Arts of Korea Gallery in Texas reopens with Joseon Dynasty exhibition

Installation view of the Arts of Korea Gallery at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (NATIONAL MUSEUM OF KOREA)

The Arts of Korea Gallery at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston reopened last week, the National Museum of Korea said Monday.

The Arts of Korea Gallery, located on the first floor of the Texas Museum’s Caroline Wiess Law Building, is filled with 33 items from the Joseon Dynasty (1392-1910). There are 29 on loan to the museum from the collection of the National Museum of Korea, and the items range from ceramics and wooden furniture to Buddhist sculptures. The white porcelain pot with dragon decorations is one of the pieces donated by late Samsung Chairman Lee Kun-hee in 2021.

For 15 years, since its first opening in 2007, the Arts of Korea Gallery exhibited 82 objects on loan from the National Museum of Korea.

Since its reopening, the gallery has been reorganized as a thematic exhibition highlighting Joseon life and culture.

The museum will host public lectures on Korean history and culture and will also screen Korean films to “provide opportunities to experience and promote Korean culture.”

“It is expected that the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, which has been working with us for a long time, will increase its impact through various new types of exchange programs, making an important contribution to the promotion of Korean culture,” said Yoon Sung. -yong, director general of the National Museum of Korea, said this during the reopening ceremony on Thursday.

BY SHIN MIN-HEE ([email protected])