Being the week before Korean Thanksgiving it was appropriate that Asia Society Korea Center’s September Monthly Luncheon focused on a very cultural aspect of Korea, traditional art. Dr. Song-Mi Yi, ...

Minhwa, which literally translates to "painting of the people," refers to Korean folk painting created by ordinary people in the distant past. In recent years, these works have been gaining ...

Despite such importance, it has been only about 10 years since serious research on chaekgeori began, Lee said. To improve public understanding of chaekgeori as well as munjado, another unique style of ...

American art history professor offers fresh insight into Korean dansaekhwa as an alternative to European/American art The first in-depth examination of Korean monochromatic painting is being published ...

Emperor Gojong (1852-1919) of the Korean Empire (1897-1910) stands before a full-length mirror and looks at himself pleasingly with a soft smile. Of all the photographs and paintings of the emperor, ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio – The Cleveland Museum of Art enriched its collection of Korean art in its latest round of acquisitions by buying an exceedingly rare Buddhist painting from the Goryeo period (918–1392 ...

Song-tae Kim and 17 of his friends from church chattered boisterously, some fueled by soju, with the remnants of their dinner — black bean noodles and spicy seafood noodle soup — spread out in front ...

A genre of Korean landscape painting termed “true-view” landscape painting refers to paintings of scenery that truly existed in Korea, and that flowered during the seventeenth century through the ...

Open through Jun 29, the exhibition – featuring 100 works from 20 institutions and private collections – celebrates the beauty of Korea through 'Minhwa' dating from Joseon dynasty to modern times ...