From Bulgaria to Korea, one family's journey through art

Amid the bustle of arriving passengers pushing trolleys loaded with suitcases and duty-free shopping bags at the arrival hall of Incheon International Airport on June 27, one sight drew curious glances: Tape-wrapped boxes and cardboard tubes stacked on a cart.

The paintings arrived in Korea after an 8,000-kilometer journey from Bulgaria with a family visiting the country for the first time.

They were neither for sale nor souvenirs for friends, but part of a collection of 30 paintings, mostly acr ...