by Jon Lackman | 10 May 2006 | Contemporary, Museums
From the Korea Times: “The government of [South Korea's] Kyonggi Province and Gyeonggi Cultural Foundation kicked off the construction of the Nam June Paik Museum in Yong-in, south of Seoul, on Tuesday, aimed at commemorating the Korean-born late video artist Paik Nam-june … officially announcing the start of the 28.9 billion won ($31 million) project that is to be completed by next October … According to the government-run Gyeonggi Cultural Foundation, the museum will feature 67 of Paik’s works, three of his personal belongings and a video archive of his 2,285 studies. The foundation purchased the artworks from Paik based on a memorandum of understanding with the artist in 2001 to build the museum.”
