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Korea Herald
30-06-2025
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- Korea Herald
MMCA's newly acquired archives strengthen architectural collection
State museum acquires archival materials on architecture, video art pioneer Paik Nam-june The National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea announced on Monday its Art Research Center has acquired some 30,000 archival materials in the last year and a half, much of which concerns Korean contemporary architects Woo Kyu-sung and Joh Sung-yong as well as video art pioneer Paik Nam-june. Born in 1941, Korean-born American architect Woo Kyu-sung has explored the cultural dichotomy between Korea and the US in the architectural practice. He has designed landmark buildings in Korea and abroad, such as Ho-Am Museum of Art, Whanki Museum, Olympic Village Apartments in Seoul and Korean Gallery at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. Some 100 volumes of Woo's design journals are part of the archival collection obtained by the museum that show the architect's ideas, conceptual sketches, reflections on the design process and consideration for improvements. He had kept design journals since the 1970s when his career started, according to the museum. Around 20,000 archival materials, including the journals, about Woo's practice that feature his design drawings and models were collected, according to the museum. Architect Joh Sung-yong, born in 1944, rose to prominence after winning the design competition for the Asian Games Athletes' Village and Memorial Park in 1983 in Seoul. The museum collected some 1,200 archival items of Cho's practices such as photographs, models, sketches and press clippings, which span his architectural career from 1965 to 2020s. Korean-born video art pioneer Paik Nam-june's archives have strengthened through the new acquisition. Photographer Lee Eun-joo, a pioneering photographer in the art scene, began taking monumental portrait photographs of artists in the 1980s. Her photographs of Paik and 4,000 samples of Paik's archival footage were newly collected this year. The museum also said it acquired 5,900 archival pieces from American artist Mark Patsfall concerning Paik. Some 400 video art projects by Paik were created in collaboration with Patsfall, who closely worked with Paik as a technician and designer from 1984 to 2002. Meanwhile, some 1,200 archival pieces concerning Korean artist Kim Chong-hak, including early drawings, were part of a new acquisition offering insight into the artist's evolving practice. Kim began his career in the early 1960s, creating works that reflected the social conflicts and realities of postwar Korean society. The newly acquired materials have become part of the Art Research Center's archival collection that now consists of some 490,000 materials, according to the museum. The museum stated that it plans to actively make use of these resources through exhibitions, publications, academic programs and original material access services.
Korea Herald
10-06-2025
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- Korea Herald
National Museum of Korea seeks to broaden reach of Korean culture overseas
State-run museum supports over 23 museums in 10 countries through Overseas Korean Galleries Support Program South Korean culture has much more to offer than K-pop. Setting its sights on making South Korea one of the top five nations in terms of soft power, the state-run National Museum of Korea has been actively promoting Korean art and culture by providing grants to Korean galleries at overseas institutions through its Overseas Korean Galleries Support Program since 2009. A total of 23 museums in 10 countries are part of the program as of May this year. They include the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, the Victoria & Albert Museum in London and the Vietnam Museum of Ethnology in Hanoi, to name a few. For example, the Reitberg Museum in Switzerland is hosting a special exhibition titled "Hallyu! The Korea Wave" from April 4 to Aug. 17, showcasing Korea's vibrant and diverse pop culture. With over 200 objects on display, the exhibition invites visitors to delve into the genesis of hallyu, its links to traditional Korean art, and its global influence on artistic fields, including pop culture, film and fashion. On view at the Reitberg Museum are works by video art pioneer Paik Nam-june, a replica of the set from the four-time Oscar-winning film "Parasite," and hanbok worn by Korean celebrities. The exhibition also features a Google Art Dance Room where visitors can learn K-pop moves and dance along with choreographers. The exhibition is part of a traveling series that began in 2022. The show was created by a curator at the Victoria & Albert Museum in the UK appointed through NMK's support program. The exhibition has toured internationally, with stops at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston and the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco in 2024. A special touring exhibition will showcase artifacts donated by the late Samsung Group Chairman Lee Kun-hee starting in November. The exhibition will feature various Korean cultural artifacts, including several National Treasures, according to a senior official at the state-run museum. Also, curatorial staff members have been dispatched to the Smithsonian National Museum of Asian Art and the Art Institute of Chicago to prepare for the exhibition. The first stop will be at the Smithsonian National Museum of Asian Art in the US in November, followed by the Art Institute of Chicago in March and the British Museum in September next year.
Korea Herald
22-05-2025
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- Korea Herald
Arko, Getty forge partnership to exchange research programs
Partnership comes ahead of 100th birthday of late artist Paik Nam-june in 2032 Arts Council Korea, a national institution dedicated to promoting arts and culture, and Getty Research Institute, a US-based center for historical art research, conservation and scholarship, announced partnership on Thursday to collaborate on art history research, exchanging research projects and scholars. The announcement was made ahead of the 100th anniversary of the birth of Korean-born video artist Paik Nam-june in 2032, according to Arko. Starting from fall 2025, a delegation of Arko staff members will visit Getty to learn about their archival holdings, research projects and history of international exchange. Getty staff will pay a reciprocal visit to Arko and the Nam June Paik Art Center in Yongin, Gyeonggi Province, to discuss their next steps, according to Getty Research Institute. 'The Arts Council Korea will put forward full efforts to function as a foothold for Korean art to be heralded globally with diverse international partnerships,' said Choung Byoung-gug, chairperson of Arko, Thursday. Arko will fund a pilot program in 2026 for Korean guest researchers to embark on a summer residency at Getty to explore the topic of Paik with a focus on his connections with a wider international circle of artists and his legacy in contemporary art. 'Fluxus was an absolutely seminal moment in Paik's career. We have one of the largest collections in the world of Fluxus art, and it came through the first collector of Fluxus art, named Jean Brown. We also have the archive of David Tutor, who was a frequent collaborator with avant-garde, and he was John Cage's closest collaborator,' Andrew Perchuk, deputy director of the Getty Research Institute, told The Korea Herald. Arko is a public institute under the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism. It operates arts platforms including the Arko Art Center and participates in the Korean Pavilion for the Venice Biennale. Getty Research Institute in Los Angeles is a leading international center with special collections and an array of programs. It forged its first official collaboration with a Korean institution, the National Research Institute of Cultural Heritage, in 2024.
