Tag: Arts

Korean Funerary Figures: Companions for the Journey to the Other World

Exhibition July 26, 2007 – December 18, 2007 “… eye-catching.” – New York Times Art Review, “Korea’s Extraordinary Send-Offs for Ordinary People”, August 17, 2007

Exhibiting Korea

A New, Monthly Series of Gallery Talk Programs May 24 – November 16, 2007 Exhibiting Korea, a new monthly series of presentations on the fine

Producing a Film across Seoul and New York: Making West 32nd

Hollywood makes lots of legal thrillers, but none of them speak so directly to the Korean American experience as the newly released West 32nd. While in

Hong Sang-Soo Tribute

  The Korea Society co- presents a ‘Hong Sang-Soo tribute’ with BAM Cinematek, featuring the celebrated Korean director’s three latest films that have won over

Bong Joon-Ho Mini Film Festival

A special line-up of acclaimed South Korean director Bong Joon-Ho’s box-office mega-hits will include showings of Barking Dogs Never Bite and Memories of Murder, and shorts Incoherence and Sink and Rise.

Gods, Demons, and Generals: Icons of Korean Shamanism

Gods, Demons and Generals: Icons of Korean Shamanism The exhibition includes representations of Samsin Halmoni 삼신 (Birth Spirit), Sansin 산신 (Mountain God), Taesin Halmoni 대신

Korean Dance: Tradition and Creation

  Korean Dance: Tradition and Creation November 8 – 16, 2005 A 16-member troupe from the Seoul Performing Arts Company presented an exquisite program of

Contemporary Korean Choreographers

  Contemporary Korean Choreographers International DUMBO Dance Festival: Contemporary Korean Choreographers October 19 – 25, 2005 In association with WHITE WAVE, a Brooklyn-based performance, teaching

Korean Comics: A Society Through Small Frames

    Exhibition September 7 – October 28, 2005 This exhibition examined the changing social realities of Korean society from the 1950s to the 1990s

Truth and Dare: New York Korean Film Festival 2005

The Korea Society once again provided financial and logistical support for the New York Korean Film Festival in 2005 and also served as its fiscal