The 18th-century painting, which the Met acquired in 2007, is believed to have been removed from a South Korean temple while ...

According to the Yonhap news agency, the painting was "illicitly" taken from the temple in 1954. By that point, the Korean ...

O Sech'ang's Kŭnyŏk sŏhwa ching: a cornerstone of Korean art history / Hong Sun-pyo -- Colonial inventions: Korean art histories written by Japanese scholars / Park Soon-won -- The achievements and ...

On the surface, a statement such as this might sound hyperbolic, even New Agey in its triteness. But if we take a step back, taking a broad mental survey of the seemingly mundane things we view in our ...

Seoul is the latest major city to establish itself as a significant international hub for new art. With that distinction comes the expected propagation of ambitious museum exhibitions seeking to ...

More than 700 pieces of Korean art in possession of the Smithsonian Museum are now available to view online as the Washington-based museum released some 40,000 digitized images of ancient Asian art on ...

In the eyes of veteran art historian You Hong-jun, the critical study of Korea’s art history remains little-known to the wider world, despite holding a significant place within the broader currents of ...

DIFFERENT CULTURES. WHEN YOU WALK INSIDE THE HOWARD COUNTY WELCOME CENTER, MICHELLE KIM HOPES TO TRANSPORT YOU TO A LITTLE KOREA. WE WANTED TO SHARE OUR KOREAN CULTURE WITH OTHER ETHNIC GROUPS SO WE ...

What if you could tour Seoul’s Gyeongbokgung Palace, admire traditional Korean folk paintings that come alive before your eyes and experience the sounds of Korean instruments – all without leaving Los ...

Treasures from late Samsung boss Lee Kun-hee’s art collection are on show in the US after his family donated over 23,000 ...