{
  "id": 7486609,
  "title": "Korean royal folding screen to join Paris exhibit on Joseon bookshelf paintings",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/15/korean-royal-folding-screen-to-join-paris-exhibit-on-joseon-bookshelf",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-09-15T06:07:02.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Korea Times",
    "slug": "the-korea-times",
    "url": "https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/lifestyle/koreanheritage/20260915/korean-royal-folding-screen-to-join-paris-exhibit-on-joseon-bookshelf-paintings"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The Korea Heritage Service's National Palace Museum of Korea will loan a folding screen from the Joseon Dynasty royal court for an upcoming Paris exhibition, the museum announced. The chaekgado byeongpung, or bookshelf painting, will be featured in the \"Trompe-l'oeil Knowledge, Korea (18th-20th Century)\" exhibition at the Guimet Museum in Paris, which runs from January 4, 2027, to January 2028. The show is part of the Guimet's year-long \"Una anio Corea-K!\" program, commemorating 2026 as Korea Year. The chaekgado genre originated in the late 18th century under King Jeongjo, merging Western perspective techniques with Joseon painting traditions to portray bookshelves filled with books and scholarly items. This reflected the Joseon court's appreciation for learning. The National Palace Museum's screen will be the first of four pieces in the exhibition's inaugural section, which examines 18th-century Joseon's culture of knowledge and how Jeongjo, in 1791, commissioned a chaekgado screen.",
  "summary": "The Korea Heritage Service's National Palace Museum of Korea will lend a folding screen from the royal court of the Joseon Dynasty (1392-1910) to a special exhibition opening Wednesday at the Guimet Museum in Paris, the museum said. The screen, known in Korean as a \"chaekgado byeongpung,\" will appear in \"Trompe-l'oeil Knowledge, Korea (18th-20th Century)\" exhibition, running through Jan. 4, 2027,…",
  "key_points": [
    "National Palace Museum loans Joseon Dynasty folding screen to Paris exhibit",
    "Chaekgado byeongpung features in \"Trompe-l oeil Knowledge\" show",
    "Exhibition runs from January 4, 2027, to January 2028"
  ],
  "editors_take": "The loan of the Joseon Dynasty royal court folding screen to a Paris exhibition highlights the significance of chaekgado paintings in showcasing 18th-century Joseon's culture of knowledge and appreciation for learning.",
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      {
        "outlet": "The Korea Times",
        "title": "Korean royal folding screen to join Paris exhibit on Joseon bookshelf paintings",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/15/korean-royal-folding-screen-to-join-paris-exhibit-on-joseon-bookshelf-7488895",
        "published": "2026-09-15T06:32:04.000Z"
      }
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}