Kim Hye-kyung and Brigitte Macron visit Paris hanji exhibition, receive signed album from Hwasa

Kim Hye-kyung and Brigitte Macron toured a special exhibition celebrating Korean hanji paper in Paris on the eighth, local time, during President Lee Jae-myung's state visit to France. The visit also included a gift for Macron's wife, a signed album by singer Hwasa.

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Hanji is also used to restore cultural artifacts at major institutions overseas, including the Louvre Museum.

The Hanji Mania exhibition formed part of Paris Design Week and was held at the Hôtel de la Marine, a site once used to store furniture for the French royal court. It displayed works by Korean artists using hanji made by holders of Korea's National Intangible Cultural Heritage, along with projects created through collaboration with French artists.

As she viewed the exhibition, Kim said hanji is used to restore cultural artifacts at major institutions overseas, including the Louvre Museum. She also pointed to the Oegyujanggak Uigwe, a valuable cultural heritage record written on hanji that Brigitte Macron saw at the National Museum of Korea during President Macron's state visit to South Korea.

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The Oegyujanggak Uigwe, which you viewed at the National Museum of Korea during President Macron's state visit to South Korea, is also a valuable cultural heritage record written on hanji.

Kim also discussed a pair of shoes made from hanji that she gave Macron's wife, saying the paper's uses are expanding into fashion and everyday life. Brigitte Macron showed interest in the fact that hanji could be used to make shoes.

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Hanji is expanding its uses into fashion and everyday life today.