President Yoon: "Please Plan Cheongwadae as a Complex Art Space for the People"

Park Bo-gyun, Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism, Reports on Duties... "Cheongwadae, an Elegant Cultural and Arts Exhibition Hall"

On the morning of the 21st, President Yoon Suk-yeol received a briefing from Park Bo-gyun, Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism, at the Yongsan Presidential Office Building. /

[Asia Economy Reporter Bae Kyunghwan] On the 21st, President Yoon Seok-yeol instructed Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Park Bo-gyun to "plan for the Blue House space to become a complex cultural arts space for the public." President Yoon emphasized the importance of ensuring balanced access to cultural life, stating, "The most important role of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism is to guarantee opportunities for cultural life access."

On the morning of the same day, at the Yongsan Government Complex office, President Yoon received a briefing on the ministry's work from Minister Park and said, "Please exhibit not only the existing collection at the Blue House but also many excellent domestic works so that the public can easily appreciate them."

In particular, President Yoon requested the preparation of measures to expand access to cultural life. He said, "The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and its affiliated organizations should actively discover artists with disabilities and emerging artists and prioritize purchasing their works," adding, "Please secure many exhibition and performance spaces for artists with disabilities, emerging artists, and youth artists."

He also ordered the replenishment of the film development fund, which was depleted due to COVID-19. President Yoon said, "Please expand income deductions for cultural consumption expenditures and cultural product vouchers for youth and vulnerable groups," and added, "Please promote nationwide touring exhibitions of nationally owned artworks, including the currently planned Lee Kun-hee Collection, to ensure that all regions have balanced opportunities to enjoy culture."

Minister Park reported to President Yoon on plans for utilizing the Blue House. Minister Park said, "The concept of the second phase of Blue House opening is to combine the Blue House's content and architecture attractively to bring it to life," and reported, "The Blue House will approach the public as a refined cultural arts exhibition hall." He explained, "The Blue House has about 600 collected artworks, including approximately 340 paintings," and added, "We are preparing a special exhibition of about 40 of these Blue House collected artworks this fall."

Meanwhile, Minister Park's briefing that day lasted about 1 hour and 20 minutes from 10:10 a.m. Only Chief Secretary Kim Dae-gi and Senior Secretary for Social Affairs Ahn Sang-hoon attended from the Presidential Office.

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