Art facility modeled after Tate Modern to be created in Seoul's old power station
Culture minister Park Bo-gyoon, 3rd from left, attends a ceremony to mark the launch of the construction of a multipurpose art center at Seoul Power Station, an old thermal power station in western Seoul, May 17. Yonhap Two retired units of a thermal power plant in western Seoul will turn into an art center modeled after Britain's Tate Modern art gallery by 2025, the culture ministry said Wednesday.The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism held a ceremony to mark the launch of the construction of the multipurpose art center at the Seoul Power Station, with about 150 government officials and culture-art figures attending.Roughly translated as the Danginri Cultural Creative Power Plant, the center will be built into a six-story building on 81,650 square meters of land by 2025.The Seoul Power Station, previously known as the Danginri Power Plant, has a rich history as South Korea's first coal-fired power plant, commencing operations in 1930. It converted to a heavy o
May 17, 2023
