Lee Kun-hee Collection, Now Available Online

The 'MMCA Lee Kun-hee Collection Special Exhibition: Masterpieces of Korean Art' currently held at the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art (MMCA). (Photo by National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art)

[Asia Economy Reporter Donghyun Choi] The National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art (MMCA) announced on the 25th that it will release the "MMCA Lee Kun-hee Collection Special Exhibition: Masterpieces of Korean Art" on Naver TV at 4 p.m. on the 26th.

The "MMCA Lee Kun-hee Collection Special Exhibition: Masterpieces of Korean Art" is a free exhibition that publicly showcases representative works of modern and contemporary Korean art from the late Chairman Lee Kun-hee, donated by the Samsung family, for the first time. Among the 1,488 donated pieces, it features about 50 major works by 34 beloved Korean artists. The exhibition opened on the 21st of last month and is being held in Exhibition Room 1 at the Seoul branch until March 13 of next year.

This online exhibition was planned to provide convenient access to the Lee Kun-hee Collection for those who cannot visit the exhibition hall in person. Visitors can view exquisite works online such as Lee Sang-beom's "Mureungdowon" (1922), Baek Nam-soon's "Paradise" (circa 1936), Kim Whanki's large-scale masterpiece "Women and Jars" (1950s) measuring 6 meters wide, Lee Jung-seop's "Bull" (1950s), and Park Soo-keun's representative work "Woman Pounding Grain" (1954).

Curator Park Mi-hwa, who planned the exhibition, personally tours the exhibition hall to introduce key works and share behind-the-scenes stories of the exhibition preparation process. The broadcast will be live-streamed on the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art's Naver TV channel for about 40 minutes starting at 4 p.m. on the 26th, and the video will be available for replay on the Naver TV channel after the broadcast. Additionally, the exhibition can be viewed online on the MMCA's YouTube channel starting from the 2nd of next month.

Meanwhile, since 2019, the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art has been conducting the "MMCA TV Curator Exhibition Tour" as an online exhibition. In these tours, curators who planned the exhibitions personally walk through the exhibition halls and provide vivid and engaging explanations of the artworks. Each online exhibition tour video runs for about 40 minutes. All videos provide English subtitles.

Yun Bum-mo, director of the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, stated, "Through this online broadcast, we hope that many people who love culture and the arts both domestically and internationally will have the opportunity to freely enjoy and appreciate the high-quality masterpieces of the Lee Kun-hee Collection."

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