[HanCinema's Digest] Photography and Art
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10 Magazine visits 4 great art museums in the capital, a new book gives a rare glimpse into the world of North Korean marketing, Soompi catches the stars on the red carpet from the 2017 Korean Popular Culture & Arts Awards, and these are South Korea's most photogenic staircases.
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"4 ART MUSEUMS IN SEOUL FOR STARING AT"
"[Seoul] has a very distinct art scene that can often be hidden to those who don't actively look for it", writes Yeji Lee, a Korean-Canadian, on 10 Magazine. In this post, Yeji highlights four art museums in Korea's capital that every art lover will appreciate. The ARA Modern Art Museum, for example, is a modern art museum situated within the ARA Art cultural complex in the trendy Insa-dong area. There's also the Leeum Samsung Museum of Art, which only recently opened its doors to the public.
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"Bonner gives glimpse into North Korean graphics"
Nicholas Bonner's book "Made in North Korea: Graphics From Everyday Life in the DPRK" provides new insight into North Korea through its emerging visual culture. Bonner's book is by no means exhaustive, but it does give "a rare glimpse into the everyday life of North Korea, covered with state-controlled, propaganda graphics unknown to the world". Bonner notes that "The idea that North Korea is best is reinforced and amplified in all manner of products".
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"2017 Korean Popular Culture & Arts Awards Red Carpet"
If you weren't able to catch the 2017 Korean Popular Culture & Arts Awards but wanted to see all the stars on the red carpet, click on through to Soompi for snaps of Korea's top talents at the ceremony. There were 28 winners in total this year, did your favourite stars get recognized this year?
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"7 OF SEOUL'S MOST INSTAGRAM WORTHY STAIRCASES"
Amy Baik, an Australian-Korean based in Seoul, has scoured Instagram for examples of Korea's innovative design and artful architecture, something Amy thinks is captured in "Seoul's visually striking staircases". In this post on 10 Magazine you'll find over half a dozen photographs of some of Seoul's most eye-catching stairways, including walkways from Dongdaemun Design Plaza, the Iowa Mural Village, and the Sulwhasoo flagship store. "If you want to jazz up your Instagram feed with some of Seoul's best design gems- here are 7 of Seoul's most Instagram-worthy staircases..."
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