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

Through Eastern Windows: Prints by Elizabeth Keith and Traditional Korean Hats

Elizabeth Keith, an intrepid traveler and visionary artist, first ventured to Asia almost a century ago, where she filled travel journals with lively, realistic sketches

New York Korean Film Festival 2010 @ MoMA and BAM

The NYKFF 2010 Opening Reception will be held at The Korea Society on Thursday, 23 September 2010. The event will feature special remarks by Directors

Dynamic Korea: Dance and Song 2010

The movements of Korea’s classical dance tradition reflect the essential rhythms of life in Korea. The exuberant yott’aryongch’um (Taffy Peddler Dance) walks audiences through the

Global Music Korea: Global Beats, Celebrating the G20 Summit

The Korea Society kicks off a rich autumn season of performing arts with percussionist Vongku Pak on traditional drum, or changgu, Eddy Jo Martinez on

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Steel Helmets: U.S. Korean War Graphics & Korean War in Color

      The Korea Society marks the 60th anniversary of the start of the Korean War with two exhibitions running June 25 through September

If This Kayagŭm Could Talk…

“…It would speak to the seasons.” Join us for a rich evening of time circling through the elegant sounds of Rami Seo’s kayagǔm. Powerful at

The Fabulous Kim Sisters

  The year is 1960, and The Kim Sisters have set the Vegas Strip afire with rich harmonies and an ability to play dozens of instruments. The

Korean Masked Dance-Drama: Enchanted Fertility Rite and Social Satire

Join us as Theresa Ki-ja Kim, professor emeritus of theater arts at SUNY Stony Brook, discusses how Korea’s unique tradition of masked dance-dramas masterfully blended

Masks of Night: Faces from Traditional Korean Dance-Dramas

Koreans expressed their passion and fear through masked dance for hundreds of years.  The dance-drama dates back to shamanic ritual aimed at warding off malevolent

Director Bong Joon-Ho

  Korean Film in Focus: A Conversation with Director Bong Joon-ho | Long before he swept the Oscars with Parasite, Director Bong Joon Ho visited