Popularity of monochrome paintings ramps up strong HK sales of Korean auction houses At K Auction’s Hong Kong sale on March 25, Korean monochrome paintings, dubbed Dansaekhwa, led strong sales, ...

K Auction is one of Korea’s foremost auction houses, specializing in both modern and contemporary Korean art, traditional artifacts, and international artists. With seasonal auctions occurring in both ...

Colin has been writing about the ups and downs of the global art market for three decades. A regular contributor to a number of notable art world publications he writes The Telegraph’s monthly Art ...

LONDON ―Korean modern art has never been at the center of international art scene ― until the "dansaekhwa," or the Korean monochrome movement that began in the 1970s, was rediscovered about 30 years ...

Few people—aside from perhaps her mother—have played as pivotal a role in positioning South Korea on the global art map as New York-based dealer Tina Kim. Born in South Korea and raised in California, ...

"Dansaekhwa" is the talk of the art community across the globe these days. This seminal movement in Korean modern art is gaining attention for its unique form of Korean modernism. Dansaekhwa literally ...

Think of South Korea today – K-pop, karaoke and plastic surgery will surely come to mind, followed by images of Seoul’s cutting-edge districts, where the latest trends in food, fashion and art are ...

Detail of a painting by Ha Chong-Hyun, from the “Conjunction” series, hanging in his studio. In recent years, the Dansaekhwa movement in Korea has been having a moment, to say the least. The abstract ...

SEOUL, Jan. 28 (Yonhap) -- Chung Sang-hwa, one of contemporary Korean art's preeminent practitioners of monochrome abstract painting, or "dansaekhwa," died Wednesday at the age of 93. The painter ...

SEOGWIPO, Jeju Island – Park Seo-bo, the 91-year-old master of dansaekhwa, or Korean monochrome painting, surprised his fans last month by announcing on his Instagram that he was diagnosed with lung ...

At K Auction’s Hong Kong sale on March 25, Korean monochrome paintings, dubbed Dansaekhwa, led strong sales, proving its steady popularity among international collectors. A 1975 abstract painting by ...