EXHIBITION CLOSING SOON
Home/Away
Heejung Cho, Simpson Kim, Jian Yoo
May 2 – July 31, 2024
How can a Korean artist—however one identifies as such—shape their own narrative in this fast changing, global environment? Educated, living, and working in both the United States and South Korea, three Korean artists ponder what home means to them by exploring the landscape surrounding them. Working in three distinctive media—sculpture, photography, and contemporary mother-of-pearl art—this group of young artists represent the international experience and diversity within the new generation of Korean artists and the fluid definition of one’s identity and home in the age of intercontinental living.
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LEARNING EVENT
Korean Language Program
Whether you are new to Korean language study or an advanced speaker, The Korea Society has a class for you! We offer courses year round with terms in the winter, spring, summer and fall.
There are nine-levels of study ranging from Beginning Korean I to Advanced topic-based classes. And we offer conversation courses at all levels that provide greater speaking practice.
The vast majority of our courses are offered online via Zoom with a few beginning level courses offered in person at our offices in Midtown Manhattan. Members of The Korea Society at the Supporter Level and above receive tuition discounts for Korean language classes.
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PAST TALK AVAILABLE TO VIEW ONLINE
Image Credit: © MFA BOSTON
Hallyu! The Korean Wave
The Curatorial Roundtable
Thursday, May 16, 2024
Online
This Curatorial Roundtable with curators Rosalie Kim from theVictoria and Albert Museum, Christina Yu Yu from the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and Yoon-Jee Choi from the Asian Art Museum, San Francisco from May 16th is now available to view online through this link.
We were pleased to host this talk for Hallyu! The Korean Wave, an exhibition on view at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston through July 28th. First presented at Victoria and Albert Museum, London, the show will travel next to the Asian Art Museum, San Francisco.
Hallyu! The Korean Wave explores the rise of South Korea as a cultural superpower over the last century following its occupation by Japan and the Korean War. It’s the first major exhibition to explore the origins, evolution and incredible impact worldwide of Korea’s pop culture.
The exhibit features approximately 250 objects—costumes, props, photographs, videos, pop culture ephemera, and contemporary works—providing an immersive and multi-sensory journey through a fascinating history, and a celebration of a vibrant creative force that bridges cultural, societal, and linguistic divides and continues to reach new heights today.
