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AHL Foundation Holds 2021 18th Annual Benefit Gala & Awards Ceremony
A Night Honoring Artists, Creatives, and Art Professionals in the Korean Community (Photo) Artists, Honorees, and Supporters at the 18th Annual AHL Foundation Benefit Gala & Awards Ceremony AHL Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to supporting Korean contemporary art, held its 2021 18th Annual Benefit Gala & Awards Ceremony this past Saturday, December 4th at the Church of the Holy Apostles in Chelsea. With last year’s gala taking place virtually due to the pandemic, ...
Met Museum Associate Curator Eleanor Soo-ah Hyun Introduces Upcoming Exhibition on Korean Mother-of-Pearl and Lacquerware
Final Part of the AHL Foundation and Korean Cultural Center New York’s Online Public Lecture Series © Trefoil-shaped covered box with decoration of chrysanthemums, ca. 12th century. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Fletcher Fund, 1925 (25.215.41a, b) (Photo) Eleanor Soo-ah Hyun AHL Foundation, a non-profit organization supporting Korean contemporary art, and the Korean Cultural Center New York are excited to announce the third and final part of their ...
AHL Foundation on Track to Secure New Space in West Harlem, New York
Fundraising Auction is On View 2021 18th Annual Benefit Gala and Awards Ceremony will take place December 4th, 2021 Park Seo-Bo, Ecriture No 15-21(AP1/4), 2021, Relief print with Korean Hanji paper, 133 x 103cm The AHL Foundation is set to open a new facility to host its offices and a new gallery space in West Harlem, New York in April 2022. The facility, which will open 18 years after the foundation’s establishment, is located ...
AHL Foundation and the Korean Cultural Center New York Present the 2nd Part of Their Online Public Lecture Series
Brooklyn Museum Curator Eugenie Tsai Examines the Work of Byron Kim AHL Foundation, a non-profit organization supporting Korean contemporary art, and the Korean Cultural Center New York are excited to announce the second part of their collaborative Online Public Lecture Series, featuring Eugenie Tsai, Senior Curator of Contemporary Art at the Brooklyn Museum. Her lecture, titled Threshold: Byron Kim, 1990-2004, will premiere on the Korean Cultural Center New York’s YouTube channel (https://www.youtube.com/user/KCSNY) Wednesday, October 27th. ...
AHL Foundation Announces 2021 Artist Fellowship Recipients
Heehyun Choi · Gyun Hur · Dohee Lee · Yozmit ▲ Heehyun Choi ▲ Gyun Hur ▲ Dohee Lee © Photo: Redcat performance photo by Carole Kim ▲ Yozmit © Photo: Hong JangHyun AHL Foundation, a non-profit organization supporting contemporary artists of Korean descent, is proud to present the recipients of the 2021 3rd Annual AHL Artist Fellowship: Heehyun Choi, Gyun Hur, Dohee Lee, and Yozmit. Each artist fellow will receive a stipend of ...
AHL Foundation, Overseas Adopted Korean Artists Open Online Exhibition We Are Many
● Curator: Leah Nichols ● Artists: Nicole Won Hee Maloof, Alex Myung, Meg O’Shea ● Period: Oct 11, 2021 - Nov 15, 2021 ● Location: https://www.ahlfoundation.org/wearemany (AHL Viewing Room) AHL Foundation, a non-profit organization supporting Korean contemporary art, is proud to present its latest online exhibition, We Are Many, opening October 11th, 2021 at 8:00 PM ET. Curated by filmmaker, animator, and designer Leah Nichols, the exhibition showcases the works of three adopted Korean ...
AHL Space Grand Opening 2022
The AHL Foundation is incredibly excited to announce that we are in the process of purchasing our very own space in West Harlem, with the opening scheduled for Spring 2022. Located in the vicinity of City College of New York (CCNY) the space will have adequate square footage to host exhibitions, educational programs, and the foundation’s ever-growing Archive of Korean Artists in America (AKAA). This is a challenging endeavor, but with the backing of ...
AHL Foundation and Korean Cultural Center New York Open Online Public Lecture Series September 29th, 2021
2021 Opening Online Lecture: “Masters of Disguise: Masquerade in Contemporary Korean Portrait Photography.” The AHL Foundation, a non-profit organization supporting Korean artists, and the Korean Cultural Center will present a lecture by Dr. Hyewon Yi, Director of the Amelie A. Wallace Gallery and Lecturer of Art History at SUNY College at Old Westbury, on September 29th, 2021, titled “Masters of Disguise: Masquerade in Contemporary Korean Portrait Photography.” The lecture will be hosted on the Korean ...
Jiyoung Lee Selected for the 2021 AHL – Chun Family Foundation Curatorial Fellowship
(Photo) Jiyoung Lee giving her acceptance speech at the 2021 Chun Family Foundation Scholarship Ceremony. Jiyoung Lee was selected by the AHL Foundation, a non-profit organization supporting Korean artists, for this year’s AHL – Chun Family Foundation Curatorial Scholarship. The Chun Family Foundation Scholarship was founded by businessman Chun Myung-guk in 2007 and has awarded scholarships to Korean students every year. Chairman Chung Myung-guk is actively engaged in volunteer work throughout the Korean ...
AHL Foundation Museum Tours to Be Held from September 2021 to June 2022
Registration Open Through August 31st (사진) 2018년 여름 뮤지엄 투어 현장(진행: 고태화 작가) The AHL Foundation, a non-profit organization supporting Korean contemporary art, has announced its upcoming Korean-language online museum tour program for 2021-22. This annual program, which visits major art museums and exhibitions in New York, will go virtual this year due to the pandemic and guide participants through museums not only in the United States, but also in the United Kingdom ...