The British Museum’s Korea: 2,000 Years of Creativity brings the Lee Kun-hee Collection – one of the most significant collections of Korean art – to Europe for the first time. It draws on more than 23,000 works donated to Korea’s national museums in 2021 by the family of the late Samsung chairman Lee Kun-Hee (1942–2020) and the exhibition spans over two millennia of Korean art. This talk will unfold the stories behind some of its most remarkable treasures and the innovation, exchange and craftsmanship that have shaped Korean culture, past and present.
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Talk: Inside Korea’s 2,000 Years of Creativity, Sang-ah Kim
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The British Museum’s Korea: 2,000 Years of Creativity brings the Lee Kun-hee Collection – one of the most significant collections of Korean art – to Europe for the first time. It draws on more than 23,000 works donated to Korea’s national museums in 2021 by the family of the late Samsung chairman Lee Kun-Hee (1942–2020) and the exhibition spans over two millennia of Korean art.
This talk will unfold the stories behind some of its most remarkable treasures and the innovation, exchange and craftsmanship that have shaped Korean culture, past and present.