Art & Artist
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Modern Architecture in Korea: Travels through Terra Incognita
Monday, November 17, 2025 | 6:30 PMPhoto by JongOh Kim | Modern architecture in Korea is characterized by open and dynamic attitudes formed through a unique set of historical circumstances. Through colonial rule, war, and poverty, it was cut off from its older building traditions, emerging only in the latter half of the twentieth century as part of a condensed process of modernization. It is enigmatic in that its build first, think later (if at all) condition has rebuffed holistic narratives of its disjunctive evolution. Long dominated by the... Read More -
Artist Talk: Hong Seon Jang
Tuesday, October 14, 2025 | 5:00 PM- Youtube Video:
Photo by Brad Ogbonna | With his installations, Hong Seon Jang transforms industrial products and found objects in order to explore the usually recognizable surroundings. As their conventional function and values are reinterpreted, distorted, and subverted, Jang investigates opposing concepts and contrasting ideas, such as authority and subordination, internal and external dynamics, and the interplay between security and threat. Through his art, Jang invites viewers to re-examine how symbols acquire cultural... Read More -
Artist Talk: Kyungmin Park & Jinsik Yoo
Tuesday, June 10, 2025 | 5:00 PM- Youtube Video:
Courtesy of Artist | Through figurative sculpture, two Korean-born artists transcend language and cultural barriers to tell their personal stories and express emotions that resonate universally. By sharing their unique perspectives and introspection, they offer alternative interpretations and an opportunity for a more comprehensive understanding of ourselves and the world around us. Kyungmin Park's artistic vision was inspired by her experience as an immigrant in the U.S., where she had to learn a new... Read More -
From POW Camp to Muralist: The Untold Story of Lee Qoede
Thursday, June 5, 2025 | 6:30 PMJoin Korean art historian and curator Jinyoung Jin as she reveals the fascinating life and art of Lee Qoede (1913–1965), a groundbreaking twentieth-century Korean painter shaped by the turbulent ideological battles of postliberation Korea. From surviving three years in a prisoner-of-war camp during the Korean War to defecting to North Korea in 1953, Lee’s journey and artistry reflect a profound resilience. Jin will delve into his impactful contributions to twentieth-century social realism, uncovering the... Read More -
Future Present: Contemporary Korean Art with Andy St. Louis
Tuesday, June 3, 2025 | 6:30 PM- Youtube Video:
Join Andy St. Louis for an in-depth exploration of South Korea's burgeoning art scene and the most intriguing artists who are at the forefront of a generational shift in Korean art. Working in the fields of painting, sculpture, installation, video and photography, these artists collectively foreground the facets of contemporary Korean culture that have enabled the country’s cultural exports to resonate so strongly worldwide. In his lecture, St. Louis will showcase the diversity of contemporary Korean art... Read More -
The Flow of Ink and Color: A Journey of Korean Ink Painting by Sunglim Kim
Tuesday, March 18, 2025 | 6:30 PM- Youtube Video:
In this lecture, Professor Sunglim Kim explores the history of ink painting in Korea, and examines its origin and development, both in the past and the present. | Hemyeong Kim Seongheui Constellation Links | In this lecture, Professor Sunglim Kim explores the history of ink painting in Korea, and examines its origin and development, both in the past and the present. The Flow of Ink and Color: A Journey of Korean Ink Painting by Sunglim Kim Tuesday, March 18, 2025 | 6:30 PM (EDT) The Korea Society350... Read More -
Artist Talk: Hayoon Jay Lee with Seph Rodney
Tuesday, October 29, 2024 | 6:30 PM- Youtube Video:
In the modern tradition of abstract art, artists look beyond what we physically see. Using color, shape, line, and texture, they express strong emotional content without constraints of representation. Hayoon Jay Lee uses rice as object, motif, metaphor and visceral biomorphic forms, meticulously and meditatively arranging individual grains of rice into a surface with modeling paste to create physical and emotional topographies. In this Artist Talk, Lee will be in a conversation with art critic Seph Rodney about her... Read More -
Artist Talk: Annette Hur
Tuesday, October 15, 2024 | 5:00 PM- Youtube Video:
In the modern tradition of abstract art, artists look beyond what we physically see. Using color, shape, line, and texture, they express strong emotional content without constraints of representation. With her bold colors and brushstroke Annette Hur deliberately positions her paintings in between abstraction and figuration, dealing with the conflicts of the real lived experience and how her body remembers and processes it. "Anchoring to nothing, my ever-flowing identity as an immigrant female"Courtesy of Artist... Read More -
The Rise of Korean Contemporary Art with Peter Kahng
Wednesday, October 2, 2024 | 6:30 PM- Youtube Video:
Join us for an engaging discussion with Peter Kahng, an expert on the intersection of global art markets and contemporary Korean art. As a lecturer at Stanford University specializing in "Global Art Markets in Asia," Peter Kahng will provide a unique perspective on the thriving contemporary art scene in Korea. Explore how Korean art movements, including the influential Dansaekhwa, have garnered international acclaim and how contemporary Korean artists are making significant waves on the global stage. Hyundai... Read More -
Korean Couture: Generations of Revolution | A Curator's Perspective
Thursday, September 5, 2024 | 6:30 PM- Youtube Video:
Korean Couture: Generations of Revolution is a compelling exhibition at the Cleveland Museum of Art about the history and transformative legacy of Korean fashion, presenting garments ranging from excavated 17th-century aristocratic garments to contemporary Korean couture by leading and emerging designers, including André Kim (1935–2010); Lie Sang Bong (b. 1954); Lee Chung Chung (b. 1978), for LIE; Lee Jean Youn (b. 1978); and Shin Kyu Yong (b. 1988) and Park Ji Sun (b. 1988), for Blindness.Through juxtaposing... Read More