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

Juilliard @ The Korea Society with Jia Kim, Solo Cello

    Celebrate Korea as a center of excellence in the classical arts with a short concert by virtuosa Jia Kim, who performs Bach’s Cello

Korean Rhythms and Shamanism in Contemporary Music

The Korea Society proudly presents Barame Soop (Forest, Wind and Rain) performed by the Sonagi Project. One of the leading percussion groups in Korea, the

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Recent Directions in Korean Photography: The New Internationalism

Christopher Phillips, Curator of International Center of Photography, speaks about the explosive development of Korean photography in the late twentieth century. This talk is presented

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Yeonghwa: Korean Film Today @ MoMA 2012

Yeonghwa is the Korean word for film, and since South Korean cinema now features prominently in every major international film festival, it is a good

Traces of Life: Seen Through Korean Eyes, 1945-1992

Experience the captivating imagery in this collection of photographs by some of the pioneers of modern Korean photography. The fifty-four photographs showcase the first generation

Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter… and Spring

  The Korea Society and the Museum of The Moving Image co-present Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter… and Spring—a gorgeously shot feature film that has grossed

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The Music of North Korea: Pathos and Passion

The music of rare and exceptional artistic expression from North Korea will be showcased at the Korea Society as part of its Korean Traditional Music

Vegetarian Korean Cooking with Haelin Lee at Whole Foods Culinary Center

Learn to make two complete traditional vegetarian Korean meals during this two session hands-on workshop and demonstration at Whole Foods Market (Bowery Culinary Center). Chef Haelin Lee, a

Adoptees and the Politics of Belonging

    Since the end of the Korean War, an estimated 200,000 children from South Korea have been adopted into families in North America, Europe,

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Choi Min-Shik Tribute: Old Boy @ Museum of the Moving Image

The Korea Society presents a retrospective of the work of Choi Min-shik, one of Korea’s most recognizable contemporary actors, as part of our ongoing “Korean

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