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In 2015, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, Printed and bound by GHP Media, Inc., West Haven, Connecticut The Republic of Korea (MSCT), made a signi昀椀cant gi昀琀 that has supported a gallery refurbishment, exhibitions, and programming, Front cover: Kwon Young-woo, Untitled, 1984 (昀椀g. 47). Inside front a commitment that it renewed in 2019. cover: Paik Nam-soon, Paradise, 1936 (昀椀g. 26). Page 2: Kim Hong Joo, The exhibition and Bulletin are made possible by this Ministry, Untitled, 1993 (昀椀g. 31). Inside back cover: Kim Whanki, Moon and Jar, which we gratefully acknowledge. Additional thanks are due to the Lila 1954 (昀椀g. 18). Back cover: Unidenti昀椀ed artist, Portrait of a Woman, Acheson Wallace Fund for The Metropolitan Museum of Art, established ca. 1920–40 (昀椀g. 35). by the cofounder of Reader’s Digest, for its partial support of the Photographs of works in The Met collection are by Oi-Cheong Lee, quarterly Bulletin program. Imaging Department, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, unless I wish to thank Max Hollein, Marina Kellen French Director and otherwise noted. CEO, and Maxwell K. Hearn, Douglas Dillon Chair of the Department of Asian Art, for continuing to champion Korean art at The Met. Generous Additional photography credits: © 2023 Artists Rights Society (ARS), loans from the Korea University Museum, Seoul; the Leeum Museum New York / ADAGP, Paris. Photo courtesy Leeum Museum of Art: 昀椀g. 45; of Art, Seoul; the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, © Chang Uc-chin. From Korean Rhapsody: A Montage of History and Korea; and a private collector have enabled us to tell this story. I am Memory, Leeum Museum of Art, 2011, p. 124. Image © The Metropolitan grateful to numerous dedicated colleagues for helping bring this Museum of Art, photo by Teri Aderman: 昀椀g. 39; © Gallery Hyundai and project to fruition, in particular Imtikar Ally, Jennifer Bantz, Melissa Bell, Lee Seung-taek: 昀椀g. 19; © Byron Kim, 2023. Image courtesy of the artist Rebecca Capua, Paul Caro, Harrison Carter, Linsen Chai, Haely (Haeyoon) and James Cohan, New York. Photo courtesy Leeum Museum of Art: Chang, Meryl Cohen, Shawn Digney-Peer, Michael Doscher and his 昀椀gs. 22, 23; From Korean Rhapsody: A Montage of History and Memory, team of handlers, Djamel Haoues, Yuan-li Hou, Mary Hurt, Sooyoung Leeum Museum of Art, 2011, pp. 54, 55. Image © The Metropolitan Jeon, Stella Kim, Jessica Kuhn, Stephanie Kwai, Eunhee Lee, Anne Blood Museum of Art, photo by Teri Aderman: 昀椀gs. 43, 44; Image courtesy Mann, Aileen Marcantonio, Vicki Parry, Jennifer Perry, Beatrice Pinto, Kwon Young-woo Estate. Photo courtesy of Leeum Museum of Art: Josephine Rodriguez, Frederick Sager and his team of preparators, 昀椀g. 47; © Lee Jong-gu. Photo © National Museum of Modern and Kewei Wang, Masanobu Yamazaki, and Jianxiang Zhou. Finally, thank Contemporary Art, Korea: 昀椀g. 41; Photo courtesy Leeum Museum of you, Young Bae, Joan Kee, Joy Kim, Michele Matteini, Iris Moon, and Art: 昀椀gs. 30, 31; Image © The Metropolitan Museum of Art: 昀椀gs. 2, 4–17, Joseph Scheier-Dolberg, Oscar Tang and Agnes Hsu-Tang Associate 24, 27, 33–35, 42; Image © The Metropolitan Museum of Art, photo by Curator of Chinese Paintings, for providing essential insights about the Oi-Cheong Lee: 昀椀gs. 3, 20, 21; Courtesy National Museum of Korea: works and concepts in this Bulletin.