I recently went to an art museum in Seoul. A friend told me about this museum. It was off the beaten path in Itaewon (the foreigner area of Seoul) and something I had no idea about at all. I am really sad that I didn't know about it for so long. It was a lovely museum. I got the guided tour, which is where they give you a phone that tells you about the exhibit or piece that you are looking at in real time. If you move on to another piece, it switches to the next piece. Anyways, the museum has traditional Korean art and then a modern art section. It was fabulous. The traditional art part of the museum consisted of mostly pottery and ceramics, with one section on paintings and Buddhist bronze and wood work. There were some lovely examples of traditional pottery. After the traditional art museum, I went into the modern art part. This was broken up into three parts, with the first part being about Expressionism, the second part being abstraction, and the final part being a mix of various contemporary art. You could not take any photos within the museum but outside of the exhibits they had a rooftop garden that was gorgeous and peaceful. It was the perfect day for strolling through an art museum and I highly recommend going to this museum. I loved seeing the traditional Korean art, that I have only seen in photos or in small scale.
Here is the site for the museum, check it out if you want:
http://leeum.samsungfoundation.org/html_eng/global/main.asp
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