Tag: Arts & Culture

The Good, The Bad, The Weird

  Join The Korea Society and the Museum of The Moving Image for a cinematic wild ride from director Kim Jee-woon’s. Set in the 1930s Manchurian desert,

Special Screening of I Saw the Devil @ The Museum of the Moving Image

Director Kim Ji-woon’s latest film follows a bloody cycle of catch-and-release as the protagonist inflicts “equal sorrow” on his fiancée’s killer. Kim casts a distinctive mark

The Writings of Lee UFan

The Korea Society presents the writings of celebrated artist, poet, and philosopher Lee UFan, in conjunction with the Guggenheim Museum’s retrospective exhibition, Lee UFan: Marking

Poetry in Clay: Korean Buncheong Ceramics from Leeum, Samsung Museum of Art

  The Korea Society is pleased to announce a rare opportunity for a guided tour of The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s special exhibit, Poetry in Clay: Korean

The Journals of Musan

Winner of “Best New Narrative Director” at 2011 Tribeca Film Festival!   The Tribeca Film Festival presents the New York premiere of the much-anticipated The Journals of

Selling Happiness: 1960s-80s Consumer Design in Korea

During Korea’s drive for economic modernization, commercial artists created goods and advertisements that were visually appealing and richly detailed. After the war, Korea transformed itself

Threading Life: A Lecture by Korean Quilt Master Haeja Kim

    Traditional Korean quilt technique requires keen attention to detail, patience, and dedication. With the arrival of the modern sewing machine, traditional quilting largely

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10,000 Threads: The Collected Works of Quilt Master Kim Haeja

February 22—March 31, 2011 Traditional Korean quilting, with its unique “nubi” line-stitching, is elevated to a high art under the masterful hands of award-winning artisan

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Special Screening of HaHaHa

  The Korea Society joins the newly renovated Museum of the Moving Image to present Hong Sang-soo’s Hahaha, a deceptively light romantic comedy which won the 2010 Prize

Special Screening of Poetry

About the Director: Lee Chang-dong was a successful novelist and screenwriter before he came to be one of Korea’s most talented directors. His movies, such as