This composite photograph reveals a part of round 23,000 items of the late Samsung Group Chairman Lee Kun-hee’s artwork assortment. Courtesy of Samsung Electronics
Members of the Samsung founding household are set to attend an occasion in Washington this month marking a profitable abroad exhibition of a set of artwork collected by late Samsung Group Chairman Lee Kun-hee, trade sources stated Friday.
Samsung Electronics Chairman Lee Jae-yong, the late tycoon’s solely son, and his mom, Hong Ra-hee, honorary director of the Leeum Museum, plan to go to Washington for the celebration as the gathering is on show on the Smithsonian Nationwide Museum of Asian Artwork, in response to the sources.
The late chairman’s two daughters, Lee Boo-jin, chief govt officer of Resort Shilla, and Lee Web optimization-hyun, president of Samsung C&T’s vogue division, can even attend the occasion that shall be held on Jan. 28, the sources added.
In 2021, Lee’s household donated round 23,000 items of artwork to the Korean authorities. Lee died in October 2020.
The museum has been working the “Korean Treasures: Collected, Cherished, Shared” exhibition that includes round 330 items from the gathering since November, which is about to run by way of Feb. 1.
The gathering will proceed to be displayed on the Artwork Institute of Chicago from March to July, and on the British Museum in London from September to January 2027.
