Exploring how an artist’s spirituality and philosophy are embedded in their art is an intriguing aspect of fully appreciating ...

The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston 's Korea Gallery, the first gallery dedicated to Korean art in the southern United States, will reopen on May 16 after a renovation and newly configured installation.

Some Korean paintings of this period reflect a playful approach to Confucian and Buddhist ideals, particularly in their attunement to nature. The gyehoedo genre of paintings claimed to depict ...

So just who was Confucius, anyway? It’s a question I’ve been hearing a lot lately. Confucius: Who was he? A kind of Chinese Jesus? A martial arts master? A bitter old man with a long, wispy beard? A ...

Translating Traditional Korean Movement to ‘a Language for Our Time’ “One Dance,” part of Korean Arts Week at Lincoln Center, puts a contemporary spin on rituals and ceremonies.

Photographer Kim Seunggu documents “leisure culture” in South Korea, a country that recently proposed increasing its maximum working week from 52 to 69 hours and where “gwarosa,” or death ...

Manga and manhwa stem from unique cultural backgrounds, showcasing diverse themes and artistic styles that reflect Japan and ...

"The Space Between: The Modern in Korean Art" is the first major museum survey to examine art produced during a huge cultural transformation in Korea.

The property exhibits an outstanding testimony to thriving Neo-Confucian academies that promoted learning of Neo-Confucianism, which was introduced from China and became fundamental to every aspect of ...

The art displayed in this section contains pieces that start to take art to its extreme, replete with all sorts of abstract and contemporary techniques. Korean artists begin to cast off all foreign ...

My visit to Korea was an opportunity to directly experience Korean culture, which I previously accessed through books, art or French fans of Hallyu (Korean Wave) who love K-dramas or K-pop. With ...

A winding path into the belly of Cullinan Hall at Museum of Fine Arts, Houston eventually deposits visitors into the newly reopened Arts of Korea Gallery. Between renovations — a new floor and ...