A choice of Korea’s most fun modern artists have been chosen for this 12 months’s Korean Artists Right now, a long-term mission which can see a cohort of artists chosen annually for his or her potential to make it on the worldwide stage. See the total listing right here.

Woo Hannah first attracted widespread worldwide consideration because the recipient of the inaugural Artist Award at Frieze Seoul in September 2023. Her successful fee, The Nice Ballroom, took the type of a large-scale set up that includes gigantic, vivid material draperies hanging from the eight-metre-high ceiling of the exhibition corridor.

The enveloping work invited guests to expertise and respect the passage of time and to have fun the ageing feminine physique, with pendulous breast-like loops of textile and elaborate, decorative foldings, creasings and crumplings seen by Woo as analogous to the wrinkling and sagging of human pores and skin. “In my rococo-style ballroom everybody celebrates one another’s youth and their oldness, I don’t wish to make any hierarchies between youth and outdated age,” she says, including that, “I needed to create a brand new creature with ladies’s breasts that had been additionally within the form of a wing of a bat—as a result of I really like bats, they’re so cute, and they’re so stigmatised, particularly since coronavirus.”

A playfully subversive need to dissolve inflexible distinctions and to combine up established categorisations—whether or not in artwork, biology or society—runs by way of Woo’s work. She says that “certainly one of my principal goals and concepts is to reject binary divisions and to determine a horizontal relationship with us and all beings; nature shouldn’t be within the background.” The selection of material as her major medium is one other manner during which Woo may be versatile, fluid and problem creative conventions: “Utilizing material you may combine several types of texture—it’s an excellent materials to precise bizarre however lovely issues.”

One other of Woo’s preoccupation is our bodies, particularly these of girls. In 2019 Woo found that certainly one of her kidneys had mysteriously shrunk to grow to be considerably smaller than the opposite. “I don’t understand how or when it occurred, possibly once I was younger, however now I’m actually interested by what is taken into account regular or irregular, and inspecting relationships and pairings of organs.” Impressed by her private scenario and “emotions of loss and possessiveness”, Woo has created many works that play with and off bodily types. These embody a collection of material luggage that mimic the form of varied organs, starting from the uterus to the hippocampus and blood vessels. Different material sculptures mix representations of female and male anatomy to problem what we select to disclose or conceal and what’s thought of macabre or monstrous.

Lately Woo has been letting her darkish humour run riot by creating new fantastical organs and physique components. A collection of flower-like material sculptures referred to as Bleeding have fun the month-to-month feminine menstrual cycle; and he or she is at the moment inventing new organs to enhance people who we already possess, and to fulfil a few of her interspecies ambitions. These embody a “reminiscence pouch”, “as a result of I very simply neglect issues”; and units of material gills, “as a result of I’ve a need to breathe in water and to satisfy and converse with fish.”

• Woo Hannah gained the Frieze Artist Award at Frieze Seoul 2023; latest solo exhibitions embody at G Gallery, Seoul, and No.9 Cork Avenue, London

The tropical disturbance within the Gulf of Mexico formally grew to become Tropical Storm Alberto on Wednesday morning, however mercifully it isn’t as disturbing for the Houston space because it might have been. Area Metropolis Climate meteorologist Eric Berger spoke to Houston Issues on Wednesday.

Earlier this week the storm seemed to be monitoring towards Houston.

“Since then, it’s grow to be clear that the stronger rains can be a little bit bit nearer to the floor and so, should you go about 50 miles south of Houston, you begin to see a lot heavier rainfall. We’re simply we’re type of on the northern fringe of it.”

These areas are additional south than Galveston and embody Matagorda Bay, Southern Brazoria County and Corpus Christi areas.

“Galveston may be very a lot seeing winds and the excessive seas from the tropical disturbance,” Berger stated.

“Most areas are seeing one inch or much less of rain, far lower than we anticipated a few days in the past,” he stated. “However the upside is that we’re going to see a cooler day in mid-June. Summer season solstice is developing quickly and we’re going to see highs within the 80s. So it’s not all unhealthy.”

Berger added that the world can see winds and scattered showers and thunderstorms, however “nothing severe by way of flooding potential.”

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Some Galveston impacts

Down in Galveston, crimson flags blown by sturdy winds have been posted up and down the seaside close to Pleasure Pier, signifying harmful situations as jetties have been washed over with excessive water. Some surfers took benefit, like Bradley.

“Any tropical melancholy or, like, storm is fairly good on the climate,” Bradley stated. “I imply you do take a threat, should you’re not an skilled surfer or no matter, simply due to the riptides and the totally different obstacles which are within the water.”

Bradley and his browsing associate Matthew Creighton spent two hours within the water. He stated it is one thing he seems to be ahead to when a storm blows in, bringing higher waves. Galveston seaside officers have warned of sturdy rip tides and different harmful water situations related to the tropical storm.

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Tim Cady, a meteorologist with the Nationwide Climate Service in Houston, stated they will be keeping track of coastal flooding as excessive tide approaches Thursday morning.

“When we now have these sturdy onshore winds mixed with the excessive tide, that may end up in coastal inundation, significantly in our lower-lying coastal areas,” Cady stated.

Landfall in Mexico on Thursday

The middle of the storm was anticipated to succeed in the northeastern coast of Mexico south of the mouth of the Rio Grande by early Thursday morning.

Michael Brennan, director of the Nationwide Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Nationwide Hurricane Middle, stated that winds might rise up to 45 mph to 50 mph earlier than the storm makes landfall.

As a lot as 5 inches to 10 inches of rain was anticipated in some areas alongside the Texas coast, with even increased remoted totals doable, Brennan stated. He stated some increased areas in Mexico might see as a lot as 20 inches of rain, which might end in mudslides and flash flooding, particularly within the states of Tamaulipas, Coahuila and Nuevo Leon.

Spencer Plato and The Related Press contributed to this report.

The primary named storm of the hurricane season was shifting towards Mexico’s Gulf Coast on Wednesday, threatening rainfall of as much as 20 inches there, in addition to flooding and heavy rain in Texas, officers stated.

Tropical Storm Alberto shaped over the western Gulf of Mexico on Wednesday morning, and its middle is anticipated to succeed in Mexico’s Gulf coast early Thursday, in accordance with the Nationwide Hurricane Middle.

The storm is giant, with tropical-storm-force winds extending out 415 miles.

A tropical storm warning is in impact for the northeastern coast of Mexico, in addition to the Texas coast from the mouth of the Rio Grande as much as San Luis Go, which is close to Houston. Excessive winds and as a lot as 10 to fifteen inches of rain are anticipated in Corpus Christi.

Gov. Greg Abbott issued a catastrophe declaration for 51 Texas counties “to make sure Texans and at-risk areas have the sources and personnel wanted to answer this storm,” he stated in an announcement.

With most sustained winds close to 40 mph, the storm is anticipated to strengthen barely because it approaches land, then weaken quickly as soon as its middle strikes inland.

The middle of Alberto was about 150 miles east of Tampico, Mexico, and round 320 miles southeast of Brownsville, Texas, as of seven p.m. native time, in accordance with the Nationwide Hurricane Middle. It was touring west-southwest at about 9 mph.

The Nationwide Climate Service stated average coastal flooding was noticed throughout the Texas Gulf Coast on Wednesday.

Dustin Leeds and Kristine Martin, of Houston, had been on trip in Freeport, Texas, and woke as much as floodwaters that had been thigh-high.

Martin wakened at round 5:30 a.m. after having heard heavy rain: “I opened the blinds and was like, ‘Huh, the ocean appears nearer,’” she joked.

Residents appeared to be taking it in stride. Properties are raised within the space due to flood threat, and many individuals had moved their automobiles to security prematurely.

“All people’s nonetheless of their properties. There’s two different households in homes proper round us that had been simply — they had been hanging out, dwelling their greatest life,” Leeds stated.

A storm surge of two to 4 ft is feasible from Sargent, Texas, to the Sabine Go.

On Thursday, the storm’s middle is forecast to maneuver west into Mexico then weaken, probably dissipating by Thursday evening, the Nationwide Hurricane Middle stated.

Some components of Mexico, together with Coahuila, Nuevo León and Tamaulipas, may get most totals of 20 inches of rain, the hurricane middle stated.

Tornadoes had been additionally doable Wednesday throughout components of Texas, it stated. Areas of southern Texas inland from Corpus Christi had been beneath a twister watch Wednesday night, affecting greater than 1 million folks.

The Texas A&M Forest Service has mobilized 4 groups comprising 100 personnel and 24 automobiles, whereas the Texas Nationwide Guard has three platoons of greater than 40 personnel in complete, alongside 20 automobiles, together with Chinook helicopters.

The climate service suggested folks in areas affected by the storm to have 5 to seven days’ provides of meals, water and different requirements readily available.

Greater than 82 million folks had been beneath some type of warmth advisory Wednesday. The warmth wave is about to final by means of no less than Friday.

Kevin Costner has damaged his silence about his alleged romance with Jewel. 

Throughout an look on “The Howard Stern Present,” the “Yellowstone” actor — whose divorce from ex Christine Baumgartner was finalized in February — defined the character of his relationship with the folks singer and admitted that they’ve truly “by no means gone out.”

After Stern stated he had “heard rumors,” Costner replied, “No, Jewel and I are pals. We have by no means gone out ever. She’s particular, and I do not need, I do not need these rumors to spoil our friendship as a result of that is what we have now. She’s particular to me. She’s stunning sufficient to exit with.” 

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“How does that s— begin? Kevin, how does that work,” Stern requested. 

“We had been down at [Richard] Branson’s island. She has a basis, which I did not know, and she or he was a part of the muse. And Richard Branson has been asking me for years to come back all the way down to Necker Island, and so I lastly did,” he stated.

“I am divorced unexpectedly. I am a single father, and he is requested me for, you understand, 10 years to come back down there. I stated, ‘I assume I am going to go down,'” he continued. 

“I acquired on a airplane with 9 folks. Jewel was one in every of them. Emma Watson was one in every of them. She was any person I simply had some large conversations with together with Emma,” he stated. “The rumor was, I went down on a personal airplane along with her and I went again on a personal airplane along with her,” he added. “I used to be on with 9 folks and, and I do not need the press to spoil this for us, as a result of … I’ve had conversations along with her, textual content sensible, and she or he’s so sensible, and she or he’s been by loads herself, and so we have now a friendship. We do not have a romance, and we have not dated.”

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“She’s stunning and sensible sufficient for all these issues. It simply has by no means occurred for us,” he stated. “She’s every little thing you may suppose, but it surely simply hasn’t occurred.” 

He admitted he additionally needed to “clarify” to his kids, who had additionally inquired in regards to the rumors. 

In December, the duo was noticed getting cozy with each other throughout a visit to the British Virgin Islands. 

Jewel shared a gaggle picture, together with Kevin Costner, on her Instagram to have a good time the fundraising occasion. (Jewel/Instagram)

Pictures obtained by TMZ confirmed Jewel talking right into a microphone and showing to take a seat on Costner’s lap, along with his arms round her waist.

Sources advised TMZ the pair had flown to the Caribbean collectively and frolicked collectively outdoors the occasion, saying, “There was undoubtedly one thing occurring. They had been flirty, and once they had been collectively, it was like they each simply lit up.”

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That very same week, a supply advised Individuals journal the connection was “contemporary however not model new.”

Jewel referred to as Kevin Costner a “nice individual” in April. (Getty Photos)

“There’s very large attraction on either side,” the supply stated. “Jewel likes Kevin’s kind, and Kevin likes to be in a relationship, so that is cool. He’s having enjoyable after his contentious divorce. He’s glad that’s over.”

One other supply advised Us Weekly that Costner and Jewel have recognized one another “for years,” and have been “quietly courting for a while now.”

“Kevin and Jewel had an especially excessive opinion of one another and have at all times gotten alongside nice,” the supply advised the outlet. “They test a variety of bins for one another.”

In April, Jewel spoke briefly about her ideas on Costner and admitted the hypothesis surrounding the character of their relationship is “intense.”

In accordance with Kevin Costner, the 2 share a particular “friendship.” (Getty Photos)

“He is an incredible individual,” she advised Elle of the “Yellowstone” actor. “The public fascination is intense, for positive.”

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Maintain your horses: Kevin Costner and Jewel usually are not an merchandise, he says.

The “Yellowstone” star, 69, denied rumors he’s courting the singer and songwriter on “The Howard Stern Present,” clarifying that they’re simply mates.

“We have by no means gone out, ever,” the actor stated. “She’s particular, and I do not need these rumors to wreck our friendship as a result of that is what we’ve. I imply, she’s lovely sufficient to exit with.”

Costner break up from his spouse, Christine Baumgartner, in 2023 after 18 years of marriage. They share three kids. The previous couple reached what Costner’s consultant described to USA TODAY as an “amicable and mutually agreed upon” settlement in September.

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Kevin Costner and Jewel spark courting rumors in December 2023

In December, the “Horizon” actor and Jewel sparked courting rumors after TMZ reported they flew to the Caribbean collectively to take part in a fundraiser for her basis on Richard Branson’s Necker Island. They have been seen being “flirty” with each other.

Nonetheless, Costner burdened on “The Howard Stern Present” that he flew to the island with 9 individuals, together with Jewel and Emma Watson, and Branson invited him. Through the journey, he stated he had “large conversations” with each Jewel and Watson.

“The rumor was I went down on a non-public airplane along with her, I went again on a non-public airplane,” he stated. “I used to be on with 9 individuals, and I do not need the press to wreck this for us as a result of I’ve had conversations along with her textual content smart, and she or he’s so good.”

Costner added, “We have now a friendship. We do not have a romance. We have not dated. She’s lovely and good sufficient for all these issues. It simply has by no means occurred for us.”

The actor additionally instructed Stern he’s not in love with anybody for the time being however famous, “I like the thought of that.”

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Jewel beforehand addressed the Costner courting rumors in an Elle profile revealed in April, although she performed coy. “He is an ideal particular person,” she instructed Elle, including that the “public fascination is intense for certain.”

In an interview with Folks journal revealed in Could, Jewel additionally shut down a query in regards to the rumored romance.

“I discovered love, and I am not speaking about Kevin’s,” she stated. “I am so completely happy, irrelevant of a person. It has nothing to do with being in a relationship or not being in a single.”

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‘Extraordinarily upsetting’

Simply Cease Oil

LONDON — Two local weather protesters have been arrested Wednesday for spraying orange paint on the traditional Stonehenge monument in southern England, police mentioned.

The most recent act by Simply Cease Oil was shortly condemned by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak as a “disgraceful act of vandalism.”

Video of the incident confirmed two folks operating in direction of the 4,500-year-old stone circle and spraying plumes of orange pigment as a 3rd particular person tried to cease them. A couple of stones have been smeared in orange.

In accordance with Simply Cease Oil’s web site, the pigment was made from an “orange cornflour” that might wash away within the rain.

The incident got here simply earlier than 1000’s have been anticipated to collect on the prehistoric website to have fun the summer season solstice — the longest day of the 12 months.

English Heritage, which manages the UNESCO World Heritage Website, mentioned it was “extraordinarily upsetting” and mentioned curators have been investigating the harm.

Wiltshire Police mentioned the pair have been arrested on suspicion of damaging one of many world’s most well-known prehistoric monuments.

Stonehenge was constructed on the flat lands of Salisbury Plain in levels beginning 5,000 years in the past, with the distinctive stone circle erected within the late Neolithic interval about 2,500 B.C. A few of the stones, the so-called bluestones, are identified to have come from southwest Wales, almost 150 miles away, however the origins of others stay a thriller.

Simply Cease Oil is certainly one of many teams round Europe which have gained consideration — and obtained a number of blowback — for disrupting sporting occasions, splashing paint and meals on well-known artworks and interrupting site visitors to attract consideration to international warming.

The group mentioned it acted in response to the Labour Social gathering’s current election manifesto. Labour has mentioned if it wins the election on July 4, it will not challenge additional licenses for oil and gasoline exploration. Simply Cease Oil backs the moratorium however mentioned it wasn’t sufficient.

In an announcement, the group mentioned Labour, which is main in polls and extensively anticipated by pundits and politicians to guide the following authorities, must go additional and signal a treaty to section out fossil fuels by 2030.

“Persevering with to burn coal, oil and gasoline will end result within the dying of tens of millions,” the group mentioned in an announcement.

In accordance with the Simply Cease Oil web site the activists who sprayed the pigment have been Niamh Lynch, 21, a pupil from Oxford, and Rajan Naidu, 73, from Birmingham.

Los Angeles Sparks rookie Cameron Brink suffered a torn left ACL through the first quarter of Tuesday’s loss to the Connecticut Solar, the Sparks introduced Wednesday.

The staff stated it could present extra particulars about Brink’s damage at a later date.

Los Angeles entered Tuesday’s contest on a three-game shedding streak, and unhealthy shortly turned to worse for the staff when Brink exited the sport with the damage. The No. 2 draft decide was driving at Bri Jones from the highest of the important thing with 6:23 to play within the first quarter when she fell to the ground.

Brink instantly in extreme ache and clutched her left knee. She limped off the court docket and was helped again to the locker room, not returning to the bench for the rest of the primary half. The Sparks introduced at halftime that she could be unavailable for the rest of the sport due to her knee.

Brink has performed in all 14 video games for the Sparks throughout her rookie season and is second within the league in block proportion in her first yr. She missed one recreation throughout her senior season at Stanford with a decrease leg contusion in her left shin.

Brink was lately named to the USA 3×3 Olympic staff after successful MVP and a gold medal on the 3×3 World Cup in 2023. The damage will seemingly hamper her potential to compete in Paris alongside Hailey Van Lith, Rhyne Howard and Cierra Burdick.

The Sparks finally fell to the Solar, 79-70.

How this damage impacts Sparks

The Sparks entered the 2024 season with the expectation of a rebuild, so these plans won’t change in Brink’s absence. Fellow lottery decide Rickea Jackson will seemingly see extra time at energy ahead, and second-year heart Li Yueru may even take in a few of Brink’s minutes till veteran Azurá Stevens can return from an offseason damage. L.A. owns its 2025 decide in what must be one other deep draft, and the franchise’s finest path ahead stays to pick out a star perimeter participant to enrich the frontcourt of Brink and Jackson.

ACL accidents usually require a nine-to-12-month restoration timeline, which means Brink won’t be able to play abroad or in any home offseason leagues like Unmatched. She’s going to most likely even be on a minutes restriction to begin her sophomore season with the Sparks.

The extra urgent concern relating to Brink’s damage is what occurs for Crew USA. Brink was the key frontcourt presence for the People on the 2023 World Cup, main the competitors in each blocks and rebounds. Though Burdick can be a superb rebounder in three-on-three, Crew USA may realistically use one other rim protector.

They won’t must look too far. Brink’s L.A. teammate Dearica Hamby was additionally on the nationwide staff camp in April and was the MVP when USA received gold on the AmeriCup in December. Hamby has additionally had a spectacular begin to the WNBA season, main the league in defensive rebounds and double-doubles. Different forwards within the USA pool embrace Katie Lou Samuelson, Camille Zimmerman, and Christina Dalce. The People may additionally go for a smaller roster and produce again 2021 gold medalist Allisha Grey.

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CDK World, an organization that gives auto dealerships throughout the U.S. with software program for managing gross sales and different providers, has been hacked, prompting the corporate to quickly shut down most of its methods. 

That’s successfully stopping about 15,000 automotive dealerships from making gross sales. Normal Motors dealerships depend on CDK’s methods, as does Group 1 Automotive, an auto retailer with tons of of dealerships throughout the U.S. Holman, with dealerships throughout eight U.S. states, is one other CDK consumer. 

“We’re actively investigating a cyber incident,” a CDK spokesperson instructed CBS Information. “Out of an abundance of warning and concern for our prospects, we now have shut down most of our methods and are working diligently to get every part up and working as rapidly as doable.” 

Afterward Thursday afternoon, CDK stated that after conducting checks and consulting with third-party consultants, a few of its methods have been again up and working. 

“With the work finished to this point, our core [dealer management system] and Digital Retailing options have been restored. We’re persevering with to conduct intensive checks on all different functions, and we are going to present updates as we deliver these functions again on-line,” CDK stated in an announcement to CBS MoneyWatch. 

The corporate’s vendor administration system, or DMS, is a hub that lets companies monitor operations from a single interface, whereas its retail instruments let dealerships transact on-line and in showrooms. 

What’s CDK? 

CDK supplies dealerships with instruments to handle payroll, stock and workplace operations. 

On its web site, it additionally touts its cybersecurity capabilities. “CDK Cybersecurity Options present a three-tiered cybersecurity technique to forestall, defend and reply to cyberattacks so you’ll be able to defend your dealership,” it says. 

When did the cyberattack start?

The cyberattack on CDK World started Tuesday night, Bleeping Pc, a cybersecurity information website, reported Wednesday, taking the 15,000 automotive dealerships it serves offline.  

It’s not at present recognized who, or what group, is behind the cyberattack. 

How are dealerships responding?

Some dealerships appeared to get artistic to proceed doing enterprise in the course of the outage. Dealership workers posted concerning the outage on Reddit Wednesday, sharing that they have been counting on spreadsheets and sticky notes to promote prospects small elements and make repairs, however that they weren’t making any massive transactions. 

One worker requested different dealership workers, “What number of of you might be standing round as a result of your entire store runs on CDK?” beneath the heading “CDK down,” with customers in Wisconsin and Colorado confirming their dealership transaction methods have been offline. 

A cyber assault on software program supplier CDK World upended operations at automobile dealerships throughout the U.S. on Wednesday.

CDK spokesperson Lisa Finney mentioned the corporate shut down most of its programs “out of an abundance of warning” for purchasers. By Wednesday afternoon, the corporate had restored its core doc administration system and digital retailing options.

“We’re persevering with to conduct in depth checks on all different functions, and we are going to present updates as we deliver these functions again on-line,” Finney mentioned in an emailed assertion.

Finney didn’t reply to questions on what number of dealerships had been impacted, however CDK’s web site says the corporate works with greater than 15,000 retail areas throughout North America.

What does CDK World do?

One of many main suppliers of cloud-based software program to dealerships within the nation, CDK’s software program helps dealerships handle car acquisitions, gross sales, financing, insuring, repairs and upkeep. The corporate’s web site says it gives a “three-tiered cybersecurity technique to forestall, defend and reply to cyberattacks.” 

Why are automobile dealerships focused by cyber assaults?

The incident follows a cyber assault towards Findlay Automotive Group final week. The automotive group – which operates in 5 states – mentioned the assault restricted its skill to conduct gross sales and repair, in accordance with reporting from the Las Vegas Evaluation-Journal.

A 2023 report from CDK notes that cybercriminals are a rising menace to focus on automobile dealerships, with 17% of 175 surveyed sellers experiencing a cyber assault or incident inside the previous yr, up from 15% the yr prior. Of these sellers, 46% mentioned the cyberattack had a adverse monetary or operational affect.

Dealerships have been a lovely goal due to the huge quantities of delicate buyer information they maintain. From credit score functions to buyer monetary info, dealerships maintain a “treasure of knowledge” to hackers, in accordance with a 2023 article from insurance coverage firm Zurich North America.

“As well as, dealership programs are sometimes interconnected to exterior interfaces and portals, equivalent to exterior service suppliers,” the report reads. And plenty of dealerships “lack fundamental cyber safety protections.”