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Sculptor who scammed local governments with fraudulant career sentenced to jail

A sculptor who fabricated an illustrious international career to secure billions of won in public art contracts from local governments has been sentenced to prison on appeal.

2026.5.28

A view of the Plas Art Show's 2025 edition at Coex in Gangnam District, southern Seoul [PLAS ART SHOW]

Plas Art Show goes back to basics with renewed focus on its sculpture, 3-D work

The Plas Art Show returns for its 11th edition from June 4, featuring 102 galleries and 3,500 works under the theme “New Chance,” with stricter curation to maintain its sculptural focus amid rising costs.

2026.5.18

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The ″Golden Bat″ statue, a landmark sculpture inside the Golden Bat Exhibition Hall near Hampyeong Expo Park in Hampyeong County, South Jeolla [HAMPYEONG COUNTY]

Record-breaking gold prices cast new spotlight on 'Golden Bat' statue in Hampyeong County

Record-breaking gold prices are casting a new spotlight on the “Golden Bat” statue, a landmark sculpture mostly made from pure gold in Hampyeong County, South Jeolla.

2026.1.27

Tourists walk by the St. Peter's Basilica's exterior wall in Vatican City, which will have a sculpture of Korea's first Catholic priest, St. Andrew Kim Tae-gon (1821-1846), erected on it. [YONHAP]

Sculpture of Korea's first Catholic priest to be erected in Vatican

A sculpture of Korea's first Catholic priest, St. Andrew Kim Tae-gon (1821-1846), will be erected on the exterior wall of St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican, the Catholic Bishops' Conference of Korea said Friday.

2022.10.14

The overview of the Seoul Museum of Art's retrospective of the late artist Kwon Jin Kyu. The museum aimed to recreate the well and kiln in Kwon's actual atelier, shown here. [SEOUL MUSEUM OF ART]

Sculptures by Kwon Jin Kyu now on display at SeMA

The late sculptor Kwon Jin Kyu (1922-1973) is renowned for his busts with well-defined facial features. He preferred to make sculptures of people he was personally close to, and usually boldly skipped sculpting below the neck to guide all...

2022.4.12

Artist Jang Mee-kyung, known for her ceramic tiger statues, is in the final stage of coloring her tigers at her kkokdu [a traditional wooden doll] pottery studio in Seongbuk District, northern Seoul. [PARK SANG-MOON]

[ZOOM KOREA] Artist Jang Mee-kyung's tigers always change their stripes

In Korea, tigers are a symbol of bravery and are commonly seen in Korean folk culture, particularly mythology, fables and old sayings. Tigers have long been perceived as the guardians of Korea that defeat all sorts of disasters, plagues, demons...

2022.1.25

″Study of 'Self-Portrait group' fig no. 31″ (2021) [MOK JUNG-WOOK, KWON JIN-KYU COMMEMORATION FOUNDATION, PKM GALLERY]

Famed fashion photographer takes inspiration from renowned sculptor

Photography meets modern sculpture in a collaborative exhibition being held at PKM Gallery in Jongno District, central Seoul. In "Images of Eternity: Kwon Jin Kyu x Mok Jungwook," fashion photographer Mok Jung-wook captured the self-portrait...

2021.12.8

A close-up view of ″Sculptors″ by Xooang Choi [HAKGOJAE GALLERY]

Xooang Choi uses disaster to widen his horizons

Those who are familiar with Korean artist Xooang Choi, 46, who gained international fame for his uncanny hyper-realistic sculptures of distorted human bodies, might be surprised to see his new works now on view at Hakgojae Gallery in central Seoul.

2021.8.16