Free Year-Round Lending of Collection to Culturally Marginalized Groups
First 2025 Recipient: "Yangji-ui Jip," a Welfare Facility for the Disabled
The National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art announced on the 10th that it will launch the social contribution program "Sharing Art Bank" in 2025, which lends and exhibits artworks from the Art Bank collection free of charge.
2024 Nanum Art Bank Participating Institutions On-site Image. National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art
"Sharing Art Bank" is a social contribution program by the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art's Art Bank that lends and exhibits Art Bank collection works free of charge. The support targets facilities for the disabled and elderly welfare, out-of-school youth support centers, special schools, and others. Selection is made considering regional balance and accessibility to artworks. The program supports rental fees for Art Bank collection works, exhibition viewing materials, transportation costs, and more.
The first supported institution of "Sharing Art Bank" in 2025 is "Yangji-ui Jip," a welfare facility for the disabled located in Gunpo City. A total of 13 flat artworks, including one piece by a disabled artist, will be exhibited for one year from February 5, 2025, to February 4, 2026.
The National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art has been continuously operating the free lending program of Art Bank collection works called "Sharing Art Bank" for culturally vulnerable groups nationwide since 2019. Following the support of 148 works to seven facilities related to culturally marginalized groups last year, this year the program plans to expand to 12 facilities to promote art sharing. Applications for participation in the program are accepted year-round. Applicant institutions must submit an official letter one month before the rental start date. For detailed information, please contact the Art Preservation Art Bank Department of the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art.
Kim Seong-hee, Director of the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, stated, "Through the 'Sharing Art Bank' project, which has been ongoing since 2019, many citizens have been able to enjoy various contemporary artworks," and added, "We will continue to activate this project through active collaboration with various regional institutions to help eliminate cultural blind spots."
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