Tag: Arts & Culture

Korean Architecture and Design in Convergent Flux

  New York City’s first cross-disciplinary exhibition of Korean architecture, landscape design, and urban planning celebrates both globalizing and hybridized conditions in contemporary Korean society.

Korean Traditional Woman Hat Making Workshop

Learn traditional Korean hatmaking from Chung Young-Yang, a master embroiderer and renowned textile scholar whose embroidery graces the presidential palaces of Korea, the Metropolitan Museum

An Evening with Sulwhasoo, Skincare from Korea

  The Korea Society and Sulwhasoo invite members—current and new—to a private reception at the newly launched Sulwhasoo Skincare Boutique at Bergdorf Goodman in New York City. Join

Classic Movie Night: The Housemaid

  In recognition of our recent sold-out premiere of The Housemaid (2010) at MoMA, The Korea Society proudly presents this special screening of the lovingly

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

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

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

Talismans of Protection from Chosŏn Korea: Antique Locks, Latches and Key Charms

Shown for the first time in the United States, the collection features a rare collection of locks, latches and key charms, from the Chosŏn Dynasty