Samsung owner family donates art collection to national museums
Posted : 2021-04-28 16:45
Updated : 2021-04-28 16:53
Culture Minister Hwang Hee speaks during a press briefing to announce the late Samsung Group Chairman Lee Kun-hee s family donating his art collection to national museums in Seoul, Wednesday. Courtesy of Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism
By Kwak Yeon-soo
The family of late Samsung Group Chairman Lee Kun-hee has agreed to donate some 23,000 pieces of artwork from his extensive art collection, according to the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism on Wednesday.
About 21,600 pieces, including 60 national treasures, will be donated to the National Museum of Korea. They include the Joseon-era landscape painting, Inwang Jaseokdo, by painter Jeong Seon, which was designated as National Treasure No. 216 in 1984, and a Buddhist painting from the Goryeo era titled, Painting of the Bodhisattva of Great Compassion with a Thousand Arms, which was designated as
Heirs of the late Samsung Chairman Lee Kun-hee will pay $11 billion in inheritance taxes, donate $900 million to domestic hospitals and give some 23,000 pieces of art to museums.
Samsung owner family donates art collection to national museums
Posted : 2021-04-28 16:45
Updated : 2021-04-28 16:53
Culture Minister Hwang Hee speaks during a press briefing to announce the late Samsung Group Chairman Lee Kun-hee s family donating his art collection to national museums in Seoul, Wednesday. Courtesy of Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism
By Kwak Yeon-soo
The family of late Samsung Group Chairman Lee Kun-hee has agreed to donate some 23,000 pieces of artwork from his extensive art collection, according to the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism on Wednesday.
About 21,600 pieces, including 60 national treasures, will be donated to the National Museum of Korea. They include the Joseon-era landscape painting, Inwang Jaseokdo, by painter Jeong Seon, which was designated as National Treasure No. 216 in 1984, and a Buddhist painting from the Goryeo era titled, Painting of the Bodhisattva of Great Compassion with a Thousand Arms, which was designated as