Andrés Gallardo Albajar's Korean Schooling captures the pastel-hued perfection of South Korean school buildings
2018
Rafael Rozendaal's work projected onto the world's biggest LED screen in Seoul
2012
Nicholas Bonner shares his collection of North Korean graphics collected since 1993
2018
Dave Prosser treats us to a beautiful snapshot of South Korean life in Mountain
2012
Seoul-based illustrator Yeon Ji Kang's beautifully thick-limbed ballerinas
2016
Two new projects from Korean-French publisher Animal Press
2017
Min Hyun-woo visits Korean villages to photograph the wit and wisdom of grandmothers
2020
Seoul-based Sujin’s illustrations depict sassy ladies with a cool attitude
2016
From Seoul to Chennai, London and back to Seoul again: Joonho Ko explains how travel has aided his illustrative practice
2021
The View from Seoul: Korean designers studying abroad have paved the way for a new generation
2024
Wild geese descending to sandbar
1467
Ancient Ritual Bronzes
1867
Books and Scholars' Possessions
1900
Box decorated with flowers and clouds
1700
Ornament with Decoration of Bird among Lotuses
Mirror decorated with dragons
1000
Mirror decorated with figures in a landscape
Earring (One of a Pair)
400
Rank Badge with Decoration of Two Cranes among Clouds
1800
Ornament with Decoration of a Dragon
Pine, Bamboo, Grape, and Squirrel
1700
Rank Badge with Decoration of Two Cranes among Clouds
1800
Earring (One of a Pair)
400
Mountain God with Tiger and Attendants
1874
Dragons Playing with the Sacred Pearl
1500
Vulture Peak Assembly
1736
Black lacquer box with phoenix designs
1700
Amitabha Buddha’s assembly in the Western Paradise
1767
Stationery box decorated with peony scrolls
1400
Chilbosan (Seven Jeweled Mountain)
1800
Evening bell from mist-shrouded temple (left); Autumn moon over Lake Dongting (right)
1440
Earring (one of a pair)
500
Golden Rooster and Hen
1800
Ornament with bird among lotuses
Rank Badge with Decoration of Two Cranes among Clouds
1800
Earring (one of a pair)
500
Mirror decorated with phoenixes and flowers
1100
Water-Moon Avalokiteshvara
1300
The Banquet of Guo Ziyi
1867
Gathering of government officials
1565
Earring (one of a pair)
400
Earring (one of a pair)
500
Red lacquer box for an inkstone
1800
Wise Men and Children
1800
Examining Antiques at Literati Gathering
1700
Washing the Horses in the Stream
1600
Clothing box decorated with dragons
1800
Rank Badge with a Pair of Cranes
1867
Rank badge with a crane (one of a pair)
1867
Earring (one of a pair)
500
Rank badge with a pair of tiger-leopards
1800
Civil-Official Hyungbae (Rank Badge)
1867
Saddle and Horse Trappings
1501
Examining Antiques at Literati Gathering
1700
Ornament in the shape of a phoenix
Examining Antiques at Literati Gathering
1700
Woodblock of Collected Poems of the House of Springtime Sleep
1800
Rainy Landscape with Travelers
1400
Rank badge with a crane (one of a pair)
1867
Civil-Official Hyungbae (Rank Badge)
1867
Examining the Hanging Picture
1640
Civil-Official Hyungbae (Rank Badge)
1867
Earring (one of a pair)
400
Table decorated with floral scroll
1800
Rank Badge with White Crane
1867
Earring (one of a pair)
500
Examining Antiques at Literati Gathering
1700
Box decorated with auspicious symbols
1790
Ornament with Decoration of Bird among Lotuses
Earring (one of a pair)
400
Ornament with bird among lotuses
Butterflies and Peonies
1834
Civil-Official Hyungbae (Rank Badge)
1867
Examining Antiques at Literati Gathering
1700
Earring (one of a pair)
400
Examining Antiques at Literati Gathering
1700
Rank Badge with White Crane
1867
Grapevine and Squirrels
1800
Earring (one of a pair)
400
Rank Badge with Leopard
1867
Box decorated with dragons
1800
Civil-Official Hyungbae (Rank Badge)
1867
Rank Badge with Crane
1867
Ornament in the shape of a phoenix
Civil-Official Hyungbae (Rank Badge)
1867
Earring (one of a pair)
500
Officer's Helmet with Crest
1501
Ancestral shrine painting
1800
Bodhisattva with Double Halo
1767
Examining Antiques at Literati Gathering
1700
Brahma with Attendants and Musicians
1567
Civil-Official Hyungbae (Rank Badge)
1867
Civil-official husu (Rear panel)
1800
Scholars Strolling by the Waterfall
1640
Cup with handle and foot ring
Box decorated with flowers and clouds
1700
Illustrated manuscript of the Lotus Sutra, Volume 2
1330
Earring (one of a pair)
500
Stationery box decorated with peony scrolls
1700
Civil-Official Hyungbae (Rank Badge)
1867
Portrait of the Great Master Seosan
1667
Scholar in a Lakeside Pavilion
1767
The Wise Men and Scrolls
1800
Gathering of government officials
1541
Earring (one of a pair)
500
Guanyin Seated on a Lotus Throne
1400
Examining Antiques at Literati Gathering
1700
Wise Men and Children
1800
Diplôme d'honneur. Golikoff (USSR). 1925
1925
Vintage Mintron Digital Quartz Watch, Time & Calendar, Red LED Display, By Mintronix Incorporated, Sunnyvale, California, USA Case, Original Mintron Band Made In Korea, Inside Of Watch Date Stamped 19
2018
Soviet pocket watch (2)
2007
Soviet pocket watch (1)
2007
Gold Chaika Pocket Watch made in the USSR
2014
Vintage Jimmy Pendolix Character Wrist Watch, Manual Wind, Made in Korea (10787771736)
2018
Vintage Mintron Digital Quartz Watch, Time & Calendar, Red LED Display, By Mintronix Incorporated, Sunnyvale, California, USA Case, Original Mintron Band Made In Korea, Inside Of Watch Date Stamped 19
2018
Really nice diploma design from Korean wizard Kyuhyung Cho
2012
Mary Perez documents Korean megachurches in an attempt to explore her own religious beliefs
2019
Stir + Support at Komfy Seoul poster
Photographs taken inside the Soviet cosmonaut training centre, Star City
2014
Photographer Philippe Chancel captures North Korea’s intensely choreographed ceremonies
2016
Seoul-based artist Dahye Choi gets inspired by “old spaces” and “ordinary things”
2019
Seoul-based design studio Press Room explores meaning through the physical
2019
A tribute to the repurposed churches of the Soviet Union
2018
Seoul-based Bowyer studio connects small shapes to form a big picture, inspired by Buddhist philosophy
2022
Dal Park animates the cultural differences between herself and her Korean grandmother
2019
Text: ЖЕНЩИНЫ В СОЦИАЛИСТИЧЕСКОМ СТРОИТЕЛЬСТВЕ СОЮЗА ССР [Women in Socialist Construction of the Soviet Union].
1933
Fantastic work from young South Korean designer Kyuho Kim
2015
Hair how-tos and curious chairs: The best projects from Seoul Design festival
2023
Photographer Alex Nazari explores Armenian history through its ubiquitous Soviet-era car, the Lada
2022
Young Korean designer Luna Seo makes the mundane magical
2012
A rare photographic insight into the everyday lives of the people of North Korea
2016
Seoul's Bohuy Kim is pumping out bold graphic design
2015
30. Рост числа детей в дошколь- ных учреждениях по СССР (1924-1932 rr.).(Growth in the number of children in preschool institutions in the USSR (1924-1932 rr.).)
1933
Korean studio fnt produce wonderfully simple printed matter
2014
Position of the U.S.S.R. in the world and in Europe in reference to amount of industrial output in 1913 and 1937
1939
Julia Autz documents Transnistria, a country steeped in Soviet nostalgia
2016
Seoul-based studio fnt have a particularly clean and consistent body of work
2012
Seoul-based Shrimp Chung’s dynamic designs are bright and full of impact
2017
Designing for all aspects of Korean culture: the multi-talented Everyday Practice
2019
Russian photographer Turkina Faso on the “post-Soviet aesthetic”
2017
How materialism affects a woman’s lifestyle according to Korean illustrator and artist Leebin Soyeon
2020
Relax and unwind in the hazy land of Korean illustrator Jeong Suji
2020
Soviet bus stops captured by worldly photographer Christopher Herwig
2012
South Korea-based animator Yoodowon’s lighthearted salute to the household blind
2016
U.S.S.R. U.S.S.R. Western Asia.
1953
Yoojin Ahn crafts cute and sentimental illustrations inspired by daily life in Seoul
2021
In South Korea, Triangle Studios is a one-man design powerhouse
2021
New exhibition sheds light on Korea’s most exciting artists and galleries
2023