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Summer of Seoul: why the South Korean capital is a new art world hub

The Week in Art

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The Craft Prize for the Wevey

This year's prize is being held in the sole museum of craft art, which opened last year. I have always felt like there was a need, i think, globally, for craft prize that was able to kind of be used as a platform to really promote individuals. So could you tell us a little bit about how it's made? When i first saw this piece, i onnly at saw it in images. And what is amazing is it's completely woven. It's done out of a certain type of horse in which there is nearly, like a translucency to the hair. The practice of horsehair weaving is actually quite ancient to corea and china as well.

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