photographer, leads people along Lake Titicaca, the highest lake in the world. Lake Titicaca was a place of peace for the Incas. They left their life stories around Lake Titicaca and it held fast their le

Have you ever seen the picture of a man screaming? In the picture, the stunningly skinny body and astonishing face seem a little puzzling. The male figure is among the most familiar modern art images and has been reproduced on items like t-shirts and refrigerator magnets. The image is Edvard Munch&#

In Western countries, people think angels connect life and death. Also, they think angels are companions of the deceased. Similar to an angel are the kokdu in Korea. Korea’s kokdu are small wooden dolls made for consoling and accompanying the spirit of the deceased. Small Wooden

Most people define Ethiopia as a country located in the northeast of Africa, with 19 million people, much of the nation faces famine and dispute. However, Park Nohae, a poet and a photographer, views Ethiopia from a somewhat different perspective and expressed the country through beautiful photograp

Do you remember the animation movie Howl’s Moving Castle? The main character Howl lived in a house that could be transported by magic. The surprising thing is that although the house couldn’t move without Howl’s magic, the house was made of technological materials like crews and saw toothed wheels.

Just as Seoul is always developing, its urban lifestyle and housing environment are also changing dramatically. Now, people live in high-rise residential buildings and digitalized homes. So, it is not

Have you ever heard of Kangfull? He is a famous cartoonist, especially in the field of webtoons. Kangfull is the first generation of webtoon artists and since his webtoons have become popular, the num

PHOTO BY KGH Just from the following description, guess the person! First, this person is from the port city, Malaga, Spain and was a cubist in France. The person had seven wives throughout his life.

ALL PHOTOS BY KJH Tired of the heavy rainfalls of hardships that life dishes out? Howabout making use of an umbrella? There is a place willing to be yourumbrella. It’s Seoul’s Citizens Hal

There was a man who lived most of his life in war. He left many masterpieces depicting the cruelty and violence of war. His tool to show war’s truth was a ‘Camera.’ Many people call him a brave war correspondent, but he was actually really afraid of war. Also, he was a great humanitarian known in modern society for his war correspondence. His name is Robert Capa. The year of 2013 marks the centenary year of his birth. Also, it is the 60th anniversary of the end of the Korean War by truce. Now, let’s look at the nearest war to us through Capa’s eye.

I love that you get cold when it’s 71 degrees out,I love that it takes you an hour and a half to order a sandwich,I love that you get a little crinkle above your nose when you’re looking a

Because today many movies are made three-dimensional (3D), you may have watched 3D movies at least once with special glasses.What did you feel when you watched it? Didn’t the image pop up from the screen and approach to you?Then, you have experienced the 3D art already. However, there are many artists, include Benja Harney, who make 2D to 3D by using paper.They make flat paper to be pop-up art. Aren’t you curious what the paper pop up art is?Don’t you wonder what 3D papers look like? Then, let’s look at what kinds of art crafts are exhibited.

When we were young, things such as sand, mirrors, and paper, became our toys. However, as we get aged, we tend to struggle with what we can play with. To our life that got tedious, art toys present colors to our gray life. Michael Lau, who is one of the founders of Art Toys, set up an exhibition—”ARTOY since michael lau” in Korea. He hopes to broaden up our minds and save us from boredom. He shouts at us loud with his art toys: Can we open up your brain!

“With eyes of kids, everything looks new and fresh. It is easy to look things with a unique view. So the feeling and experiences make me to think differently,” film director, film producer, writer and artist ‘Tim Burton’ said. From November 2009, his first exhibition “Tim Burton” was held in Museum of Modern Art in New York. This exhibition fascinated 800,000 audiences, and it ranked third most visited exhibition in the world. And “Tim Burton” in Seoul Museum of Art is the first in Asia and will be the last world widely.

“I decided not to be discouraged and sentimental neglecting works alone. Eating strawberries in spring is part of life, but that lasts only a few days, and most of the months are grey and gloomy. But in that gloom one can learn something new,” wrote Vincent van Gogh on December 21st, 1881 in a letter to Theo van Gogh (his younger brother).

As people living in the twenty-first century, we often wonder what the ideal relationship is between past and present. About this question, maybe nine out of ten would answer that past and present should be in harmony. And just as if another question is waiting for the answer, this new question follows right behind your answer, “Then how can we make harmony between them?” Now, how can you answer it? Maybe no one can give a perfectly right answer, because it is not a problem of facts but of values. However, we need to think and should have our own thoughts. “How can the past and present be in harmony?”