Talks

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Sunday, November 22
2–3 pm

Talk: The Korean Tiger, from Mountain Lords to “KPop Demon Hunters”

Free for Members, $5 for general public

Speaker: Sunglim Kim (Associate Professor of Art History, Dartmouth University)

For centuries, the tiger has occupied a special place in Korean art and culture. Revered as the “Lord of the Mountain,” it was feared as a powerful wild animal and honored as a guardian capable of warding off evil. Tigers also appear alongside mountain spirits in religious paintings and in Korean folk painting, or minhwa, as playful, awkward, and sometimes comical creatures.