Uploaded June 2025 | Updated September 2026, 14 hours ago
The newly installed gallery of Korean art, generously supported by the National Museum of Korea, features a rich array of objects that reflect Korea’s religious, political, and material cultures. Through gold adornments, ceramics, and paintings, the gallery explores the rituals and symbols at the center of Korea’s cultural heritage, including tea ceremonies, Buddhist traditions, and the emergence of the Confucian scholar class.
Hear from Yeonsoo Chee, associate curator of Korean art, for a discussion about the makers and users of these objects and how their motifs and designs reflect the social status, gender, and lives of those who interacted with them.
The newly installed gallery of Korean art, generously supported by the National Museum of Korea, features a rich array of objects that reflect Korea’s religious, political, and material cultures. Through gold adornments, ceramics, and paintings, the gallery explores the rituals and symbols at the center of Korea’s cultural heritage, including tea ceremonies, Buddhist traditions, and the emergence of the Confucian scholar class.
Hear from Yeonsoo Chee, associate curator of Korean art, for a discussion about the makers and users of these objects and how their motifs and designs reflect the social status, gender, and lives of those who interacted with them.
