Park Bul-ddong, Farmland, "there is No Tomorrow." 1992. Mixed media, 69 x 33.5 cm Timed Realisms, Art in Korea, 1953-1995 Friday, September 23rd, 2016 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM Korean Cultural Service, 460 Park Avenue (57th Street), 6th Floor Free admission; refreshments provided During the Immediate decades following the provisional end of the Korean War in 1953, artists in Korea were left unmoored as previous distinctions yielded to new priorities and pressures. How did they reimagine new ...

North Korean Art: Complexity within Simplicity Wednesday, November 18, 2015 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM Korean Cultural Service, 460 Park Avenue (57th Street), 6th Floor Free admission; refreshments provided Art is huge in North Korea. The Mansudae Art Studio in Pyongyang is the largest government-supported art community in the world. Artists and artworks are highly regarded throughout the country. For the outside world, it remains an unexplored territory although there has been some limited, but ...

Ewer in the Shape of Lotus, Korea, Goryeo dynasty, first half of the 12th century, Brooklyn Museum   100 Years of Korean Art Collecting and Display at the Brooklyn Museum AHL Foundation Public Lecture Series 2015 in Collaboration with Korean Cultural Service NY Wednesday, November 4, 2015 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM Korean Cultural Service, 460 Park Avenue (57th Street), 6th Floor Free admission; refreshments provided The Brooklyn Museum houses one of the ...

Picasso, Zao Wou-ki, and Whanki Kim in Paris: The “Other” at Home Wednesday, October 21, 2015 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM Korean Cultural Service, 460 Park Avenue (57th Street), 6th Floor Free admission; refreshments provided Throughout the history of art, the complex insider/outsider experience of expatriates — those who leave their native countries for new lives abroad — has been explored by artists from around the world. Especially since the middle of the 20th century, ...

AHL Foundation Public Lecture Series 2014 In Collaboration with Korean Cultural Service NY Inventing Traditions of Korean Art and Culture: Diplomatic Perspectives Global Bodies from Korea: Tattoos and Taboos of Kim Joon’s Skinning Lecturer: Dr. Rachel Baum, Assistant Professor of Contemporary Art, Department of History of Art, State University of New York, Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT) Date: Wednesday, September 17, 2014 | 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM Place: Korean Cultural Service, 460 Park Avenue (57th Street), ...

AHL Foundation Public Lecture Series 2014 In Collaboration with Korean Cultural Service NY Inventing Traditions of Korean Art and Culture: Diplomatic Perspectives Costume Reform and Korean Modernization: Yu Kil-Chun’s Visions Lecturer: Dr. Aida Yuen Wong, Associate Professor of Asian Art, Brandeis University Date: Wednesday, October 15, 2014 | 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM Place: Korean Cultural Service, 460 Park Avenue (57th Street), 6th Floor Free admission; refreshments provided The Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, Massachusetts, is home to ...

AHL Foundation Public Lecture Series 2014 In Collaboration with Korean Cultural Service NY Inventing Traditions of Korean Art and Culture: Diplomatic Perspectives Latitudinal Attitudes: Critical Practices in Curating Contemporary Art from South Korea Lecturer: Young Min Moon, Associate Professor, University of  Massachusetts, Amherst Date: Wednesday, November 19, 2014 | 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM Place: Korean Cultural Service, 460 Park Avenue (57th Street), 6th Floor Free admission; refreshments provided Traditionally, area studies had been predicated upon the situation ...