National Museum of Korea Director Lecture

National Museum of Korea Director You Hong June lectures on Korean National Treasures: 2,000 Years of Art, an Art Institute Exhibition.

SAIC and the Art Institute of Chicago invite you to join art historian and Director of the National Museum of Korea You Hong June for a special lecture event to celebrate Korean National Treasures: 2,000 Years of Art, the largest Art Institute exhibition devoted to Korean art in four decades. From a 6th-century gilt bronze Buddhist sculpture to white porcelain and contemporary paintings of the late 20th century, the works of art in this exhibition demonstrate the artistic legacy produced on the Korean peninsula over millennia. Among the 140 artworks on view, 22 are officially recognized as National Treasures or Treasures by the Korean government.

This lecture is sponsored by the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and the Art Institute of Chicago.