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Korea’s Online Shopping Mall Phenom Su Kyung Kim

Posted on February 19, 2015May 25, 2026 by

Be inspired by the story of a young woman who overcame life’s challenges to launch a business and fulfill her dream of visiting NYC during Fashion Week! Su Kyung Kim, the 19-year-old founder and CEO of Korean online shopping mall Victoria Garconne, discusses overcoming personal and financial hardships, launching a fashion retail business at age 15, and growing it into a million-dollar company before turning 20.

Thursday, February 19, 2015 | 6:30 PM

Explorers and Above: Free

Students: $5

Members: $10

Nonmembers: $20

Korea’s Online Shopping Mall Phenom Su Kyung Kim was made possible by support from the following individuals and organizations:

Keen Communications (주)열심히커뮤니케이션즈(www.keencomms.com)

Planstalk 플랜스톡 (www.planstalk.com)

Contemporary Culture programs are generously sponsored by CJ

Jang Jin-Sung: Poet, Spy, Escapee

Posted on February 2, 2015May 25, 2026 by

Author Jang Jin-sung, on his first visit to the U.S., discusses his new book, Dear Leader Poet, Spy, Escapee—A Look Inside North Korea, which describes his life in North Korea as a psychological warfare officer and one of Kim Jong-il’s revered “court poets,” as well as his dramatic escape to China and South Korea. Jang will also read selections from his poetry and share insights into North Korea shaped by his experiences as well as contacts with North Korean exiles and overseas officials. The evening’s discussion will be led by Dr. Su Mi Terry, a former CIA analyst and current senior research scholar at Columbia University’s Weatherhead East Asian Institute.

The book will be available for sale, and reception and book signing will follow.

Explorers and Above: Free

Members and Students: $10

Nonmembers: $20

Jang Jin-Sung: Poet, Spy, Escapee

Monday, February 2, 2015 | 6:30 PM

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Images of Korean Female Beauty

Posted on January 28, 2015September 10, 2026 by Yurim Oh

Makeup artist Seong Hee Park, who created looks for K-Pop’s Wonder Girls and TV star Yunjin Kim, explores how the traditional ideals of Korean beauty in the paintings of Chosŏn-era artist Shin Yun-bok influences today’s Korean female stars.

Wednesday, January 28, 2015 | 6 PM

6-6:35 PM | Talk

6:40-7 PM | Q & A

Explorer members and above: Free with registration

$5 Members / $10 Non-members

This program is generously sponsored by CJ.

Dinner and a Movie

Posted on January 21, 2015October 5, 2026 by Yurim Oh

Dinner and a movie– it’s a classic combination. Join us to watch the 2010 Korean film The Recipe (된장), which follows a television producer searching for the chef and recipe of a soybean paste stew (doenjang jjigae), while dining on doenjang jjigae! We’ll also demonstrate how to prepare the stew, so you can make this Korean comfort food throughout the cold winter.

The Dinner

Doenjang jjigae is a staple meal in Korean homes. The earthy flavor of soybean paste is fused with hearty vegetables like Korean radish and zucchini, and includes tofu. The taste of doenjang jjigae is dependent upon the quality of the soybean paste and the richness of the base broth.

Doenjang jjigae is being provided by Kunjip Restaurant.

The Movie

The Recipe is a 2010 South Korean film which mixes romance, a crime story, black comedy, and food to near-perfection. Directed by Anna Lee and starring Lee Dong-wook, Lee Yo-won, and Ryu Seung-ryong, the film is about a television producer who finds out many surprising truths while tracking down the recipe of a magical, mysterious soybean paste stew.

THE RECIPE will screen in Korean with English subtitles.

Wednesday, January 21, 2015 | 6 – 8 PM

@ The Korea Society

950 Third Avenue

Advanced ticket purchase required for this event. Space is limited.

$10 Members / $25 Non-members

This program is generously sponsored by CJ and SK.

The Screening of Complete Works of Byung Hun Min

Posted on December 8, 2014September 10, 2026 by Yurim Oh

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The Korea Society and The New York Film Academy will be hosting an exclusive Screening of Complete Works of Byung Hun Min at NYFA’s Union Square location beginning Monday, December 8 and will run through Friday, December 12. The 5-day event will screen 12 of the acclaimed Korean director’s films with a special Q&A session on Tuesday, December 9 that will follow the screening of his latest award-winning feature Love Never Fails.

With numerous awards under his belt throughout his career such as “Best Picture” and “Best Director” for films like Flight of the Bee, and Mask and Mirror, director Min has recently continued his success with the world premiere of Love Never Fails at the 2014 Busan International Film Festival. He received an overwhelming response where the sold out film left the audience wanting more as they remained in their seats well after the credits finished rolling.

Director Min is currently visiting New York to work on preproduction to the first part of his upcoming Essay trilogy with each film taking place in New York, Paris and Beijing respectively. Essay in New York will also be the first Korean feature length film to be shot in the U.S.

The New York Film Academy’s special screenings will be director Min’s U.S. debut and presents a unique opportunity for students of all backgrounds to learn and experience Korean film.

“We’re thrilled to host directors from all over the world, especially accomplished artists like Byung Hun Min,” said NYFA Senior Director David Klein. “We look forward to celebrating his works and his U.S. debut next week!”

Monday, December 8 – Friday December 12, 2014

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FREE with RSVP at korea.rsvp@nyfa.edu

If you have any questions, please contact korea.rsvp@nyfa.edu

NEW YORK FILM ACADEMY

Screening Room, 4th Floor

100 East 17th Street

New York, NY 10003

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The Screening of Complete Works of Hun Min is made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature.

Maeuntang and Cooking with Seafood

Posted on December 3, 2014October 5, 2026 by Yurim Oh

The French have bouillabaisse, Italians have zuppa di pesce, and Koreans have maeuntang! Learn how to make this wonderful, spicy seafood stew in a hands-on workshop led by Chef Walter Rhee. He’ll complete the meal by demonstrating how to make the perfect accompanying appetizers, Korean seafood pancakes (pajeon) and candied anchovies (myul chi bokkum). Trained as a marine biologist before pursuing his culinary passions, Walter will also share tips on how to buy, cut, and make healthy seafood dishes. Korea is, after all, surrounded by water on three sides!

Wednesday, December 3, 2014 | 6 PM

Advanced ticket purchase required for this event. Space is limited.

$30 Members / $45 Non-members

Culinary programs are generously sponsored by SK.

The Beauty of Korean Arts and Crafts

Posted on December 2, 2014May 25, 2026 by

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Celebrate Korea’s handicrafts and artistic traditions with adoptive parents Debbi Kent and Joan Suwalsky in a talk about their new book, 100 Thimbles in a Box: The Spirit and Beauty of Korean Handicrafts . The authors will share their experiences in researching and writing this beautiful book of nearly 500 photographs illustrating 44 traditional arts, including ceramics, fiber arts, paper, inlay, metal, wood, and painting, which they wrote to help introduce the relatively little-known crafts of Korea to Western audiences.

A holiday Korean craft fair follows, featuring beautiful and unique handicrafts and art work from local Korean artists working in many of the traditional arts depicted in 100 Thimbles in a Box.Purchase the perfect holiday gift or simply admire how today’s artists are working in traditional art forms with innovative and contemporary results.

Tuesday, December 2, 2014 | 6:30 PM

Members: Free

Nonmembers: $10

Featured Artists:

Karen Ahn, Maedeup Artist

Karen Ahn was born in Seoul, Korea. She studied Maedeup and other Korean folk art in college before coming to the U.S. to get her masters in graphic design at Pratt Institute. She worked in New York as a graphic designer and, for the past 20 years, has been creating Maedeup. She has taught the art of Maedeup in workshops at the Philadelphia Museum, Korean Cultural Service, Dong Hwa Korean Culture Center, Flushing Town Hall, Wave Hill, and Public Libraries throughout NYC. She has also exhibited her pieces at the Korean Cultural Service, Longwood Art Gallery, and Lee Young Hee Hanbok Museum.

Seongmin Ahn, Painter

Seongmin Ahn graduated from Seoul National University and Maryland Institute College of Art. Her work takes Asian traditional painting as a starting point and transforms it into something experimental with her own interpretation, bridging tradition and modern, as well as East and West.

She received a grant from Pollock Krasner Foundation and a first prize from AHL Foundation. She has been reviewed in the Washington Post, the Philadelphia Inquirer, NY Arts magazine, Baltimore Sun and Plain Dealer. She has exhibited nationally and internationally, including at the Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts, Queens College Art Center, and Hello Museum.

Sungho Choi, Painter and Mixed Media Artist

Born in Seoul, Korea, Sung Ho Choi has lived and worked in New York City and Bergen County of New Jersey since 1981. He earned his master of Fine Art degree from Pratt Institute, New York City in 1984. Over 35 years, his works have been shown at numerous exhibitions in the North and Central America, Asia and Europe. In 1993, Choi was commissioned by the Percent for Art program in NYC to create two permanent murals, My America and American Pie (completed 1996) for Intermediate School 5 in Elmhurst, New York City. The models of My America and American Pie have been traveling nationwide since 2011 through the exhibition titled, Infinite Mirror: Images of American Identity. In 2004, he completed another permanent public art project, Quiltroad, for the U.S. Federal Courthouse in Seattle, WA, commissioned by U.S. General Services Administration, Washington, DC. Awards that he has received include the Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant in 1995, the Artists’ Project Grant from The National Endowment for the Arts, The Rockefeller Foundation, Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. in 1996.

Eunjeon Kim, Ceramic Artist

Eunjeon Kim was born in Korea and received her BFA from the School of Arts at Hong-Ik University. She is currently a studio artist based in Virginia and has had numerous group and solo exhibitions around the country, including recent group exhibitions at Glenview Mansion Art Gallery in Rockville, Maryland and Workhouse Arts Center in Lorton, Virginia. Over the last decade, she has also had over 30 exhibitions in the Washington, D.C. area. She is currently the president of Han-Mee Artist Association and was previously vice president of the Korean American Artist Association and a director of the Hong-Ik Art Studio.

Jong S. Kim, Hanji Artist

Jong S. Kim has dedicated herself to teaching traditional Korean paper arts and crafts for decades. She is the director of Kim Jong Sook Hanji Arts and Craft Institute, the chairperson of the Korean Artist Society of America., and a Hanji craft instructor at Joeun School, Korea-American Association of New Jersey.

Kim has received numerous awards and prizes for her work, including “Outstanding Artist Award” at the National Crafts Exhibition in 2003 and the Seoul Traditional Art Crafts Competition Winner also in 2003.

Yanghee Kim-Lee, Jewelry Artist

Born in Deagu, Korea, Yanghee Kim-Lee received her BFA from the School of Arts at Hong-Ik University. She currently resides in Washington, D.C. and designs Korean-style brooches and other accessories using beads and metal. Her designs have been displayed in many group and solo exhibitions, primarily in the Washington, D.C. area. She is currently a director at the Hongik Art Studio.

Wonju Seo, Textile Mixed Media Artist

Wonju Seo is a a Korean-American textile artist. She was born in South Korea where she received her B.F.A in Fine Arts Painting from Hongik University and currently lives in New Jersey. She has been working primarily with textiles, especially silk, for over 12 years. Her work has been deeply inspired by Korean antique bojagi. She received the Individual Artist Fellowship Award from the NJ State Council on the Arts in 2012, the Thomas Contemporary Quilt Recognition Award (Collector’s Choice) from the Visions Art Museum, San Diego, CA in 2012, and an Honorable Mention from the Smithtown Township Arts Council in 2011. Her work, Inspiration of Blue, was reviewed in the New York Times article entitled Seeing Asian Cultures Through an Indigo Lens in 2014. Her Wearable Pojagi is in the Newark Museum as part of its permanent collection.

Sungsook Setton, Painter and Calligrapher

Sungsook Setton is a Korean-American artist and calligrapher. Besides her training in brush painting and calligraphy under Chinese and Korean masters, she has also studied Western art in Germany, the UK, and the United States, obtaining her BA in Studio Art at Stony Brook University and MFA in interdisciplinary art at Goddard College. Setton’s work has been widely exhibited in Canada, the UK, Taiwan, Korea, and the United States. She has received two dozen awards for her work, including Best of Show at the National Juried Exhibition by the Sumi-e Society of America. She serves on the faculty of Westchester Community College and the Art League of Long Island. Her work has been deeply influenced by artistic traditions in the East and West, drawing from art training in Europe, the US, and her native South Korea.

Seasonal Teas and Korean Sweets will be provided by Haelin Lee

Haelin Lee is an accomplished Korean chef who learned the art of traditional Korean cooking in the Blue House where she assisted with meal preparations for the President of South Korea and his guests as an assistant to Master Chef Jungyoung Sun. Princess Julia Lee, the daughter-in-law of Prince Yeong of the Empire (the last Korean Prince of the early 20th century), mentored Ms. Lee on traditional Korean food presentation and taste based on her experience in Naksunjae Palace. For the past five years, Ms. Lee’s private catering business, Art of Eating, has provided homemade traditional Korean food to a growing clientele.

The Beauty of Korean Arts and Crafts is generously sponsored by Asiana Airlines.

THE 12th NEW YORK KOREAN FILM FESTIVAL (NYKFF 2014) @ BAM

Posted on November 23, 2014September 29, 2026 by Yurim Oh

What Subway Cinema started in 2001 with When Korean Cinema Attacks! – New York Korean Film Festival, and what has known many incarnations and iterations since then, is back in the funky and freaky curatorial hands of the festival’s original creators, now joining forces with BAMCinematek and The Korea Society to bring you the freshest crop of the record-breaking blockbusters and the must-see recent works of the peninsula’s internationally celebrated auteurs and mavericks. The new New York Korean Film Festival wants to serve as your road map for the best in contemporary Korean cinema.

All films in Korean with English subtitles.

THURSDAY – SUNDAY,
NOVEMBER 20-NOVEMBER 23, 2014

BAM Rose Cinema

30 Lafayette Avenue, Brooklyn
(718) 636-4100 x 1
BAM

Thursday, November 20	7:15 PM GYEONGJU	with Q&A with director Zhang Lu
Friday, November 21	7:00 PM THE ATTORNEY		9:30 PM A HARD DAY
Saturday, November 22	7:00 PM THE ADMIRAL: ROARING CURRENTS		9:30 PM MAN ON HIGH HEELS
Sunday, November 23	5:00 PM THE PIRATES		8:00 PM FUTURELESS THINGS

GYEONGJU (경주) 2014

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 20 @ 7:15 PM

US Premiere
Director Zhang Lu will be in attendance.

2014, 145 min. DCP
Directed by Zhang Lu
Cast: Park Hae-Il, Shin Min-A, Yoon Jin-Seo, Kim Tae-Hoon, Shin So-Yul, Baek Hyun-Jin, Ryoo Seung-Wan

An “existential ghost story” (Variety) and a poetic, sentimental journey in the vein of Hong Sang-soo’s best films, Zhang Lu’s new film follows the wanderings of Peking University professor Choi-Hyun (WAR OF ARROWS’ Park Hae-Il) as he returns to the city of Gyeongju to attend a friend’s funeral. Spurred by the memory of an obscene picture he saw seven years ago on the wall of a teahouse, he proceeds to go on a strangely aimless quest, fumbling between tantalizing possibilities of erotic satisfaction or perhaps something of a more spiritual nature.

THE ATTORNEY (변호인) 2013

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 21 @ 7:00 PM

2013, 127 min, DCP
Director: Yang Woo-Seok
Cast: Song Kang-Ho, Kim Young-Ae, Oh Dal-Su, Kwak Do-Won, Siwan 2013, 127 min, Blu-ray

Based on the life of former South Korean president Roh Moo-hyun, THE ATTORNEY was this year’s most controversial box office hit, with over 10 million admissions. Set during the days of the military dictatorship, it follows the moral transformation of a pragmatic, mercenary and a tad shady attorney-at-law Song Woo-Seok (star Song Kang-Ho), who only got into the legal profession for the money. But everything changes one day, when he decides to take on the country’s National Security Law by accepting as his client the student activist Jin-Woo (Lim Si-wan), who has been unfairly arrested and tortured by the government.

A HARD DAY (끝까지 간다) 2014

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 21 @ 9:30 PM

2014, 111 min, DCP
Directed by Kim Seong-hun
Cast: Lee Sun-Kyun, Cho Jin-Woong, Jeong Man-Sik, Shin Jung-Keun, Kim Dong-Young, Joo Suk-Tae

A selection of the Directors’ Fortnight at this year’s Cannes film festival, A HARD DAY is a slick police thriller that follows detective Ko Gun-Soo (Lee Sun-Kyun, both a Hong Sang-Soo regular and a blockbuster frequent flyer) on a lung-bursting race against karma and all sorts of odds and (deadly) ends, as he runs over a stranger on an otherwise deserted, dark highway. Hastily shoving the dead body in his trunk in a moment of wild panic, the detective has just bought himself a world of trouble. What follows is a super-charged mixture of bone-crushing action, chases, black humor, and social satire, proving once again that no one makes smart genre films the way Korea does.

THE ADMIRAL: ROARING CURRENTS
(명량 – 회오리 바다다) 2014

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 22 @ 7:00 PM

2014, 128 min, DCP
Directed by Kim Han-Min
Cast: Choi Min-Sik, Ryoo Seung-Ryong, Cho Jin-Woong, Jin Goo, Lee Jung-Hyun
World Premiere of World Wide Version

The blockbuster to sink all blockbusters (17.6 million admissions and counting), THE ADMIRAL: ROARING CURRENTS is a massive sea epic that depicts the 1597 Battle of Myeongryang, when a formidable Japanese fleet threatened the very existence of the peaceful peninsula. In a desperate, defiant last stand, Korea’s most celebrated historical hero, Admiral Yi Sun-Shin, portrayed by Choi Min-sik (Besson’s LUCY, Park Chan Wook’s OLDBOY) tries to save his homeland from a dire fate, with only a dozen ships at his command and his fierce determination not to go down without a good fight.

MAN ON HIGH HEELS (하이힐) 2014

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 22 @ 9:30 PM

2014, 125 min, Digibeta
Directed by Jang Jin
Cast: Cha Seung-won, Oh Jeong-se, Esom, Ko Kyeong-pyo, Ahn Kil-kang, Lee Eon-jeong

After a three-year hiatus, Jang Jin (WELCOME TO DONGMAKGOL), one of Korea’s most inventive writer-directors, is back to subvert the tough-guy detective genre and established notions of Korean masculinity. Detective Ji-wook (Cha Seung-won) is the most bad-ass cop in town, never missing an opportunity to beat the crap out of the bad guys. But deep inside, despite his uber masculine good looks, Ji-wook is tired of being a tough boy. Tortured by the unavowable desire to be a woman, he decides to get a sex change. Things get messy when a gang that Ji-wook had busted starts hurting people close to him: time to prove that, even in high heels, he can still kick some ass.

THE PIRATES (해적: 바다로 간 산적) 2014

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 23 @ 5:30 PM

2014, 130 min, DCP
Directed by Lee Suk-Hoon
Cast: Kim Nam-Gil, Son Ye-Jin, Yu Hae-Jin, Lee Kyoung-Young, Kim Tae-Woo

Korea’s answer to PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN is a family-friendly, Hollywood-style swashbuckling period comedy, powered by an even-keeled ensemble cast, including Son Ye-Jin (WHITE NIGHT, MY WIFE GOT MARRIED) as a lady pirate and Kim Nam-Gil as the unshaven beau. Set in the 14th century during a crucial period in Korean history, the film follows four rival parties of pirates, bandits, and soldiers, as they collide on a search for a grey whale that swallowed a royal seal of great importance. Enter hard-ass sea wenches, a bad guy with an eyepatch, slapstick aplenty, and an impressive display of special effects. A perfect summer popcorn blockbuster that delivers the fun in spades. Arrrrr!

FUTURELESS THINGS (이것이 우리의 끝이다적) 2014

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 23 @ 8:00 PM

North American Premiere
2014, 107 min, DCP
Dir. Kim Kyung-Mook
Cast: Kim Su-hyeon, Yoo Yeong, Jeong Hye-in, Gong Myeong, Shin Jae-ha

An affectionate and delightful comedy of manners, structured in 13 episodes, FUTURELESS THINGS chronicles 24 hours in the intertwined lives of young clerks working at the same convenience store, and brings into the spotlight the private joys and tears of usually invisible people. What’s revealed is that there’s nothing ordinary about ordinary existence as we’re thrusted into a fascinating world of part-timers, college dropouts, North Korean defectors, gays and lesbians and other social outcasts, eking out a living in the interstices of ultra consumerist South Korea.

This program is supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in Partnership with the City Council.

THE 12th NEW YORK KOREAN FILM FESTIVAL @ BAM

Posted on November 20, 2014September 29, 2026 by Yurim Oh

The New York Korean film festival is back in business! That’s right. What Subway Cinema started in 2001 with When Korean Cinema Attacks! – New York Korean Film Festival, and what has known many incarnations and iterations since then, is back in the funky and freaky curatorial hands of the festival’s original creators, now joining forces with BAMCinematek and the Korea Society to bring you the freshest crop of the record-breaking blockbusters and the must-see recent works of the peninsula’s internationally celebrated auteurs and mavericks. The new New York Korean Film Festival wants to serve as your road map for the best in contemporary Korean cinema.

All films in Korean with English subtitles.

THURSDAY – SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 20-NOVEMBER 23, 2014

BAM Rose Cinema

30 Lafayette Avenue, Brooklyn
(718) 636-4100 x 1
BAM

Thursday, November 20	7:15 PM GYEONGJU	with Q&A with director Zhang Lu
Friday, November 21	7:00 PM THE ATTORNEY		9:30 PM A HARD DAY
Saturday, November 22	7:00 PM THE ADMIRAL: ROARING CURRENTS		9:30 PM MAN ON HIGH HEELS
Sunday, November 23	5:00 PM THE PIRATES		8:00 PM FUTURELESS THINGS

GYEONGJU (경주) 2014^

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 20 @ 7:15 PM

US Premiere
Director Zhang Lu will be in attendance.

2014, 145 min. DCP
Directed by Zhang Lu
Cast: Park Hae-Il, Shin Min-A, Yoon Jin-Seo, Kim Tae-Hoon, Shin So-Yul, Baek Hyun-Jin, Ryoo Seung-Wan

THE ATTORNEY (변호인) 2013^

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 21 @ 7:00 PM

2013, 127 min, Blu-ray
Director: Yang Woo-Seok
Cast: Song Kang-Ho, Kim Young-Ae, Oh Dal-Su, Kwak Do-Won, Siwan 2013, 127 min, Blu-ray

A HARD DAY (끝까지 간다) 2014^

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 21 @ 9:30 PM

2014, 111 min, DCP
Directed by Kim Seong-hun
Cast: Lee Sun-Kyun, Cho Jin-Woong, Jeong Man-Sik, Shin Jung-Keun, Kim Dong-Young, Joo Suk-Tae

THE ADMIRAL: ROARING CURRENTS (명량 – 회오리 바다다) 2014^

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 22 @ 7:00 PM

2014, 128 min, DCP
Directed by Kim Han-Min
Cast: Choi Min-Sik, Ryoo Seung-Ryong, Cho Jin-Woong, Jin Goo, Lee Jung-Hyun

MAN ON HIGH HEELS (하이힐) 2014^

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 22 @ 9:30 PM

2014, 125 min, Digibeta
Directed by Jang Jin
Cast: Cha Seung-won, Oh Jeong-se, Esom, Ko Kyeong-pyo, Ahn Kil-kang, Lee Eon-jeong

THE PIRATES (해적: 바다로 간 산적) 2014^

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 23 @ 5:30 PM

2014, 130 min, Blu-ray
Directed by Lee Suk-Hoon
Cast: Kim Nam-Gil, Son Ye-Jin, Yu Hae-Jin, Lee Kyoung-Young, Kim Tae-Woo

FUTURELESS THINGS (이것이 우리의 끝이다적) 2014^

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 23 @ 8:00 PM

North American Premiere
2014, 107 min, DCP
Dir. Kim Kyung-Mook
Cast: Kim Su-hyeon, Yoo Yeong, Jeong Hye-in, Gong Myeong, Shin Jae-ha

The Sneider Legacy

Posted on November 17, 2014May 25, 2026 by

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Daniel Sneider, Associate Director of Stanford’s Asia-Pacific Research Center, talks about his family’s long engagement with Korea.

Lea Sneider has a passion for folk art: the ceramics, woodwork, paintings, and sculpture used and enjoyed in everyday life. While accompanying her husband, Richard L. Sneider, to his appointment as U.S. Ambassador to Korea in 1974, Mrs. Sneider became an avid explorer of the art galleries and museums of Seoul, Daegu, and Busan. She sought out scholars of the rich tradition of Korean folk art, a field largely unexplored in the West at the time.

After returning to the United States, Mrs. Sneider became an art dealer, curator, and influential mentor, as three of her former assistants went on to become East Asian art teachers in leading US universities: Princeton, Chicago and Brigham Young. Sneider, together with Robert Moes, former Curator of Asian Art at the Brooklyn Museum, produced the first-ever exhibition of Korean folk art in the West, Auspicious Spirits: Korean Folk Paintings and Related Objects, which opened in New York in 1983 and traveled across the country. “The work in Auspicious Spirits has the magic that has come to be expected from Asian art of the first quality,” wrote the New York Times.

This exhibition pays tribute to Lea Sneider, a great patron of Korean art and longtime board member of The Korea Society, with pieces from her personal collection.

The Sneider Legacy

Monday, November 17, 2014 | 6 PM

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