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Annual Tour of the Newark Museum's Korean Art Collection

Wednesday, January 4, 2012 at 12 noon

Just 30 minutes from Midtown Manhattan, there is a beautiful collection of Korean art featuring a renowned collection of folk paintings and fine ceramics, including a famous maebyong vase that has been in the museum's collection for over a hundred years. Please join us for a tour of the collection in one of the first Korean galleries in an American museum. We will also tour the exhibitions, Red Luster: Lacquer and Leatherworks of Asia, and The Global Art of Patchwork. Both of these exhibitions include the artwork of Korea. Please also join us for lunch and lively conversation in the museum cafe.

Heavenly Bliss at the Philadelphia Museum

Friday, February 17, 2012 at 12 noon

The Philadelphia Museum's Curator of Korean Art, Hyunsoo Woo will lead us on a tour of the exhibition, Heavenly Bliss. This is an exhibition of beautiful Korean works of art that have the afterlife as their theme. This promises to be a unique and thought-provoking exhibition. We have timed our visit to coincide with the exhibition, Van Gogh Up Close, which will feature works from Van Gogh's final years.

Tour of Korean Collections in Los Angeles Museums
Friday and Saturday, March 16 and 17, 2012

We will visit the Pacific Asia Museum (PAM) in Pasadena and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) in LA. On March 16th, PAM's Curator of Korean Art, Yeonsoo Chee will guide us on a tour of the exhibition, Auspicious Beauty: Korean Folk Painting. In addition, she has generously agreed to bring out from storage, for our private viewing pleasure, their famous complete collection of Paul Jacoulet woodblock prints of people and scenes from Korea and other parts of Asia. Jacoulet is widely regarded as one of the greatest 20th Century woodblock print artists. He grew up in Asia in the early 20th Century, and his mother was married in Korea. We will also tour PAM's Korean gallery. While we're in Pasadena, we'll also tour the Norton Simon Museum's Asian art galleries. On March 17th, LACMA's Curator of Korean Art, Stephen Little, will guide us on a tour of their new Korean gallery, and he will treat us to a private viewing of some amazing masterpieces from LACMA's storage area. LACMA has one of the finest collections of Korean art in the world outside of Korea. This is a very rare opportunity to enjoy private viewings of some of the best Korean art in America, in the fine company of your fellow art lovers. This promises to be the Korean Art Society's biggest event in 2012.

Korean Masterpieces in the Brooklyn Museum Storage Rooms
Friday, April 20, 2012 at 10am

The Brooklyn Museum, with one of the most extensive Korean collections in the West, has agreed to give the Korean Art Society a private viewing of the Korean masterpieces in its storage area. The Brooklyn Museum has been collecting Korean art for 100 years, and was the first museum outside of Asia to open a permanent Korean gallery. You will be amazed at the number of fine and rare pieces in the collection and will understand why the Korean government decided that it was necessary to catalog this comprehensive and very important collection. Because of space and budget limitations, only a very small percentage of the collection is on view, and most of it rarely ever gets displayed. So this is a unique opportunity for lovers of Korean art.

The Lee Young Hee Museum of Korean Culture
Saturday, June 2, 2012 at 11am

You're really missing out if you haven't seen the fine collection in this museum. Their collection of hanbok (traditional Korean clothing) is unmatched. In addition to antique and contemporary hanbok, you will see Korean furnishings, ornaments, and much more. We'll be generously treated to a private tour by Director Jong Suk Sung. We'll have lunch after the tour in one of the many fine Korean restaurants in Korea Town.

Korean Masterpieces in the Mary Burke Collection
Thursday, September 6, 2012 at 11am

The Mary Griggs Burke Collection, one of the largest and finest private collections of Asian art, has been exhibited at New York's Metropolitan Museum and other major museums. The Asia Society once had an exhibition based on a single very important early Korean Buddhist painting from this collection. The Korean Art Society is very fortunate to be invited to Ms. Burke's Manhattan home to view rare and famous masterpieces in Korean sculpture, painting, and ceramics.