Recent Museum Acquisition

Almine Rech is pleased to announce that Minjung Kim’s artwork Blue Mountain, from 2022, is now part of the Fondation Maeght collection in Saint Paul de Vence, France.

Born in Gwangju, South Korea, in 1962, Minjung Kim began studying calligraphy and watercolor painting at an early age before majoring in oriental painting at both undergraduate and graduate levels at Hongik University in Seoul. She later continued her artistic education at the Accademia di Belle Arti di Brera in Milan, where exposure to European art deeply influenced her practice. During this period, she drew particular inspiration from artists such as Constantin Brâncusi, Carl Andre and Brice Marden, whose emphasis on materiality, form and minimal gesture resonated with her evolving visual language.