"Lee Kun-hee Collection, New History of Korean Modern and Contemporary Art"

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A detailed list of 1,488 contemporary and contemporary artworks donated to the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art by the bereaved family of the late Samsung Chairman Lee Kun-hee has been released. Not only major works by Lee Jung-seop and Park Soo-geun, but also rare works by Na Hye-suk and Paik Nam-soon, who were known to have few remaining works, are evaluated as having to rewrite our modern and contemporary art history.

This is reporter Joo-sang.

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Lee Kun-hee's collection donated to the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, such as the'White Cow' struggling to move forward with the vigorously crying'Ox', and Eun Ji-hwa painted on the silver foil of a cigarette case, included only 104 works by Lee Joong-seop.

Park Soo-geun's works were also 33 pieces, including the masterpiece,'The Woman Who Crushes', which expresses the daily life of Koreans with thick texture.

In addition to the works of Na Hye-seok, the first female Western painter in Korea, works of female artists such as Nam-soon Paik, who studied abroad in Paris in the 1920s, also attract attention.

Lee Sang-beom's Mureungdo Wondo has only been known for its existence, but the real thing was confirmed for the first time.

In this way, 1,369 works of 238 contemporary and contemporary artists have been returned to the public.

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National Museum of Contemporary Art is the full disclosure of Lee Kun-hee, the collection throughout December in August The special exhibitions Lee Jung-seop and Park Soo-geun are planned to be held separately.

Discussions on the establishment of a separate museum for the Lee Kun-hee collection are also active.

The argument was raised to build a new National Museum of Modern Art based on the Lee Kun-hee collection.

Some local governments, such as Busan, Daegu, and Suwon, are also pushing to host the Lee Kun-hee collection special hall.

(Video editing: Park Ji-in, VJ: Oh Se-gwan)