Tag: art history

Art collectors and buyers are seen at a Christie's auction on Korean dansaekhwa artist Kim Whan-ki's works at a venue in Hong Kong in 2019. [JOONGANG ILBO]

'Dansaekhwa' has taken over the modern art world. But the story of how that happened is up for debate.

Most everyone has heard of dansaekhwa, the Korean monochrome style of painting which has set sale records at global auctions. But its global rise raises a larger question: Why did this particular genre become the face of Korean art? And what's next?

2026.5.26

Rare exhibition sheds light on foreign researchers of Korean art

It was not a Korean but a German missionary who wrote the first book about the overall history of Korean art, according to Kim Daljin Art Archives and Museum. The museum recently started a rare exhibition that sheds light on foreign researchers of..