National Museum of Korea, Yongsan Opening 20th Anniversary Special Exhibition Connection.. Lectures and Symposiums on the 17th-18th

[Financial News] The National Museum of Korea announced on the 14th that it will hold academic events on the 17th-18th at the museum's small and large auditoriums, inviting domestic and international experts to explore early Joseon art from various perspectives.
This event is held in conjunction with the special exhibition 'New Country, New Art: Early Joseon Art Exhibition', which is being conducted to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the Yongsan opening.
Itakura Masaaki (板倉聖哲), a professor at the University of Tokyo who has been researching East Asian paintings and Buddhist paintings, will give a lecture on the 17th under the theme 'Reconsideration of Early Joseon Landscapes - On the Occasion of Several Encounters', introducing early Joseon landscapes, including works exhibited in the special exhibition, in depth.
On the same day, Ide Seinosuke (井手誠之輔), an honorary professor at Kyushu University and an authority on the production and distribution of medieval East Asian Buddhist paintings, will shed light on the international aspects of early Joseon Buddhist art under the theme 'Goryeo and Ming, Two Norms - The Rise of Early Joseon Buddhist Paintings'.
On the 18th, the National Museum of Korea will co-host an academic symposium with the Korean Art History Association titled 'New Country, Art and Culture of Joseon'.
Lee Aeryeong, the chief curator of the National Museum of Korea, will give a keynote presentation on 'The New State Joseon and Ceramic Culture', and domestic and international scholars will present on 8 themes related to early Joseon art history and historiography.
The number of visitors to the 'New Country, New Art: Early Joseon Art Exhibition', which opened on the 10th of last month, surpassed 30,000 on the 9th. The National Museum of Korea presented a souvenir to the 30,000th visitor and plans to hold events every time the number of visitors increases by 10,000.


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