Art Dramas
This is a list of dramas that have elements of art. I'm mostly adding dramas that involve the fine arts such as: painting, photography, drawing illustration, etc.; but will include dramas about fashion designers, directors, dancers, theater, etc. Since there are many drama lists focusing of musicians this one might include some dramas with secondary musician characters but will not focus on it.
They are grouped based on what type of art is the main focus, but within the groupings, I try to list them in descending order of arts' relevance to the storyline.
-Painting, Illustrating/cartooning/drawing, Photography, Film, Fashion, Architecture, Theater,
Please comment some suggestions and reasons for ones I have or haven't listed!!
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1. Haar Privéleven
Korean Drama - 2019, 16 episodes
Male lead is a painter. Female lead used to do art and is now a curator at a gallery which the male lead is the director of.
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2. About Is Love
Chinese Drama - 2018, 30 episodes
Female lead is pursuing art in college. She paints and sculpts. There are also other artist characters in this drama
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3. Flipped
Chinese Drama - 2018, 24 episodes
Female lead is a painter.
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4. Art in Love
Chinese Drama - 2017, 39 episodes
Art In Love is about a male lead who is a "perfectionist artist, who is introverted, sensitive, and cold" but changes after meeting the female lead.
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5. The Endless Love
Chinese Drama - 2017, 32 episodes
Both leads (more so the male one though) are painters. Female lead's mother was a famous painter and art teacher.
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6. Where the Lost Ones Go
Chinese Drama - 2017, 24 episodes
Both of the leads are incredible artists. Female lead is a major in Chinese art painting and Male lead is a major in oil painting. They met and fell in love in college and then again later in life.
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7. A Love So Beautiful
Chinese Drama - 2017, 23 episodes
Female lead is an aspiring painter
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8. Suddenly Seventeen
Chinese Movie - 2016
I haven't seen this one yet, but the female lead has "given up her dreams on becoming a painter just to stay with her boyfriend Mao".
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9. MARS
Taiwanese Drama - 2004, 13 episodes
The female lead is an artist. The leads have a connection because of her art (Painting and drawing). There are many scenes focused on art.
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10. Verleid
Korean Drama - 2018, 32 episodes
Many of the characters in this are in the arts. Female lead is going to school for fine arts, her mother is a sculptor, male lead is artistically inclined, and the second female lead is a musician. Quite a few of scenes involving art and art making.
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11. Naked Fireman
Korean Drama - 2017, 4 episodes
Don't mind the title. The male lead models (shirtless not naked) for the female lead who is an incredible painter.
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12. Bangkok Love Stories: Objects of Affection
Thai Drama - 2019, 13 episodes
Female lead is a street artist
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13. Hot and Sweet
Korean Drama - 2016, 8 episodes
The female lead is an artist (Painting) and is consistently part of the story line.
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14. Imaginary Cat
Korean Drama - 2015, 8 episodes
The male lead is a web-toon illustrator, and there are many plot points based around this.
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15. Flower Boy Next Door
Korean Drama - 2013, 16 episodes
The second male lead and his friend are web-toon writers/illustrators. The male lead is a creative director/video game developer. There's daily cute anonymous cartons of milk with a post-it notes attached to it given to the female lead. :)
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16. W
Korean Drama - 2016, 16 episodes
The whole premise of this drama is about a web-toon character/world come to life. The male lead himself is literally a web-toon character
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17. Beautiful Gong Shim
Korean Drama - 2016, 20 episodes
Not main plot but Female lead aspires to be an illustrator. There are a few later episodes that revolve around this aspect, however.
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18. Queen of the Ring
Korean Drama - 2017, 21 episodes
The leads meet in the art studio as the male lead models for the class that the female lead is drawing in.
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19. When a Snail Falls in Love
Chinese Drama - 2016, 21 episodes
This show isn't strictly about art, however the female lead is always doodling in the drama and her doodles at one point saves her.
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20. Tomorrow With You
Korean Drama - 2017, 16 episodes
Female lead is an aspiring photographer. There are lots of beautiful cinematic scenes in this drama.
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21. 9 Seconds: Eternal Time
Korean Drama - 2015, 7 episodes
This web-drama has male lead is a photographer and the story is centered around a camera that lets the photographer freeze time momentarily.
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22. Love's Relativity
Chinese Drama - 2014, 33 episodes
Male lead is an aspiring photographer
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23. Twelve Nights
Korean Drama - 2018, 12 episodes
Female lead is aspiring photographer while male lead is aspiring dancer.
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24. Black Knight: The Man Who Guards Me
Korean Drama - 2017, 20 episodes
This drama is not centralized around art or an artist, however in the beginning of Black Knight there is quite a few scenes focused on photography and the male lead as the photographer. (Also, some of the scenery and shots in this drama are artful themselves.)
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25. Memories of Love
Chinese Drama - 2018, 30 episodes
Memories of Love follow the two main lead, a dancer and a film director. There is also the uncle who is a musician. There are many scenes solely dedicated to showing off each of these arts.
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26. The Secret Message
Korean Drama - 2015, 18 episodes
Male lead is an independent film maker and the lead female is a dancer. There are many dance scenes as well as film scenes. There are more artful scenes as well, I personally love the scene where the power goes out. :)
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27. Ex-Girlfriend Club
Korean Drama - 2015, 12 episodes
Female lead works in film industry while male lead is a webtoon illustrator.
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28. Positive Physique
Korean Drama - 2016, 6 episodes
A story a guy majoring in film whose script wins a grand prize so he gets a chance to be a movie director.
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29. Stay With Me
Chinese Drama - 2016, 38 episodes
This drama takes place in the fashion industry with the main focus on fashion designer leads. There are quite a few scenes focused on design elements.
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30. Our Glamorous Time
Chinese Drama - 2018, 50 episodes
Female lead is a fashion designer at male lead's company
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31. The Fox's Summer
Chinese Drama - 2017, 21 episodes
This stories also takes place in the fashion industry, female lead is a fashion designer.
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32. Because of You
Chinese Drama - 2017, 56 episodes
Female lead is extraordinary in traditional Chinese embroidery.
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33. Love O2O
Chinese Drama - 2016, 30 episodes
Love O2O is focused around video games. The characters are video game designers/programmers.
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34. Snow Lotus
Korean Special - 2015, 2 episodes
Story is one that revolves around the art and past lives aspects. Leads find their connection from the drawings/illustrations that the female lead does. (in modern times she designs video game characters)
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35. Dating Agency : Cyrano
Korean Drama - 2013, 16 episodes
About a theater troupe who run a dating agency that creates romantic scenarios for clients, in effort to raise enough money to save their old theater.
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36. Personal Taste
Korean Drama - 2010, 16 episodes
Male lead is an architect and the female lead is a wood furniture maker. The whole stories is based around architecture.
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37. Just Between Lovers
Korean Drama - 2017, 16 episodes
The female lead is an architecture model creator. This drama doesn't directly have any art elements aside from the architecture standpoint, but the drama itself is incredibly artful and cinematic.
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38. Discovery of Romance
Korean Drama - 2014, 16 episodes
Female lead owns/runs a workshop space where she works with other designers to create furniture. Male lead is in charge of interior designer company.
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39. Our Love Story
Korean Movie - 2016
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40. Rush to the Dead Summer
Chinese Drama - 2017, 48 episodes
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41. Love Rain
Korean Drama - 2012, 20 episodes
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42. Tomorrow I Will Date With Yesterday’s You
Japanese Movie - 2016
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43. Honey and Clover
Japanese Movie - 2006
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44. Kahogo no Kahoko
Japanese Drama - 2017, 10 episodes
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45. Left-Handed Wife
Korean Drama - 2019, 103 episodes
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46. Blessing of the Sea
Korean Drama - 2019, 121 episodes
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47. How to Hate You
Korean Drama - 2019, 6 episodes
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48. Another Miss Oh
Korean Drama - 2016, 18 episodes
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49. Aoi Honoo
Japanese Drama - 2014, 11 episodes
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50. Nice To Meet You
Chinese Drama - 2019, 53 episodes
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51. Als het mooi weer is
Korean Drama - 2020, 16 episodes
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52. Professional Single
Chinese Drama - 2020, 24 episodes
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53. A Little Thing Called First Love
Chinese Drama - 2019, 36 episodes
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54. Lucky's First Love
Chinese Drama - 2019, 24 episodes
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55. Dear My Name
Korean Drama - 2019, 6 episodes
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56. Until I Meet September's Love
Japanese Movie - 2019
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57. Moment at Eighteen
Korean Drama - 2019, 16 episodes
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58. Mountains and Ocean
Chinese Drama - 2019, 24 episodes
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59. Nee Sensei, Shiranai No?
Japanese Drama - 2019, 6 episodes
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60. Meow, the Secret Boy
Korean Drama - 2020, 24 episodes
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61. Always Warm
Chinese Drama - 2020, 12 episodes
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62. Be With You
Chinese Drama - 2020, 24 episodes
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63. Beautiful Reborn Flower
Chinese Drama - 2020, 50 episodes
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64. Kor Kerd Mai Klai Klai Ter
Thai Drama - 2020, 13 episodes
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65. Duang Jai Nai Montra
Thai Drama - 2021, 16 episodes
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66. Dear Dakanda
Thai Movie - 2005
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67. Standby Curator
Korean Special - 2019, 10 episodes
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68. Rose in the Starsea
Chinese Drama - 2022, 24 episodes
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69. Encounter
Korean Drama - 2018, 16 episodes
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70. I'm Breaking Up Now
Korean Drama - 2021, 16 episodes
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71. Why Did You Come to My House
Korean Drama - 2022, 4 episodes
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72. Two Lights: Relumino
Korean Special - 2017, 1 episode
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73. Heavenly Forest
Japanese Movie - 2006
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74. She Who is Dangerous to Me
Chinese Drama - 2023, 24 episodes