Nam June Paik

Korean | 1932 - 2006

Nam June Paik was a Korean Asian Modern & Contemporary artist who was born in 1932. His work is currently being shown at multiple venues like Centre Pompidou Paris. Numerous key galleries and museums such as Gagosian, Paris (rue de Ponthieu) have featured Nam June Paik's work in the past.Nam June Paik's work has been offered at auction multiple times, with realized prices ranging from 50 USD to 1,312,770 USD, depending on the size and medium of the artwork. Since 1998 the record price for this artist at auction is 1,312,770 USD for Rocketship to Virtual Venus, sold at China Guardian Auctions, Beijing in 2019. In the past 12 months, his prints & graphic art have averaged 1,239 USD.Nam June Paik has been featured in articles for , and . The most recent article is written for ArtDaily in March 2025. The artist died in 2006.

Artist's alternative names: Baek Namjun, Nam Jun Paik, Num Jun Paik, Paik Namjune

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???(Vostell 夫人? ??.) (From 11-20. M?rz.1963)

???(Vostell 夫人? ??.) (From 11-20. März.1963) ,1992

By Nam June Paik

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Untitled ,2005

By Nam June Paik

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Notable Lots

Temple ,1993

By Nam June Paik

Tower ,2001

By Nam June Paik

Alexander the Great ,1993

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ICA Edition ,1990

By Nam June Paik

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Concerto Grosso Opus #6

By Nam June Paik

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Majestic

By Nam June Paik

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Recent Auction Results

Julian Beck ,1996

By Nam June Paik

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Happy New Year ,1996

By Nam June Paik

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Norbert Wiener? ?????? ??? (88 Seoul Olympic Memorial - Nam June Paik

Norbert Wiener? ?????? ??? (88 Seoul Olympic Memorial ,1988

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Current Exhibitions

Life is what happens to you when you’re busy making other plans: Aesthetics of contingencies #2

Galerie Jocelyn Wolff, Paris (Romainville)

Paris | France

Mar 16,2025 - May 15,2025

55 years: A Legacy of Modern & Contemporary Korean Art | Part 1

Gallery Hyundai

Jongro-gu | Seoul | South Korea

Apr 08,2025 - May 15,2025

Sense Unknown: Saison Art & Science

MO.CO. Hôtel des Collections

Montpellier | France

Feb 15,2025 - May 18,2025

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Articles

ArtDaily 17/04/2025

Prepare to see sculpture in a whole new light as the Albertina Klosterneuburg announces its ambitious program for 2025, entirely dedicated to the art of three dimensions under the banner "De Sculptura."

HYPEBEAST 06/04/2025

After successful showcases in London, Boston, and San Francisco, Hallyu! The Korean Wave is now making its fourth appearance in Zurich, showing at the historic Museum Rietberg this Spring/Summer season.

ArtDaily 26/03/2025

Gagosian announced its participation in Art Basel Hong Kong 2025 with a presentation of new and recent paintings, sculptures, and photographs by a group of international artists.

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Coverage

“ ..Setting their collecting priorities above those of personal comfort, they used Dorothy's salary to cover their living expenses and devoted Herbert's salary to the acquisition of contemporary art... ”
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The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts

“ ..Here—as in so much of Paik's work—tradition and technology, elegance and humor, meditation and irreverence, come together in surprising harmony... ”
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National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.

“ ..It will demonstrate how Paik's global trajectory shaped a transnational network of artists that pioneered and expanded radical and cutting-edge art practice... ”
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Tate Modern

“ ..If Rauschenberg's 'White Paintings' of the early 1950s became the inspiration for Cage's notorious 4'33" , we see here a number of other more expressive projects in which a composer's instructions are... ”
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Mummery + Schnelle

“ ..'To Become Like Music' is a show that pays attention to a moment in modernism's history that is often neglected as we attend to the new artistic projects of the 1960s as if they emerged ready formed... ”
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