Moderator : Fan Di'an/Yang Chao
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To further elaborate on the value and meanings of “Cai Guo-Qiang: Peasant Da Vincis”, RockBund Art Museum took the initiative to organize a seminar centering on the exhibition-related themes, for which we invited experts in museum theories, art critique, cultural studies and history of science who pooled their minds together for a discussion on various topics covered by the exhibition. With free admission and targeting the academia, the community of art professionals as well as an interested general audience including students, the seminar was convened at the longstanding Peacock Hall of Astor House Hotel in one morning session and one afternoon session.
Session 1: The New Role and Spirit of Museums
Moderator: Fan Di'an, Director of National Art Museum of China
Participants:
Yusuke Nakahara Critic; Director of Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Art
Thomas Krens Former Director of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation; Former Director of the
SolomonR. Guggenheim Museum
Fumio Nanjo Director of Mori Art Museum, Tokyo
Li Lei Director of Shanghai Art Museum... Read More
Moderator : Fan Di'an/Yang Chao
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To further elaborate on the value and meanings of “Cai Guo-Qiang: Peasant Da Vincis”, RockBund Art Museum took the initiative to organize a seminar centering on the exhibition-related themes, for which we invited experts in museum theories, art critique, cultural studies and history of science who pooled their minds together for a discussion on various topics covered by the exhibition. With free admission and targeting the academia, the community of art professionals as well as an interested general audience including students, the seminar was convened at the longstanding Peacock Hall of Astor House Hotel in one morning session and one afternoon session.
Session 1: The New Role and Spirit of Museums
Moderator: Fan Di'an, Director of National Art Museum of China
Participants:
Yusuke Nakahara Critic; Director of Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Art
Thomas Krens Former Director of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation; Former Director of the
SolomonR. Guggenheim Museum
Fumio Nanjo Director of Mori Art Museum, Tokyo
Li Lei Director of Shanghai Art Museum
David Ross Faculty of the School of Visual Arts, New York; Former Director of the Institute of
Contemporary Art, Boston, the Whitney Museum of American Art, and the San
FranciscoMuseumof Modern Art
Session 2: Art, Technology, and China’s Modernization
Moderator : Yang Chao
Critic; Exhibition Consultant of “Cai Guo-Qiang: Hanging Out in the Museum”,Taipei
Participants:
Germano Celant Director of the Triennale Design Museum. Milan; Senior Curator of the Solomon R.
Guggenheim Museum, New York
Herve Chandes Director of Fondation Cartier
Lu Yuegang Reporter for China Youth Daily
Zhang Ming Professor and Director of the Political Science Department, People’s University of China
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