Lecture | Korean Art: From L.A. to Houston—One Story at a Time
Korean, Bottle with Flower, Birds, and Fish Design, 15th–early 16th century, buncheong ware; wheel-thrown stoneware with incised slip decoration and pale green glaze, LACMA, purchased with museum funds, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA
Korean, Lacquer Box with Plum Tree, Bird, Bamboo, Chrysanthemum, and Arabesque Design, 18th century, brown lacquer on wood core with mother-of-pearl inlay and brass fittings, LACMA, purchased with museum funds, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA
Korean, Kundika, 13th–14th century, cast bronze, LACMA, purchased with museum funds, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA
Lecture | Korean Art: From L.A. to Houston—One Story at a Time
Speakers: Virginia Moon, LACMA; and Bradley Bailey, MFAH
This conversation explores the latest installation of Korean art at the MFAH. The lecture focuses on the loans from the Korean art collection at LACMA (Los Angeles County Museum of Art), along with new acquisitions in the MFAH collection.
Plan Your Visit Admission to the talk is free. Seating is on a first-come, first-served basis in Brown Auditorium Theater, located in the Law Building. On Thursdays, the Museum is open from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. with free general admission.
Safety Guidelines In the interest of your personal safety and community health, please observe all precautions set forth by the MFAH—learn more here.
About the Speakers Virginia Moon is the Associate Curator of Korean Art at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Bradley Bailey is the Ting Tsung and Wei Fong Chao Curator of Asian Art at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.
Learning and Interpretation programs receive generous funding from the Institute of Museum and Library Services; Samuel H. Kress Foundation; The Brown Foundation, Inc.; Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo; Houston Junior Woman’s Club; Sharon G. Dies; Sterling-Turner Foundation; Susan Vaughan Foundation; and additional generous donors.
General admission to the MFAH is free on Thursdays, courtesy of Shell Oil Company.