IN THE 1930S, a savvy developer embarked on a real-estate venture in Samcheong, a neighborhood in the heart of Seoul that was once home to a six-hundred-year-old village. Using modern materials for an urban update to the traditional Korean building style, the company created the Bukchon Hanok Village, a tony residential area whose narrow winding streets are now firmly on the tourist map.On Monday of Seoul Art Week, Various Small Fires hosted a reception in one of Bukchon’s hanoks, whose basement had been retooled as a viewing room for a suite of painted prints by Kyungmi Shin. Those who snuck
Created by MMCA and presented in collaboration with prominent art institutions, Watch and Chill offers subscribers around the world the opportunity to watch the works from the participating institutions’ media collections.
International audiences have free access to the media collections of MMCA Korea, TONO festival, the Peabody Essex Museum, and the National Gallery of Victoria.