[HanCinema's Digest] Photography and Art
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See the stunning Songwon Artwork Centre in Seoul, Lee Ufan forgeries are circulating Korea's art market, Kotaku features work by Won Chun Choi in an awesome gallery, and South Korea has the mostly privately funded museums in the world.
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"Steel Modern Shaped Art Centre In South Korea"
Ross Broke features the Songwon Artwork Centre's unique and striking design in Seoul. And it's even more attractive on the inside! Very modern, and very awesome.
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"12 'Poorly Forged' Lee Ufan Paintings Spark Investigation in South Korea"
Apparently South Korea's art market has been infiltrated by some counterfeit Lee Ufan paintings, sparking an investigation into twelve paintings that were found to be forgeries: "According to the artnet Price Database, Ufan's 1977 painting From Point (3 Works) is the highest price paid, which sold for $2,229,132 in 2012".
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"Fine Art: The Warmest Space Marine"
Kotaku features works by Won Chun Choi, a South Korean artist who's involved in the gaming industry, most notably the game "Warhammer 40K". Enjoy some of his work in this great gallery of his fantastical creations!
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"South Korea tops global list for private art museums"
In this piece, The Art Newspapers reveals that South Korea ranks the highest in the world in terms of its number of private art museums: "Following South Korea (with 45 privately funded museums), the US ranks second with 43, followed by Germany (42), China (26), Italy (19) and Japan (11). After Seoul (13 museums), the cities with the most private museums are Beijing and Berlin (nine each), Miami (eight), Athens (seven), Guangzhou and Moscow (six each), New York (five) and, with four each, Brussels, Istanbul, London, Jeju Island and Shanghai".
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