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The Samsung Foundation of Culture will collaborate with overseas cultural institutions to restore works of Korean cultural heritage, bringing the works to the Leeum Museum of Art for the restoration process, the foundation announced Wednesday. “Banquet for the Governor of Pyeong-an,” owned by the Peabody Essex Museum in Massachusetts, is currently under restoration and is the first work to benefit from th.
From 12th-century Goryeo-era artifacts to present-day installations reflecting on the poignant state of the Korean Peninsula’s division, Korean art is set to come under the spotlight at major museums in the United States this fall.
Seoul-based private equity firm MBK Partners Founder and Chairman Michael Byung-ju Kim has offered a donation to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York to promote Korean art in the museum, the firm said Tuesday. The donation is part of the Korean Art Initiatives project, which was devised to honor the 25th anniversary of the Arts of Korea gallery at the museum, along with the Korea Foundation and the Samsung Foun.
This year s donation coincides with the 25th anniversary of the Arts of Korea gallery within the museum. He joined the Korean art initiatives supported by the Korea Foundation and Samsung Foundation of Culture, which aim at strengthening Korean art exhibitions and education programs.