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LACMA to hold special events through last 3 weeks of Korean art exhibit

September 9, 2014

“Treasures From Korea: Arts and Culture of the Joseon Dynasty, 1392-1910″ at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. (The Korea Times file)

The Korea Times Los Angeles staff

The Los Angeles County Museum of Art will hold special events through the last three weeks of its Korean art exhibit, “Treasures From Korea: Arts and Culture of the Joseon Dynasty, 1392-1910,” which ends Sept. 28.

Cur-ATE: Ancient and Modern Korean

Enjoy a tour of the exhibition with chef and teacher Maite Gomez-Rejon before sitting down for a dinner by chef Viet Pham at Ray’s & Stark Bar. The bar will offer three varieties of “soju cocktails” throughout the month of September.

September 9, 6:30 p.m. $90 for LACMA members, $100 for non-members. Includes tour, dinner, parking.

Korean Scholar’s Day

Lectures by Korean art scholars will run all day inside the museum’s Brown Auditorium, among them by professors Cho In-soo (Korea National University of Arts), Hwang Kyung-moon (USC), Burglind Jungmann (UCLA) and Kim Sung-rim (Dartmouth).

September 17, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Free admission.

Ahn Sook Sun.

Korean Arts Day

A series of free events highlighting Korean arts and culture will unfold the day before the end of the exhibition, made possible with the support of the Korea Foundation.

Events include: A lecture titled “Symbolism and Functions of Korean Palace Screen Paintings,” held inside Brown Auditorium at 11 a.m. and headed by Academy of Korean Studies professor Lee Song-mi; a concert by the Ahn Sook Sun Ensemble inside Bing Theater at 1 p.m.; a Korean tea ceremony from 3 p.m. to 4 p.m. at the L.A. Times Central Court; an unveiling of a community bojagi showcasing pieces from 1,700 participants, as well as a brush painting workshop, inside the Boone Children’s Gallery from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

For more information, visit LACMA.org.