Hongdae is a neighborhood with art galleries, trendy restaurants, pretty shops and L7 HONGDAE. We picked a few galleries worth checking out in the area.

An art museum dedicated to Korean-Japanese architecture Jun Itami, also known as Yoo Dong Ryong, who famously designed Bangju Church and Museum Water, Wind, Stone in Jeju, has opened.

From the first powered airplane by the Wright brothers to the F/A-18 aircraft featured in <Top Gun: Maverick>, the place has everything related to flight. For those who have a travel plan to Seattle, it definitely widens the range of choices for activities in the city, which often seem to revolve around visiting the Original Starbucks. We’re talking about the Museum of Flight here.

A major exhibition by Edward Hopper is underway at Seoul Museum of Art. His works are typically highlighted by dry and yet exquisite palette, people who still look lonely even as they engage in conversations, and lives of the modern people that transcend their time. Don’t miss this great opportunity.

Following the footsteps of RM, the leader of Korean boy band BTS who is known for his love of art, we checked out restaurants, cafes, and bars that could make your art tours at Samcheong-dong galleries. The windows with views of picture-perfect scenery are what they all have in common.

Wolrim-ri in Hallim-eup, Jeju, is home to a provincial art museum dedicated to Kim Tschang-yeul, the artist best known for water drops. Meet Kim Tschang-Yeul Art Museum Jeju.

A municipal art museum has opened in the industrial city of Ulsan. Art exhibitions by diverse artists and fun content on display are expected to change the stereotypical notion about Ulsan into a city where art is found.

Walk through Anyang Art Park, and you may just run into pieces by famous Korean or international artists.

Shepard Fairey, who has pushed street art into the mainstream art market, will have an exhibition at LOTTE Museum of Art. It’s an opportunity to appreciate the positive influence that art can have.

The Leeum has reopened, and the SongEun Art and Cultural Foundation started afresh at its new building. Interest in art is growing more rapidly.

For the longest time, people who enjoyed and appreciated arts headed to Seochon. The neighborhood has both traditional homes and contemporary buildings resembling a well, had restaurants for buckwheat noodle and for Spanish cuisine. Here are some of the top Seochon destinations today.

A special exhibition titled < Peonies, the Flowers of Peace and Prosperity > is taking place at the National Palace Museum of Korea located in the Gyeongbokgung complex.

In Bangucheon in Ulju, a county in the western part of Ulsan, we encountered the mysterious world from a distant past.

How many arts can an individual collect? If you are curious about the answer, look into the Bourse de Commerce in Paris. A new contemporary art museum was opened by Kering founder and art collector François Pinault in the French capital of Paris.

The Seoul Museum of Craft Art opened its doors to the public, giving them access to an extensive archive on the history of traditional handicraft in Korea and modern craft of today. Seoul has become that much fuller.

We felt this place transcended the conventional definition of a museum or a gallery. HYBE INSIGHT has been built to show everything that happens within the realms of ‘music,’ be it rhythm, lyrics, melody, choreography, work put in by artists and the fruits that they enjoy.

People go to Jeju-do for different reasons these days. Instead of gourmet food and pristine nature, people have started going to Jeju to experience art. The Arario Museum is in the forefront of the trend.

The National Aviation Museum of Korea, offering a comprehensive look at the history of aviation and the industry’s present, is located near Gimpo International Airport in Seoul. At the museum, you can learn more about the history of aircraft and aviation technology in Korea, with interactive features readily available. It’s a perfect place to take your children on a warm, spring day in May.

Shin Hong Gyu, the New York-based gallerist of Shin Gallery, talks about New York and the art market today.

Have you heard about Yonglidan-gil? Sinyongsan is resurging. From Sinyongsan Station where Amore Pacific Headquarters is located to Samgakji Station, streets and alleys are witnessing a boom in restaurant and cafe businesses encouraged by the continuing rise in the number of young visitors including workers from nearby office buildings. Here are several must-visit places that we’ve selected after careful consideration.

During the Victoria Age, the advent of railways allowed so many people to view oceans for the first time. Now, in 2020, the Arte Museum, built by d’strict in Jeju as an immersive art exhibition hall, will bring you auroras of the Polar Regions. This is the story about beauty made possible by technology.

You’ve seen an art exhibition at a museum. You’ve had enough artistic inspirations. Then your next course of action is shopping. We’ve handpicked must-shop items from art shops at five museums and galleries in Seoul.

A genius, graffiti art, and untimely death may simply put into words the life of Jean-Michel Basquiat. His works are coming to Korea to be featured in the first-ever large-scale exhibition in the nation. It will likely be the last opportunity to see Basquiat’s art in person in such a large volumn for the time being.

Ulsan is known as an industrial town. But is it really that bad of a travel destination? We went searching for places that you could visit with friends, lovers and family.

Vietnam is a multiethnic nation made up of 54 distinct groups. The Viet people account for the largest portion of the population at over 85 percent. The rest of the 53 ethnic minorities have unique lifestyles, each with its own language and culture, residing in rural or mountainous areas. Travel writer Jeon Hye-in who lives in Hanoi gives us an overview of the minority culture of Vietnam, including an introduction to the food, clothing, shelter, and religion of ethnic groups, as she tours the Vietnam Museum of Ethnology. The last remaining piece of a puzzle to truly understand Vietnam is none other than the 15-percent ethnic population. Here are their stories.

Buyeo was the last capital of Baekje. When the excavation of the Royal Tomb of King Muryeong yielded massive amounts of relics, it helped shed a new light on Baekje’s culture. For the most part, though, Buyeo and Baekje remain on the periphery. Lee Neogg, an art historian who has served as the director of the Buyeo National Museum, extols virtues of the great Baekje culture and tells us why we should visit Buyeo.

A single egg can show you the ultimate jewelry craftsmanship. So how did the Easter tradition lead to the world’s most beautiful eggs?

Russia was the world’s first to dream of space travel, and it cherishes the traces of its decades-long efforts and challenges aimed at exploring space.

The COVID-19 pandemic has put more distance between people, while making borders even clearer than before. But there are still many different ways we can enjoy art and culture. You can still enrich your life amid social distancing. You can visit the iconic Hermitage in St. Petersburg, Russia, right on your computer or smartphone, thanks to a five-hour, one-take cinematic tour shot on an iPhone. Here are some other art museums and concert venues that are offering virtual tours and free performances.

Seattle has two famous structures: the Seattle Central Library by Rem Koolhaas and the Museum of Pop Culture by Frank O. Gehry. The two are both cultural spaces but they differ vastly when it comes to the architects’ perspectives on their creations.

As the sun set, darkness enwrapped the museum. Largely dependent on natural sunlight coming through the big windows with only minimal indirect lights inside the building, the place reacts candidly to the flow of time. The Museum SAN, which resembles a lonesome island that has isolated itself from the bustling city, presents a private experience of relaxation, freedom, and beauty amid nature and art.

Seosomun Shrine History Museum has become one of Seoul’s hottest ‘Instagrammable’ places. But it’d be a shame if you just go there to take photos. Architects Lee Sang-rae and Park Jong-min took their cameras to Seosomun Historical Park, where Seosomun Shrine History Museum is located. We let these architects guide us and explore the significance of the museum.

For Koreans, kimjang, or the making of kimchi, is more than just about preparing and preserving kimchi for the winter. We eat kimchi all year round and uses a wide variety of ingredients to make kimchi. We took a closer look at kimjang, listed as a UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage, and the significance of kimchi, which is the face of the Korean cuisine.

Painter Félix Vallotton influenced the European art community in the late 19th century and even the modern film world. Fast forward 100 years, his artworks are in bloom again in New York.

The Return of the Prodigal Son by Rembrandt is a masterpiece on display at the State Hermitage Museum in Russia. Guess who is guarding this precious oil painting? It’s none other than the royal cat guards with 250 years of history.

Buildings help complete the landscape of the city they occupy. By exploring old buildings that have remained in place in Busan, we developed a new appreciation of the city's landscape and also the modern history of Korea.

An exhibition by James Jean, who began his career as an illustrator and has since moved over to fine art and commercial art, is underway in Seoul. It's the largest of his shows to date. We sat down with Jean in that dreamlike and peculiar world of his.

'Colorless, odorless and flavorless.' To Russian people, vodka is a way of life and a liquor of their spirits. They don't just drink vodka to battle bitter cold. Russians enjoy ice cold vodka anytime, anywhere. There's a reason a vodka museum can be found in many different cities in Russia.

Thanks to the David Hockney exhibition underway since March 22, the Seoul Museum of Art is a full house everyday. Even without the reference to Hockney as “the most expensive living artist,” it is exhilarating enough to think that we can see so many of his works right here in Seoul.

Baekje was one of the Three Kingdoms that fell in 660, and Buyeo was Baekje's last capital. We headed out to the historical city where time stands still. We took a day trip as we traced the history of the ancient kingdom.

Russia’s longstanding cultural and artistic achievements remain all over the city of Moscow. However, if you want to learn about Russia’s contemporary art of today, the Garage Museum of Contemporary Art would be where you want to go. We asked Katya Inozemtseva, senior curator at the Garage Museum, some of the questions we had about the place.

St. Petersburg is home to one of the world's greatest art museums, an iconic ballet theater and other spectacular buildings. Russia's second-largest city and its old capital, St. Petersburg is never short on tourists.

In an archaic snack box printing factory where conveyor belts no longer turn sits an incubator of contemporary art. It took only 10 years for Dia:Beacon in New York to position itself as one of the world's leading galleries housing contemporary art collections.

A new landmark opened by the riverside in Lisbon, Portugal. MAAT, which exhibits works related to art, architecture and technology, is also a place where the city of Lisbon and its people meet. The bending slope by the river keeps drawing in visitors.

If you are traveling with your family, including children, a must-visit place at your destination would be a museum or an exhibition center of some kind. In New York, the American Museum of Natural History has newly opened the Richard Gilder Center for Science, Education, and Innovation.

St. Petersburg is such a classical city but contemporary art has also found home there. The Erarta Museum of Contemporary Art, the largest of its kind in Russia, offers a closer look at the state of contemporary art in Russia and Europe today.

There is an art warehouse in Korea that serves also as an art museum. It’s the story of the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art Cheongju. Anyone can view and access the extensive art collections the museum has in its inventory.

Let’s visit the world of fairy tales, all built by Hans Christian Andersen. H.C. Andersen’s House, a museum built on 12 of Andersen’s most famous stories, including < The Snow Queen >, < The Ugly Duckling > and < The Little Mermaid >, has opened.

Among many ways to take a trip without boarding a plane, perhaps the most frugal and enjoyable one is to read about your destinations. Kim Hee-eun, director of Gallery Cartina and author of the book <Stories of Russian Paintings, Richer than Galleries>, will serve as your guide to the State Tretyakov Gallery, one of Russia’s top art museums.

Just how do we enjoy architecture of cities without traveling there? It’s easy. You can Google up names of buildings you’d like to see, and the search will take you to the other side of the world. It’s all through photography. Kim Yong-kwan is a photographer who takes pictures of buildings. He has captured Leeum, Samsung Museum of Art, the old National Museum of Korea, the new building for Seoul City Hall, and the Stone, Wind and Water by Jun Itami. Kim has documented many of Korea’s famous buildings, including ones in Seoul, which has been going through rapid changes, with the rapid rotation of construction and demolition, since Kim began taking architectural photos in the 1990s.

New York’s Museum of Modern Art reopened in October after a major renovation that took four months. What should we focus on in this iconic space of exhibition now expanded by more than 30 percent?

The city of films, Busan, is turning into the one of art. Various museums are opening in the city, along with art fairs, adding one more to the list of attractions that Busan has other than films and the sea.