Curating Lunar Phases: Korean Moon Jars

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Moon Jar 달항아리, 1700s, Joseon dynasty (1392–1897). Porcelain with clear glaze 17 ½ x 16 ⅞ in. Private collection. Photograph by Kim Hyun-soo (K2 Studio) and © Private collection. National Treasure of Korea (2007-1).

Curating Lunar Phases: Korean Moon Jars

Instructor: 
Hyonjeong Kim Han
When: 
May 22, 2025
Time: 
10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Pacific Time
Place: 
Zoom Webinar
Fee: 
$15 per person Society members; $20 per person non-members. Advance registration must be received by SAA by May 15, 2025.


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Join Hyonjeong “HJ” Kim Han, the very popular former Asian Art Museum Associate Curator of Korean Art and currently the department head and Joseph de Heer Curator of Asian Art at the Denver Art Museum, as she discusses (with behind behind-the-scene stories!) how the first exhibition on Korean moon jars in a major museum was developed. This exhibition, entitled Lunar Phases: Korean Moon Jars 한국의 달항아리, 다시 차오르다, recently opened at the Denver Art Museum. It features traditional 18th century moon jars, two of which are registered Korean National Treasures, and six contemporary jars plus photographs, video work and paintings that explore the many aspects of Korean moon jars. Not only will this talk focus on artworks in the exhibition, it will also ponder how the moon jar from Korea’s Joseon dynasty (1392-1897) has evolved into a symbol of Korean identity and how contemporary artists, both within and beyond Korea, reflect on and reinterpret the moon jar.



Hyonjeong Kim Han with a National Treasure moon jar of the 18th century in Lunar Phases: Korean Moon Jars exhibition, Denver Art Museum (March 2 – June 8, 2025)

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