>"Encounters Between Korean Art and Literature in the Modern Age at National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Deoksugung shares the stories of artists and writers who devoted themselves to art and literature during this paradoxical colonial era in Korea, focusing primarily on life in colonial Seoul (then known as Gyeongseong) in the 1930s and 40s. These cultural figures were free spirits who gathered in cafes and bars, condemned the absurdities of reality, promoted their own perception of a new era, and advocated the new avant-garde of knowledge, much like the École de Paris in France. Despite the overlying social contradictions and confusion, these artists and writers became a driving force, forming a deep solidarity as they cleared their own path through their shared belief in the abiding value of literature and art."