As a follow-up to her classes in April, Young Maeng is now providing a series of five classes on Korean traditional ink painting: Traditional Korean Ink Painting Wednesday, 26 May – 23 June 2021, 7pm-9pm Apply via link on KCCUK website by 14 May The Korean Cultural Centre UK is proud to announce a new […]
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May events 2021
Despite the gradual easing of the lockdown, things are still mostly online. Only Han Collection seems to be welcoming real-life visitors (do pay them a visit, and while you’re in the area pop into the contemporary ceramics showroom at 63 Great Russell Street – you’ll usually find work by at least one Korean potter in […]
Online talk: Korean Neo-Confucianism and its Shrines
This is a first for LKL. After more than 15 years online, we’re organising our first ever event! Having sat through rather too many online seminars which I logged on to because they happened to be available, I suddenly realised that I really didn’t find many of them all that interesting. And then I discovered […]
The 2021 K-music showcase
Usually at this time of year we have the pleasure of several Korean bands coming to England for festivals such as Brighton’s Great Escape and Liverpool’s Sound City, and often we get to see the bands as they pass through London. No such luck this year, but instead we have an online showcase over the […]
To the Warm Horizon: Choi Jin-young in conversation with Soje
May’s literature event in partnership with the KCC celebrates Honford Star’s latest Korean translation: To the Warm Horizon by Choi Jin-young, translated by Soje Wednesday 26th May 12:30PM-2PM @ Honford Star Youtube Channel Apply to info@kccuk.org.uk with your name and contact details by 15th May 2021. The event is free of charge. The first thirty […]
Traditional Korean Ink Painting Workshop
The KCCUK has announced a new cultural course for spring/summer 2021. Artist-researcher Dr Young Maeng will introduce traditional Korean ink painting and demonstrate a variety of painting techniques for beginners. Traditional Korean Ink Painting Workshops Wednesday, 28 April / Friday, 30 April, 7pm-8pm Online Webinar | Free – Booking Essential How to Apply: E-mail to […]
Lee Byung Yoon on Yuwol: The Boy Who Made The World Dance
Join Lee Byung Yoon for an online talk on his series of spectacular dance shorts, part of the KCCUK’s Korean Film Nights – Short Film Innovators season: Lee Byung Yoon Wednesday 5 May 2021, 12:00 – 13:00 BST Register via EventBrite Part of our Spring edition of Korean Film Nights, we present two short films […]
Traditional Korean Music Workshop series
The Korean Cultural Centre UK has announced a new Korean cultural course for spring/summer 2021. Musician and researcher Dr. Hyelim Kim will introduce various aspects of traditional Korean Music. This series of monthly talks will give you a chance to explore and gain an in-depth knowledge of traditional Korean music. Traditional Korean Music Workshop series […]
KCC April House Concert: Beethoven Serenade for Flute, Violin and Viola
April’s programme features Beethoven’s 25-minute serenade Op 25: April House Concert Jisu Song (Viola) | Sungwon Cho (Flute) | Ha Young Woo (Violin) Thursday 29 April 2021 7pm | @ KCC YouTube channel Programme Beethoven: Serenade for Flute, Violin and Viola op. 25 Entrata. Allegro Tempo ordinario d’un Menuetto Allegro moltto Andante con Variazioni Allegro […]
2021 K-Pop Lyrics and Album Art Contest
A chance for any UK-based K-Pop fan, songwriter, artist or any Korean culture enthusiast to showcase their creative talent and kick-start or advance their careers. The winner of the K-Pop Contest will debut as a lyricist or album art designer, with an official credit on online music platforms. Full details on the KCC website, with […]
Park Seo-Bo returns to White Cube
Timed perfectly to celebrate the easing of the lockdown, White Cube welcome Park Seo-Bo for his third solo show at the gallery. This time his work is displayed in their Bermondsey space. The exhibition features works from the 1970s to the present, and also (not for sale) two colourful geometric abstraction pieces from 1968, pre-Dansaekhwa. […]
April events 2021
Exhibitions Han Collection will be exhibiting the ceramics from Icheon that it featured online for Collect earlier this year, from 12 April The KCC is hosting a season of artist videos, with a limited online viewing window, starting 6 April Pontone Gallery is hosting an online exhibition featuring the work of Lee Jeonglok Screenings Minari […]
A Viewing Room – online artist video season
The KCC starts its 2021 exhibition season online with a season of artist video works. Viewing details will be available on the KCCUK website in due course. A Viewing Room 6 April – 31 May 2021 A Viewing Room is an online screening programme of moving image works by Korean visual artists, presented on the […]
Lee Jeonglok: Iceland – online exhibition at Pontone Gallery
As Iceland was the first country in this part of the world to announce its openness to post-covid tourism it’s possibly appropriate that Pontone’s first exhibition as we gradually emerge from lockdown features Lee Jeonglok’s work in the country. The exhibition is online only, as the gallery is in the process of moving from Sloane […]
Yi Sang: Selected Works – Jack Jung in conversation with Steven J Fowler
April’s literature event at the KCC looks at last year’s translation of selected works of Yi Sang. I personally find Yi pretty hard going, so I’m hoping this session will give me a way of looking at his work that will encourage me to give him another go. Yi Sang: Selected Works Wednesday 28th April […]
Online Korean Cuisine Class: Cooking with Kimchi
The second of a series of cookery classes organised by the KCC featuring Da-Hae West: Online Korean Cuisine Class: Cooking with Kimchi Friday 16 April 2021, 17:30 – 18:30 via ZOOM Entrance Free – Booking Essential Apply to info@kccuk.org.uk with your name, email by 11 April 2021 For the second session of our Korean Cuisine […]