J.P. Park, author of A New Middle Kingdom: Painting and Cultural Politics in Late Chosŏn Korea (1700–1850), will be giving a talk at SOAS on 21 February as part of SOAS’s Friday evening seminar series: Rescuing Art History from the Nation: Late Chosŏn Korea between Europe and Edo Japan Prof J.P. Park (University of Oxford) […]
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(G)I-DLE “I-LAND” World tour in London (venue tbc)
Cube Entertainment and Live Nation have announced the dates of (G)I-DLE’s first world tour. The venue for their London appearance on 24 May has yet to be confirmed.
KCC February House Concert: Esther Park (Violin) + Kumi Matsuo (Piano)
The KCC House concert series for the year kicks off with a really interesting and varied programme. Esther Park (Violin) & Kumi Matsuo (Piano) Tuesday 25 February 2020, 7pm @ KCCUK Admission free | Reserve a seat Programme Mozart: Violin Sonata No. 27 in G Major, K. 379 Ⅰ. Adagio – Allegro Ⅱ. Theme and […]
Jimin Suh’s Unburied in double bill at The Bunker
THE UPSETTERS present a week-long festival dedicated to celebrating artists of colour where they will hold a poetry night, debut two pieces of new writing, present a scratch night and host a series of workshops where they pay participants to attend to cover loss of earning. THE UPSETTERS make theatre written by writers of colour, […]
In the Absence screens at ICA, with Q+A
Amid all the justified excitement about Parasite, let’s not forget that Korea has another film with an Oscar nomination this year. Its producer, Gary Byung-Seok Kam, is in town to answer your questions at a screening at the ICA this weekend. In the Absence Dir Yi Seung-Jun, South Korea / USA 2018, 29 min., Korean […]
Ceramics by Ree Soo-Jong and Lee Hun-Chung at Messums London
Messums bring us an exhibition of the work by two ceramics artists. Both have had their work shown in London before, with Ree Soo-jong the more frequent visitor. But this is the first large-scale exhibition of their work. Korean Ceramic: Ree Soo-Jong and Lee Hun-Chung Curated by Paul Greenhalgh 19 February – 14 March 2020 […]
Whose Comfort? – book launch at the KCC
Friday 21 February 2020, 6.30 pm to 8.30 pm Korean Cultural Centre UK | Grand Buildings | 1-3 Strand | London WC2N 5B Admission free | Register via Google Docs Join World Scientific Publishing at the Korean Cultural Centre UK to celebrate the launch of Whose Comfort? The issue of sexual violence against civilian ‘comfort […]
BTS Map of the Soul tour comes to Twickenham
Having sold out the home of football two days running last year, the unstoppable BTS are now planning on doing the same to the home of rugby: the Map of the Soul tour will be coming to Twickenham Stadium on 3 and 4 July this year. Ticket details will be forthcoming in due course. In […]
Stray Kids “District 9 Unlock” tour at Wembley Arena
Stray Kids return to London in May to play Wembley Arena. Since their visit last June, Woojin has left the group, but there are still eight boys to entertain you. Tickets will be on sale from Ticketmaster in due course. Stray Kids World Tour: District 9 Unlock Sunday 17 May 2020 @ 6:00 pm The […]
SOAS seminar – Small China concept in the T’aengniji by Yi Chung-hwan
The last SOAS seminar before Brexit… The Small China concept in the “T’aengniji” by Yi Chung-hwan (1690-1756?) Dr Nataliya Chesnokova (National Research University Higher School of Economics) 31 January 2020, 5:15 – 7:00 PM Paul Webley Wing (Senate House), Alumni Lecture Theatre, SOAS Free | Registration link on SOAS website Abstract The late Chosǒn period […]
February literature night: Marilyn and Me by Ji-Min Lee
The KCC’s literature nights kick off in 2020 with one of 2019’s under-the-radar publications. Ji-Min Lee: Marilyn and Me Wednesday 26 February 2020, 7pm @KCCUK Entrance Free – Booking Essential Apply to info@kccuk.org.uk or call 020 7004 2600 with your name and contact details by Monday 3 February, or register on the KCC website. The booking […]
Two days total immersion in BTS at Kingston: a report from the Global Interdisciplinary Conference Project
When I told someone at the (virtually empty) office on the first Friday of the new decade that I would be spending the weekend at a two-day conference on BTS, he at first looked blank. I had to explain to him that they’re a K-pop boy band, at which he grinned and urged me to […]
Connect, BTS art projects in London, Berlin, Buenos Aires, Seoul, New York
For full details of the projects organised under the CONNECT, BTS umbrella visit the official website, www.connect-bts.com, which explains that: CONNECT, BTS is a global project to connect five cities and twenty-two artists, each of whom contributes their unique philosophy and imagination to it. This project aims to redefine the relationships between art and music, […]
Adidas Originals by Ji Won Choi in Designs of the Year exhibition
The Design Museum on High Street Ken is running an exhibition showcasing Beazley Designs of the Year 2019, which includes a collection for Adidas by Korean designer Ji Won Choi. Beazley Designs of the Year is “an annual celebration of the most original and exciting products, concepts and designers across the globe today. Nominators were […]
Glittering Hands screens at SOAS
SOAS Korean Social and Environmental Justice Society host a moving documentary that will appeal to those who loved Planet of Snail. You can watch an Arirang interview with the director here. Glittering Hands 반짝이는 박수소리 + director Bora Lee-Kil Q&A Wednesday, 29 January 2020 at 18:30 SOAS | Thornhaugh Street | London WC1H 0XG Room […]
Jeronimo: an untold tale of a Korean Cuban revolutionary screens at the KCC
Some London based readers may know the person who assisted with the Spanish in this documentary. Great to see it on screen. Jeronimo: An untold tale of a Korean Cuban revolutionary + Director Q&A Thursday 20 February 2020, 19:00 – 22:00 GMT Korean Cultural Centre UK | 1-3 Strand | London WC2N 5BW Admission free […]
Exploring the 1980s Korean film collectives with Kim Hong-joon
Organised by the KCC in conjunction with Birkbeck, and acting as a prelude to the Essay Film Festival 2020. Exploring the 1980s Korean film collectives with Kim Hong-joon Saturday 15 February 2020, 18:00 – 20:00 GMT Birkbeck Cinema | 43 Gordon Square | Bloomsbury | London WC1H 0PD Admission free | Register on Eventbrite Filmmaker/programmer/academic […]