Curators’ introduction to Korea

Join Sang-ah Kim and Yoojin Kwak Choi, curators of the Korea exhibition, as they explore the context, scope, themes and highlight objects of the exhibition.
 
Featuring outstanding examples of sculpture, painting and decorative arts over two millennia – up to the present day – the exhibition presents the most comprehensive chronological survey of Korean visual and material culture seen in Europe for over 40 years.
This major exhibition draws almost exclusively from the 23,000 works bequeathed in 2021 by the late Samsung Chairman Lee Kun-Hee to the National Museum of Korea (NMK) and the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea (MMCA). It offers a dynamic journey through the art and material culture of the last 2,000 years. It also includes many National Treasures or Treasures, objects so designated for their exceptionally high quality and historical significance.
 
From ancient goldware to contemporary works of the 20th century, this talk traces 2,000 years of Korean creativity.