[Korean Art in the U.S.] Virtual tour of Korean collection at the Art Institute of Chicago

The Korean Cultural Center Washington, D.C. (KCCDC) proudly announces the fifth edition of Korean Art in the U.S., presenting a new curator-led virtual tour of traditional and contemporary works in the Korean collection at the Art Institute of Chicago (AIC), set to release online on August 31, 2021.

The AIC's collection of Korean art spans more than 2,000 years of artistic production and includes exquisite celadon ceramics, striking ink paintings, and contemporary works that carry the artistic heritage of Korea's past into the present day. The museum has been acquiring Korean art by gift and purchase since 1900 and has acquired about 250 objects to date.

Led by the AIC's Yeonsoo Chee, Associate Curator of Korean Art, Hendrik Folkerts, the Dittmer Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art, and Robyn Ferrell, Associate Curator Modern and Contemporary Art, the virtual tour will highlight exquisite examples of Korean traditional art as well as modern and contemporary art from the museum's permanent collection. The collection of Korean art at the Art Institute of Chicago covers more than two thousand years of artistic production, dating from the Three Kingdoms period (c. 57 BC–AD 676). The collection is particularly strong in ceramics, especially exquisite examples of celadon from the Goryeo dynasty (918–1392), Buddhist paintings from the Joseon dynasty (1392–1910) and contemporary ceramics. The Art Institute also holds works by noted modern and contemporary Korean artists such as Nam June Paik and the Dansaekhwa artists.

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