THE KOREA SOCIETY

is a nonprofit, nonpartisan, 501(c)(3) organization with individual and corporate members that is dedicated solely to the promotion of greater awareness, understanding, and cooperation between the people of the United States and Korea. Learn more about us here.

Art & Artist
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 link "... the artifacts... are truly treasures." - Japan Times Review, "Little Friends for the Other World", October 11, 2007 link Death is an aspect of the human condition that touches every culture in every age, and almost all cultures envelop death in a rich… Read More

Exhibiting Korea

Thursday, May 24, 2007 | 8:35 PM
A New, Monthly Series of Gallery Talk Programs May 24 - November 16, 2007 Exhibiting Korea, a new monthly series of presentations on the fine arts, film, fashion and photograph of the Korean Peninsula, is debuting in April 2007. Series programs will address contemporary trends in cultural expression in Korea, and take audiences back to important movements they might have overlooked. These gallery talks, given by top experts, critics and… Read More

The Meaning of Dragons in Korean Folklore

Wednesday, February 2, 2005 | 7:00 PM
To mark the opening of an exhibition of Korean dragon paintings, author and folklore specialist Heinz Insu Fenkl, director of the Interstitial Studies Institute at SUNY New Paltz, lectured on dragon symbolism in both the East and West. Due to its association with serpents in the Old Testament, he explained, the dragon was considered a creature of evil in the West. In the folklore of the East, however, the dragon… Read More

A State of Mind: Life in North Korea

Tuesday, January 25, 2005 | 5:55 PM
  This program featured the screening of a documentary by award-winning producers Dan Gordon and John Battsek, which premiered on the PBS program, Wide Angle, on September 11, 2003. The documentary provides a rare, and surprising, glimpse into the individual and family life underneath the monolithic veneer of North Korean society. A Q&A session with Charles Armstrong, associate professor, Department of History, Columbia University, and Wide Angle Executive Producer Stephen… Read More
April 27 - June 30, 2004 Gallery Hours:11:00AM - 5:00PMTuesday through Friday   Public Lecture A Bright Fascination: Korean Folk PaintingsBy Hyunsoo Woo Thursday, May 27, 2004 @ 6:30PMAdmission free, reservation required Read More
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