Arts & Culture Programs

2026 Gala

2026 Annual Gala

2026 Van Fleet Award Honoree
JENSEN HUANG
Founder & CEO
NVIDIA

This year, the Korea Society is honored to announce the 2026 Van Fleet Award recipient is Jensen Huang, Founder and CEO of NVIDIA, in recognition

Hong Gildong, the Invincible and Righteous Outlaw by Professor Minsoo Kang

Hong Gildong, who is sometimes referred to as the Korean Robin Hood, is by far the most famous literary character from classic Korean literature. His

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Artist Talk: Jung Hee Choi with Jay Sanders

  FREE with RSVP ““…while watching Ms. Choi’s hallucinatory screen, you may find yourself in an altered state of consciousness, on the verge of some

Jung Hee Choi – Black: Trans: Maya: Light

 © Jung Hee Choi 2019 | “…while watching Ms. Choi’s hallucinatory screen, you may find yourself in an altered state of consciousness, on the verge of some

A Decade of K-Pop: Korean Music’s Ascent in the U.S.

Ten years since Wonder Girls and BoA became the first Korean artists to appear on Billboard’s main U.S. music charts, K-pop is at the forefront

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A Conversation on K-Factor: An Orchestral Exploration of K-pop at Lincoln Center

  K-Factor, a unique concert presented by Lincoln Center, cast a light on the often overlooked musical innovations and radical spirit of the global phenomenon

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Korean Illuminated Sutra Transcription Talk & Demonstration

Master artist Kim Kyeong-Ho is a pioneer and transmitter of the art of Sagyeong, Korean Sutra Copying. He was appointed by the Korean Ministry of

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ASIA WEEK ARTIST TALK with Suh Seung Won

  Simultaneity presents an ongoing series based on the Korean Dansaekhwa monochrome movement by artist Suh Seung Won (b. 1941), a pioneer of geometric abstraction

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Korean Film Today with Won Dong-Yeon

SOLD OUT Famed producer Won Dong-Yeon–the creative force behind Along with the Gods and Masquerade–speaks to the state of Korean film today and intricacies of

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The Nine Cloud Dream with Heinz Insu Fenkl

Korea’s most prized literary masterpiece: a Buddhist journey questioning the illusions of human life—presented in a vivid new translation by PEN/Hemingway finalist Heinz Insu Fenkl

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SUH SEUNG WON: SIMULTANEITY 1970-PRESENT

  As an early member of the Dansaekhwa art movement, Suh Seung-Won (b. 1941) presents the theoretical basis for Korean modernism. For over 50 years,

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