The names of late South Korean artists Lee Jung-seop and Park Soo-geun have been embroiled in scandal after several of their paintings exhibited at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) were accused of being fakes.
The Los Angeles County Museum of Art will cancel the publication of a catalog for its exhibition, titled “Treasures of Korea from the Collection of Chester and Cameron Chang,” Los Angeles County Museum of Art director Michael Govan said on Monday.
From the outset, doubts appeared to be raised about the authenticity of some of the artworks, including two paintings each by Chung Seop and Soo Geun, which also featured ceramics from the Joseon Dynasty (1392-1910).
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Last week, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art held a formal evaluation meeting at the museum, where four Korean art experts examined the suspected fakes, according to the Korea National Daily. central The four experts are Hong Sun-pyo, professor emeritus at Ewha Womans University, Lee Dong-guk, director of the Gyeonggi Provincial Museum, Kim Sun-hee, former director of the Busan Museum of Art, and Tae Hyun-sun, director of the Lee Museum of Art, according to a report on Tuesday.
The experts concluded that Zheng Xie’s A bull and a child and Crawling childrenand Xiugen’s Waikiki and Three Women and Chile Experts criticized the LACMA’s due diligence process and said the museum lacked knowledge of Korean art.
“Korean Treasures from the Chester and Cameron Chang Collection” includes 35 artworks and objects once owned by Korean collector Dr. Chester Chang and his son Dr. Cameron Chang, which were acquired by the museum in 2021.
The authenticity of these artworks was first questioned by central In February this year, the Korean Gallery Association was forced to contact the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.
The Los Angeles County Museum of Art did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
