Past Programs

Everyday Korean Food

    –SOLD OUT–   Worried that Korean cuisine is too complex to cook at home? In this demonstration, Chef Walter Rhee shows how easy it is to make Korean classics, like fresh sautéed spicy cucumber (oi moochim), spicy fried rice cake (tteokbokki), Korean rice dumpling soup (tteokguk), chap chae, beef bulgogi, and pork bulgogi. […]

Park Chan-wook Retrospective @ MoMI

Park Chan-wook is Korea’s leading filmmaker and the first Korean director to win the Grand Prix of The Jury at the Cannes Film Festival 2004. Old Boy alone gathered more than 20 awards on the international film festival circuit. Park is a producer of Bong Joon-ho’s upcoming Snow Piercer. To celebrate Stoker, his Hollywood directorial […]

Bojagi : Cloth, Color & Beyond by Chunghie Lee

  The exhibition features internationally recognized Korean textile artist Chunghie Lee’s contemporary Bojagi works. Once commonly employed in everyday life for carrying, covering and storing objects, Bojagi now has become one of the most widely recognized and appreciated of all traditional Korean textile arts. Chunghie Lee’s work integrates traditional Bojagi motifs into innovative designs with […]

Wedding Bojagi Workshop with Artist Chunghie Lee

Learn to create traditional Korean wedding Bojagi from artist Chunghie Lee. Chunghie Lee’s work integrates traditional Bojagi motifs into innovative designs with vivid color compositions. Participants in the workshop will learn how to apply auspicious symbols on wedding Bojagi while making two traditional Bojagi for wrapping wedding gifts and documents.  Evoking the artistic inspiration of the countless anonymous women who made Bojagi through the ages, […]

Korean Art at MFA Boston

In celebration of Asia Week New York, acclaimed curator Jane Portal will speak at The Korea Society to introduce the newly renovated Korean Gallery at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston which includes ceramics, metalwork, and paintings from the Bronze Age to the 20th century. Wednesday, March 20, 2013   6:00 PM | Registration […]

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K-Town Up Close

What makes K-Town one of the most vibrant cultural neighborhoods in New York City? Mother and daughter Hae Wha Pak and Christina Jang, owners of the popular K-Town restaurants Kunjip and New Wonjo, respectively, share the history, successes, and challenges that have transformed 32nd Street from a one restaurant neighborhood in 1979 to the densest […]

Korean Temple Food

(The Wednesday, May 1 program at The Korea Society is sold out. However, Venerable Dae Ahn will also be giving cooking classes at Contemporary Korean Kitchen on May 2, 4, and 5 so please visit CKK’s web site for further information.)   Korean Temple Food with Venerable Dae Ahn from The Korea Society on Vimeo. […]

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 of Korean realists who played a pivotal role in the development and enrichment of Korean photography as an art form. The exhibition marks the first time these original black and […]

All About K-Pop

The Korea Society examines the growth of K-Pop and the landmarks for Korean wave in the United States, such as Psy starring in a Super Bowl ad, Girls Generation performing at Madison Square Garden, and 2NE1’s Best New Band award from MTV Iggy.   All About K-Pop Wednesday, May 22, 2013 6:00 PM | Reception […]

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The Hidden Beauty of Korea Captured by Five Artists from Abroad 1920s-1950s

    The exhibition features the etchings and woodblock prints produced by five artists from abroad: Kawase Hasui (1883–1957, Japan), Paul Jacoulet (1896–1960, France), Elizabeth Keith (1887–1956, Scotland), Lilian May Miller (1895–1943, America) and Willy Seiler (1903–Unknown, Germany) at the turn of twentieth century. The exhibit presents the redefining of the beauty of Korea through […]