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Three Artists, Three Cities: The COVID-19 Diaries from MiA Collective Art

Three young artists – in New York, Berlin, and Seoul – record their situation and response to the pandemic, shelter-in-residence, and the changing landscape of

Women on Manhwa: The Future of Korean Comics

While male-focused narratives have led Western and American comics, manhwa (Korean comics) are leading the charge for women and gaining popularity as a cultural export,

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A Midsummer Night’s Soirée

w/ Gallery Talk: Ungno Lee’s Art World |  In celebration of the 60th anniversary of artist Lee Ungno’s arrival in Paris, the Korea Society welcomes

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The Buddhist Arts of Korea with Dr. Robert Mowry

This illustrated slide lecture will introduce Korean Buddhist art, focusing on the late Three Kingdoms period (traditionally, 57 BC – AD 668), the Unified Silla

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Korean Ceramics: The Great Tradition

This illustrated slide lecture will survey the history of Korean ceramics from the early historic period through the nineteenth century. It will focus on the

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Into The Light: Gallery Exhibition

  In the 1990’s, Ha Dong Chul (1946-2006), a leading Korean abstract artist, sought to represent the essential nature of creation through an examination of

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Adoption, Assimilation, Transformation: Korean Painting of the Koryo (918-1392) and Choson (1392-1910) Dynasties

Robert D. Mowry, Alan J. Dworsky Curator of Chinese Art Emeritus, Harvard Art Museums, and Senior Consultant on Chinese and Korean Art, Christie’s, New York,

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The Paintings of Park Dae Sung

  After losing his parents and left hand to the Korean War, Park Dae Sung so loved art that by the age of ten he

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Author Talks: Kyung-Ran Jo

Author Photo © Park Jae-hong “A memorable existential tale.” —Publishers Weekly An atmospheric, melancholic novel about a successful sculptor who decides to commit suicide by

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Author Talks: Keum Suk Gendry-Kim

  “How can black and white drawings do this, you might ask. But maybe only black and white drawings can do this—Gendry-Kim offers us here

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