Whanki Museum
The Whanki Museum is a private art museum in Jongno-gu, in central Seoul, South Korea. It was established by the Whanki Foundation mainly to exhibit and commemorate the art of Whanki Kim, one of Korea's foremost abstract painters. The museum is located in Buam-dong, close to Seongbuk-dong, Seongbuk-gu, where Whanki Kim and his wife spent many years.
Whanki Museum
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The Whanki Museum is a private art museum in Jongno-gu, in central Seoul, South Korea. It was established by the Whanki Foundation mainly to exhibit and commemorate the art of Whanki Kim, one of Korea's foremost abstract painters. The museum is located in Buam-dong, close to Seongbuk-dong, Seongbuk-gu, where Whanki Kim and his wife spent many years.
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The atmosphere and natural environment of the two places have much in common. The museum building was designed by architect Kyu Sung Woo. Construction began in 1990, and the museum opened in November, 1992. The bulk of the collection is displayed in the main building which was specially designed to showcase Whanki Kim's art. Special exhibitions are held in Annex 1, which includes a café and art shop on the ground floor. The latest addition, Annex 2, is used for lectures.
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• Name — Whanki Museum • Established — 1992 • Location — 210-8 Buam-dong, Jongno-gu, Seoul, South Korea • Type — art museum • Architect — Kyu Sung Woo • Director — Mee-jung Park
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1992
Whanki Museum established.
1992
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1999
Single Building: Whanki Museum (1999) is digitised and catalogued by Open Library.
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Whanki museum (1999) — Open Library
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Towards ‘Korean Cosmopolitanism’: Kim Whanki and Whanki Museum, The Korean Journal of Arts Studies, 2018
A Comparative Study on the Concept of Space in Gana Art Center and Whanki Museum - Focused on Prospect and Continuity -, Journal of Asian Architecture and Building Engineering, 2002
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