Rockbund Art Museum

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