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National Museum of Korea

The LKL Korea Trip 2009 pt 8: Galleries old and new

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by Philip Gowman on 5 August, 2009

in I-MYU, National Museum of Korea, Permanent displays, Seoul, Travel diaries, Travel ideas

Wednesday 22 July

A pleasant late start to the morning. Im Jeongae from London’s I-MYU gallery happens to be in town, looking after the show of British artists at the Total Museum. We cruise the Samcheong-dong galleries together as the heat of the day becomes slightly cooler, and the daylight light becomes milkier. People are staring [...]

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The Pensive Bodhisattva comes to Brussels

6 October 2008 Bozar 2008
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By Matthew Jackson
The centrepiece of the Bozar exhibition of Korean Buddhist Art, beginning in Brussels on the 10th of October, will be the Pensive Bodhisattva statue, Korea’s National Treasure No. 83. It is difficult to describe in words why the statue is regarded so highly as a work of Buddhist art, because its qualities consist [...]

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The Sarira Casket

27 September 2008 History & heritage
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Matthew Jackson describes one of the Buddhist treasures in the Seoul National Museum.

Of the few people I have asked who have visited the Seoul National Museum, no one has mentioned the Kameun Sarira Casket as the high point of their tour. When I visited the museum myself, even though I was specifically looking out for [...]

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Saturday documentaries at the KCC

24 July 2008 Documentaries
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This Saturday there will be a screening of a short film entitled “The History of Gold” at the Korean Cultural Centre at 12pm, 2pm and 4pm.
Each screening will last around 30 minutes.

Silla dynasty gold earrings, 6th century AD. Diameter 3.5cm, Height 8.3cm. National Treasure No. 90, Seoul National Museum.
Silla people decorate their houses with silk [...]

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