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 Tate Modern in London. 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 1,167 USD.Nam June Paik has been featured in articles for ArtDependence Magazine, Art Asia Pacific and ArtDaily. The most recent article is Exhibition Provides Distinctive Look at Connection Between Life and Art, Featuring 300 Pieces by 70 Artists and Designers written for Korea Herald in February 2025. The artist died in 2006.

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

Featured for Sale

Untitled (Smaller Rosetta Stone-Channel 12 ,1983

By Nam June Paik

Christie's New York

V-IDEA, a priori: two prints ,1984

By Nam June Paik

Christie's New York

PAIK Nam June. POSTER for the event at the Auditorium Maximum in Aachen on July 20

By Nam June Paik

Binoche & Giquello

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At Auction

Notable Lots

TV is Kitsch ,1996

By Nam June Paik

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Marshall McLuhan ,1991

By Nam June Paik

+64%

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Stag ,1996

By Nam June Paik

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Upcoming Lots

Portrait of McLuhan ,1978

By Nam June Paik

Korea Premier Auction

나선상의 남승용 ,1988

By Nam June Paik

Korea Premier Auction

Untitled (Bowie ,1990

By Nam June Paik

Christie's New York

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Recent Auction Results

It's raining in my heart like it's raining in the city - Nam June Paik

It's raining in my heart like it's raining in the city ,1994

By Nam June Paik

Korea Premier Auction

Julian Beck ,1996

By Nam June Paik

500 Gallery

Hacker Newbie ,1994

By Nam June Paik

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Seoul Auction

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Current Exhibitions

Nam June Paik, Nam June Paik and Nam June Paik

Nam June Paik Art Center

Yongin | South Korea

Nov 30,2024 - Mar 16,2025

Paik Nam June: Nam June Paik, Nam June Paik, and Nam June Paik

Museum of Contemporary Art Busan

Busan | South Korea

Nov 30,2024 - Mar 16,2025

Rabbit Inhabits the Moon: The Art of Nam June Paik in the Mirror of Time

Nam June Paik Art Center

Yongin | South Korea

Oct 19,2024 - Mar 23,2025

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Articles

Exhibition Provides Distinctive Look at Connection Between Life and Art, Featuring 300 Pieces by 70 Artists and Designers

Korea Herald 01/02/2025

Homes are evolving from mere spaces for daily living into personal exhibition spaces that reflect and showcase the tastes and identities of their residents.

Hirshhorn Museum Acquires 175 Artworks

ArtDependence Magazine 29/01/2025

The Smithsonian’s Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden has announced the acquisition of 175 artworks by more than 60 modern and contemporary artists through purchase and gifts.

Reframing the Region at Art SG 2025

Art Asia Pacific 22/01/2025

The third edition of the Singapore art fair Art SG (January 16–19) is a simulacrum of the region’s hopes for its own artistic and commercial realization.

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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

“ ..Today's emerging talents in architecture are redefining the profession with global practices that are digitally literate and operate at multiple scales of design... ”
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University of Michigan Museum of Art

“ ..Considered the “father of video art,” his groundbreaking use of video technology blurred past distinctions between science, fine art, and popular culture to create a new visual language... ”
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Asia Society and Museum, New York