One of South Korea's Most Famous Paintings, but by Whom?

A single painting dominates a dimly lit corner in one of South Korea’s most famous museums. It’s about the size of a magazine. It doesn’t deserve any superlatives — it’s not the grandest, most beautiful, nor the most radical among all the paintings on display. It would’ve been a forgettable work of art under any other circumstance. It’s just a simple portrait of a woman. “A lot of people come to the museum just to see this painting,” a guide told a crowd of twenty or so visitors huddling aroun