In recent years, the rapid development of Chinese contemporary art has introduced China's domestic culture into the global cultural dialogue. Today, private art museums have proliferated all over the country, exhibiting all types of contemporary art exhibitions; its quantity and exhibition quality has far exceeded museums within the public sector.
On August 26th, Columbia Global Centers | Beijing invites professionals, scholars, and independent investigators to an open discussion on the development of contemporary art museums in China, exploring the reasons behind the rise of private art museums and their potential future problems.
At the same time, Columbia College student, Shaun Wang, will conduct a special talk on his independent project. For the past three years, Shaun has conducted independent interviews with more than 40 Chinese private art museums, art centers, and art foundation; 54 art museum founders, directors, and CEOs. The project questions the operations, value, meaning, motivation and many other issues within these art institutions.
