Resources+for+Learning+about+Art+in+Contemporary+China

=**Resources**=

http://www.artzinechina.com //This site contains information on contemporary Chinese artists and galleries, articles and reviews of exhibitions, city guides to Shanghai and Beijing for those who come to visit, and a calendar of upcoming events and exhibitions.//
 * ARTZINE: A Chinese Contemporary Art Portal**

http://www.arthistoryresources.net/ARTHchina.html#china //This contains links to museum websites containing information about Chinese art. Also has photographic resources of Chinese architecture and links to other websites that have information about and photos of Chinese art.//
 * Art History Resources: China**

http://www.aaa.org.hk //A Contemporary Asian art resources including exhibitions catalogues, periodicals, pamphlets, exhibition invitations, newspaper articles, and a listing of special events relating to contemporary Asian art.//
 * Asia Art Archive**

@http://www.newchineseart.com/ //New Chinese Art was established in 1999 as a centre for contemporary Chinese art. The website is a good resource for people worldwide to view art by Chinese artists. New Chinese Art allows Chinese contemporary artists to display their art for free. New Chinese Art aims to make contemporary Chinese art accessible to a global audience. Whether you are just browsing or interested in purchasing, New Chinese Art presents you with portfolios by over 100 contemporary Chinese artists, and we are continually adding Chinese artists’ works//
 * New Chinese Art**

http://www.artinasia.com/institutionsDetail.php?catID=1&galleryID=1557 //A library of contemporary Asian art resources. Original research and interviews as well as the latest news-making topics in Asian art around the world. Provides an unbiased, direct connection to the Asian art world.//
 * Art Radar Asia**

@http://chinatoday.com/art/a.htm Modern and contemporary Chinese art films, exhibition links, photography, culture, travel information, and the China Artists Association.
 * Chinese Art Information and Links**

=**Databases**=

www.artlinkart.com //Members can connect with other artists and cultural groups. Includes artist collaboration, showing space, articles, publications, artists, exhibitions and link exchanges between artlink and your gallery site.//
 * Art Link Art**

@http://www.stanford.edu/dept/art/china/bibliography.html //A bibliography of Chinese art books, artists. Including Mainland China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Diaspora.//
 * Twentieth-Century Chinese Art Bibliography**

@http://www.nyu.edu/gsas/dept/fineart/html/chinese/links.html //Chinese art, history and culture, religion, dictionaries, image archives, organizations, and teaching guides.//
 * Arts of China Consortium**

=**Wikis**=

@http://www.artspeakchina.org/ //This is a bilingual site that lists Contemporary Chinese artist, movements, institutions, and galleries. It also has a timeline, and a mini encylopedia of terms.//
 * ArtSpeak China (ASC) Wiki**

[] //This wiki is the current most viewed articles on Wikipedia within Wikipedia's Chinese Art category. Think of it as a What's Hot list for Chinese Art.//
 * Chinese Art:Trending topics**

=**Journals**=

@http://yishu-online.com/ //Yishu focuses on contemporary Chinese art and culture. Each bi-monthly issue features scholarly essays on topical issues, interviews with artists and curators, and critical commentary on exhibitions and books.//
 * Yishu: Journal of Contemporary Chinese Art**

http://chinaperspectives.revues.org //This peer-reviewed journal analyzes Chinese political, economic, social and cultural trends. Articles on contemporary Chinese art are also provided.//
 * China Perspectives**

http://www.e-flux.com //e-flux addresses contemporary art issues and features upcoming exhibitions and publications in the art world.//
 * e-flux**

http://www.sinopop.org //Sinopop contatins news from the Beijing art world including reviews of Chinese art exhibitions in China. This website features a significant list of Chinese art in international museums that are well-represented online.//
 * Sinopop**

//[|http://www.leapleapleap.com]// //Leap is a bilingual art magazine of contemporary China. Published six times a year, it presents a mix of contemporary art coverage and cultural commentary from the cutting edge of the Chinese art scene.//
 * Leap: The International Art Magazine of Contemporary China**

=**Videos**=

[|Inside the Chinese Contemporary Art Scene] Length: 5:02 Original date posted: March 14, 2008 This video focuses on Melissa Chiu, in an interview she addresses the contemporary art scene in China. Different questions are asked, and she does her best to cover these topics. Several of these questions involve about Contemporary Chinese art, also the themes of Contemporary Chinese art. Melissa Chiu also answers the question "how technology has informed Chinese art" by mentioning a Chinese artist (Zhang Huan) and how he uses technology to create his works. Also she references several emerging artists, and also Chinese artists abroad.

[|Arts in China: State of the Arts pt. 1] [|Arts in China: State of the Arts pt. 2] [|Arts in China: State of the Arts pt. 3] Length: 22:02 Original date posted: May 22, 2008 Originally this was produced as a television program entitled “The Works: Arts in China”. This video starts off commenting on the current art scene in China. Also it takes a deeper look into the art market from Chinese artists. The market provides the Chinese art a way to escape into the national art scene. The video includes interviews from collectors, and artists that comment on contemporary Chinese are and the influence of the art market. The Art complex, 798, is highlighted in the second part of the program. Another art community called Songzhuang is also visited in the program. This program gives a wonderful summary of the art scene in China and the various components that ties with it, like the art market, or galleries.

[|Wu Hung- Contemporary Sculpture from China in Chicago] Length: 2:07 Original date posted: June 9, 2011 This video is an interview with Wu Hung who is the Co-Curator of an exhibit which is held in Chicago’s Millennium Park entitled //A Conversation with Chicago: Contemporary Sculpture from China//. He discusses the idea of the art asking questions instead of commenting on any issue. It's all about conversation.

[|The Rising Tide: A Documentary on Chinese Contemporary Art (Clip 1)] [|The Rising Tide: A Documentary on Chinese ContemporaryArt (Clip 2)] Length: 9:27 Original date posted: June 6, 2008 This is a documentary by Robert Adanto. The videos provided are only a small section from the documentary. The film brings up social and ideological difficulties being faced by the Chinese youth today. Artists whose work reflects these concerns are interviewed and their work looked at to see the how the difficulties are included in their works of art. Some of the artists that are included in this documentary are Chen Qiulin, Wei Zhang, Yang Yong, Cao Fei, and Huang Jianbo.

[|Altered States: Art of Zhang Huan] Length: 5:09 Original date posted: September 26, 2007 The video focuses on the artist Zhang Huan. During the interview Huan explains the thought process involved in his work which includes sculpture, photography, and performance art. Performance art is looked at for a majority of the video, Zhang Huan explains that his performance art is all about the process and the experience. He quit performing because he was losing good ideas for art. Different examples of his work are shown in the video as well as a visit to his studio in China.

[|MATCHA: Contemporary Chinese Art] Length: 5:17 Original date posted: June 9, 2011 A panel discussion with some of the artists on exhibit in Pure Views, hosted by the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco. Pure Views features a variety of contemporary Chinese artists, and in this panel discussion the artists talk about their work as well as the art culture in China today. Artist’s include Hong Lei, Wang Guangyi, Yue Minjun, Zhou Chunya, along with critic Liu Chun, and curator Lu Peng.

[|China Transformed: Artscape/Cityscape] Length: 1:43:29 Original date posted: October 23, 2008 The video focuses on an exhibit which is hosted by The University of California, Berkeley. The keynote speaker, Wu Hung, discusses the artists involved in Contemporary Chinese Art, and Urban Transformation.This talk which Wu Hung gives focuses on the two parallel changes in Chinese art and urban transformation over the past 30 years. This exhibit and symposium features curators, artists, critics, and scholars discussing China’s growth towards booming cities and the art that reflects this trend. This particular video provides a very in depth look at Chinese art.

=**Artist Organizations**=

http://www.ocat.com.cn //OCT is a non-profit organization connected to He Xiangning Art Museum, a national art muesum in China. Its mission is to serve as a hub connecting Chinese art to the international art community. The organization supports artists involved in various media, and assists with projects and exhibitions.”//
 * OCT Contemporary Art Terminal**

@http://www.aicacia.org/en/weihua1.asp Asia International Arts Organizationhas been found to promote and popularize the auction firms, artists, galleries, arts organizations and arts enterprises from mainland China and from the worldwide. It is also to establish the international view of arts and to blazon Chinese arts in the positive way. We build up the international intercommunication and promotion platform for Chinese artists and Foreign artists.
 * Asia International Arts Organization**

[] Island 6 Arts Center is an artist-founded, artist-run "art first" not-for-profit organization based in Shanghai with a production site and an adjoining gallery for the cutting-edge, new media artwork of the [|Liu Dao] art collective in Shanghai.
 * Island 6**

[] UCCA presents exhibitions of established and emerging artists and develops a platform of dialogue between China and the rest of the world. Each month, UCCA offers a wide variety of educational programs, including lectures, artistic performances, film screenings and workshops. Through these programs and events, UCCA provides a meeting place for artists and art lovers and allows visitors to challenge themselves, ask questions, and see the world in new and different ways.
 * Ullens Center for Contemporary Art**

[]
 * Vis-à-vis Art Lab**
 * Xiamen Vis-a-Vis art lab ** is an independent and non-profit contemporary art organization founded in August 2004 in Xiamen / South of China by Chinese artist Zhu Lu Ming to exchange and cooperate between different cultures and within the various contemporary arts disciplines. It is a meeting place of people and ideas, and open to research in the fields of contemporary arts and cultures.

[] The goal of Platform China is to create an open artistic environment in which contemporary art in all its different identities can be created, shown, and discussed. We discover, support and promote excellent young Chinese artists and promote international artists' recognition in China. As a multi-function art organization, the main aim of ** Platform China Contemporary Art Institute (Platform China) ** is to develop and promote contemporary art in China and to build up a platform of cultural exchange and dialogue between Chinese and international artists.
 * Platform China**

[] 1a space, founded in 1998, is an independent, non-profit making contemporary visual art organization and art venue founded by a collective of Hong Kong artworkers. It aims to promote the critical dissemination of contemporary visual arts practices and affiliated artforms through 1a space programme drawn from Hong Kong and international arena.
 * 1a space**

[] Established in 1977, Hong Kong Arts Centre (HKAC) is a self-funding organization whose mission is to promote contemporary arts and culture within Hong Kong and beyond. The Centre provides a wide range of programmes featuring local and overseas artists, with facilities including theatres, a cinema, galleries, classrooms, studios, a café and office space. Hong Kong Arts Centre is committed to nurturing creativity, arts and cultural engagement through its two-pronged approach; promoting contemporary performing arts, visual arts, film and video arts and providing lifelong and wide-reaching arts education. Home to artists' creative exploration, the Centre has featured numerous programmes in the presentation of various art forms, including film and video programmes, visual arts and performing arts programmes. It also presents conferences, seminars, art festivals and public art projects all through the year.
 * Hong Kong Arts Centre**

=Museums=

> China holds a vast array of art museums that exhibit both traditional and contemporary art forms. Many of the museums offer various programs designed to involve the public and promote the appreciation of art created in China and around the world. China’s number of art museums has continued to grow over the years as well as its influence in the art world. Below you will find a list of some art museums in China with a brief description of the collections and exhibitions.

>> [|The National Art Museum of China] : Dongcheng District, Beijing >> One of China’s larger museums. The five story building contains 17 exhibition halls, housing a comprehensive [|collection] of works from the late Ming dynasty up into the Twentieth Century. Although the diverse collection focuses mainly on works from the establishment of New China, foreign artworks, as well as folk artworks are included. The museum hosts rotating [|exhibitions] of mainly Chinese subjects and artists.

>> [|Today Art Museum] : Chaoyang District, Beijing >> Today Art Museum has been operating since 2002 as the first non-profit, non- governmental sponsored art museum. Divided into three separate buildings, the museum’s collection is comprised of Today Art Museum collections, virtual collections and donations. The collection consists of over 5,000 works, emphasizing Chinese contemporary art. The museum's book center provides a place for the design, publication and distribution of art books, moreover a place for researchers to utilize materials published by the center. Additionally, a [|quarterly issued publication] of scholarly articles and contemporary information about the Chinese art world is put together by the museum to exchange academic findings with art professionals, and encourage the spirit of contemporary art.

>> [|Central Academy of Fine Arts Museum] : Chaoyang District, Beijing >> The CAFA has been operating since 1953, and over the years it has collected over 13,000 works of art from China and around the world. The six levels of the museum are organized by purpose: the underground levels contain conservation offices, a lecture hall, and a collection warehouse. Levels above the first are dedicated to the exhibition of a permanent [|collection], as well as rotating [|exhibitions].

>> [|The Guangdong Museum of Art] : Yuexiu District, Guangzhou, Guangdong >> The Guangdong Museum of Art collects contemporary works of art by artists living in China, with a focus on Guangdong Province and emphasis on the coastal areas of Southeast China. The [|education] offers information about past and upcoming lectures at the museum. The museum’s major event is its [|International Triennial]. There is no dedicated English site.

>> [|The Minsheng Art Museum] : Changning District, Shanghai >> It is financially supported by a non-profit, non-government banking organization, [|China Minsheng Banking Corporation], a company concerned with promoting the establishment of activities engaged in art. The museum’s five exhibition halls display rotating [|exhibitions] There is also good information about [|past exhibitions].

>> [|MOCA Shanghai] : Shanghai >> Dedicated to Chinese and International contemporary art. MOCA Shanghai actively involves its bustling community with contemporary art through various public programs offered by the museum. The museum website out lines the programs, including information about guided tours, curator and artist talks, lectures, and kids’ workshops.

>> [|The Hong Kong Museum of Art] : Kowloon District, Hong Kong >> The collection consists of 14,000 works of Chinese art, dating from the Tang Dynasty to the 20th Century. Although the museum does not include Western Art in their collection, it is often exhibited in the many exhibitions put on by the museum. The website offers a search-able [|data-bank] of artworks of this collection. The [|publications] put out by the museum cover traditional elements of Chinese art and recent publications on modern artists.

>> [|The Rockbund Art Museum] : Huangpu District, Shanghai >> Since 2005 The Rockbund Art Museum has been an international center for endorsing and exchanging the principles of contemporary art. Current exhibitions on site also include an audio tour. Only contains information of exhibitions, not much about a permanent collection, if any.

> ==Additional Art Museums In China== >> **Bejing** >>> [|Art Museum of Beijing Fine Art Academy] >>> [|Jintai Art Museum] >>> [|Laojia Art Museum] >>> [|Poly Art Museum] >>> [|Peking University's Arthur M. Sackler Museum] >>> [|Iberia Center for Contemporary Art] >>> [|Palace Museum] >>> [|Museum of Imperial City] >>> [|China International Showgood Art Museum] >>> [|Beijing World Art Museum] >>> [|Wu Dongkui Art Museum] >>> [|Chinese National Art Treasures Museum]

>> **Fujian** >>> [|Fujian Museum]

>> **Guangdong** >>> [|Guangdong Folk Art Museum] >>> [|Hexiangning Art Museum] >>> [|Shenzhen Art Museum]

>> **Hunan** >>> [|Hunan Provincial Museum]

>> **Hong Kong** >>> [|Art Museum of the Chinese University of Hong Kong] >>> [|Hong Kong Heritage Museum] >>> [|University of Hong Kong: University Museum and Gallery]

>> **Jiangsu** >>> [|Jiansu Provincial Art Museum]

>> **Macau** >>> [|Macau Museum of Art]

>> **Yunnan** >>> [|Yunnan Provincial Museum]

>> **Shandong** >>> [|Cui Zi-fan Art Museum]

>> **Shanghai** >>> [|Shanghai Museum of Art] >>> [|Shanghai Doulun MOMA] >>> [|Liu Hai Su Art Museum] >>> [|Zendai MOMA] >>> [|Shanghai Arts and Crafts Museum]

>> **Sichuan** >>> [|Chengdu Ebony Art Museum] >>> [|Sichuan Museum] >>> [|MOCA Chengdu]

> ==International== >> Portland Art Museum: Portland, Oregon, USA >> The collection of Chinese art spans from the Neolithic period to modern times. They have a strong representation of ceramics and the collection includes sculpture, furnishings and decorative arts.

>> The Asian Art Museum: San Francisco, California, USA >> The Asian Art Museum holds an expansive collection of approximately 18,000 works of art. It holds art from China, Japan, Korea, and South Asia with an emphasis on ceramics, textiles, sculptures, and lacquers. The collection of Chinese art includes paintings and calligraphy from the 10th to 21st century, jades spanning 6,000 years of history, and around 300 ritual bronze sculptures.

>> The Nelson-Atkins Musuem: Kansas City, Missouri, USA >> Collection of works in every medium dating from Neolithic period to the present.

>> Birmingham Museum of Art: Birmingham, Alabama, USA >> Collection include works from the Neolithic to modern periods, they have paintings from the 18th - 20th centuries.

>> The Oriental Museum at Durham University: Durham, United Kingdom >> With over 10,000 pieces of Chinese art and artifacts, the Oriental Museum at Durham provides an extensive overview of Chinese history. The collection includes jade and bronze sculptures, embroidered silks, lacquerware, and furniture. The museum’s earliest pieces are amongst the jade collection, which date back to about 5,000 B.C.E. The entire collection ranges in work from prehistoric China to the work of Contemporary artists.

>> The Museum of Fine Arts: Boston, Massachusetts, USA >> The Museum of Fine Arts has an extensive collection of Chinese paintings, sculpture, calligraphy, funerary, and decorative arts. With its primary focus on Chinese sculpture, the museum offers a variety of ritual bronzes and Buddhist stone sculpture. The Chinese painting and calligraphy galleries range from the Tang period to contemporary times. It has hosted exhibitions in the past such as 'Fresh Ink' about Contemporary Chinese ink painting, and a number of other programs and events of this nature.

>> San Francisco Museum of Modern Art: San Francisco, California, USA >> Regarded as a significant proponent of contemporary Chinese art in the United States, SFMOMA has housed and contributed to several contemporary Chinese art exhibitions, including "Half-Life of a Dream" in 2008 for which there is a downloadable podcast, and "Photography Now" in 2009. The museum site also contains a blog interview with Contemporary Chinese-American aritsit, Imin Yeh, whose work uses humor to deal with cultural stereotypes and commodification.

>> Queensland Art Gallery: South Bank, Queensland, Australia >> The Queensland Art Gallery has a collection of contemporary Asian art of over 700 pieces dating from the 1960's to present. The Gallery also hosts the Asia-Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art, an annual series of exhibitions that showcase Asian-Pacific artwork. It also houses "Three Decades: Contemporary Chinese Collection" celebrating significant works from the 1980s to present that reflect China's social, political and cultural transformation. >> >> Museum of Modern Art: New York, New York, USA >> This museum contains a large collection of Contemporary Chinese paintings, prints and photography by artists such as Ai Weiwei, Cai Guoqiang, Fang Lijun, Hong Hao, Hong Lei, Lin Tianmiao, and Rong Rong. The web site has a searchable online gallery as well. >> >> >> Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology: Oxford, United Kingdom >> The Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology exhibits early Chinese ceramics as well as Contemporary Chinese painting. The gallery exhibiting Chinese paintings was designed exclusively to display the paintings in a traditional, simplistic manner. The inclusion of both ancient and Contemporary eastern art makes the Ashmolean Museum a rich experience for its visitors. There is a small collection of Contemporary Chinese paintings on the site's Eastern Art Online gallery, via a subsection called the Yousef Jameel Centre for Islamic and Asian Art. Currently, there is an exhibition called "Cultural Revolution: State Graphics in China in the 1960s and 1970s Part II" through November 2011, and one called "Art in China in the 19060s and 1970s" open through January 2012. They both have related online information and images. >> >> >> ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:: AW Asia List of Chinese Contemporary Art in Museum Collections >> This site provides an extensive list of Contemporary Chinese Contemporary located in various art museums, institutions and collections around the world. You can sort the list by Contemporary Chinese artist, or by museum/institution/collection. It is a great resource for locating particular works, or gauging the size or strength of a collection in a particular place.

=Galleries=

> ==Beijing== >> [|3 + 3 Art Space]: Chaoyang District, Beijing >> 3+3 Art Space was founded in 2005 by artist Man Kaihui. 3+3 Art Space is located in Beijing's 798 art district and features contemporary and modern art from China and abroad.

>> [|798 Photo Gallery]: Chaoyang District, Beijing >> 798 Photo Gallery is China's first art space dedicated to photography. It was founded in April 2003.Mostly Chinese artists, but their are some international artists whose work focuses on Chinese subjects.

>> [|798 space]: Chaoyang District, Beijing >> 798 Space is a described as a space for commercial and artistic activities. Exhibiting contemporary art and multimedia exhibitions, contemporary dance, experimental drama and concerts.

>> [|Beijing Art Now Gallery]: Chaoyang District, Beijing >> Beijing Art Now Gallery was founded in 2004 for the purpose of supporting Contemporary Chinese art.

>> [|Beijing Commune]: Chaoyang District, Beijing >> The Beijing Commune was founded in 2004 to promote Contemporary Chinese art and exhibits works of all media.

>> [|Cheng Xidong Art Space]: Chaoyang District, Beijing >> Founded in 2000 to exhibit both Chinese and Western contemporary art.

>> [|Courtyard Gallery]: Beijing >> Courtyard Gallery shows the best of emerging and mid-career Chinese contemporary art in all mediums, as well as work by emerging international artists.

>> [|Hadrien De Montferrand Gallery]: Chaoyang District, Beijing >> Hadrien de Montferrand Gallery is the first in China to exclusively show contemporary works on paper.

>> [|Long March Space]: Chaoyang District, Beijing >> Shows the work of 20+ artists and has had 80+ exhibitions and projects

>> [|Pace Gallery]: Chaoyang District, Beijing >> A collection of almost 40 artists represented

>> [|Star Gallery]: Chaoyang District, Beijing >> Star Gallery is professional art institution advocating China's contemporary art.

>> [|Tang Contemporary]: Chaoyang District, Beijing >> Tang Contemporary Art gallery, founded in 2000 and located in Beijing, is one of three galleries sharing the same name. The other two Tang Contemporary Art galleries are located in Hong Kong and Bangkok, Thailand.

> ==Hong Kong== >> [|Connoisseur Contemporary]: Central, Hong Kong >> Connoisseur Contemporary represents new, emerging and established contemporary artists from China and East Asia.

>> [|Hanart TZ Gallery]: Central, Hong Kong >> Hanart TZ Gallery was founded in 1983 and specializes in promoting and exhibiting contemporary Chinese art, very large collection.

>> [|Madhouse]: Chai Wan District, Hong Kong >> Founded in April 2008, MADHOUSE is dedicated to the promote tof the contemporary Art scene in Asia.

>> [|Osage Gallery]: Kowloon District, Hong Kong >> Osage is an interdisciplinary platform devoted to the exhibition and promotion of international and Asian contemporary visual arts, operating spaces in Hong Kong and offices in Beijing, Shanghai and Singapore.

>> [|Schoeni Art Gallery]: Central District, Hong Kong >> Since making a commitment in 1992 to bring Contemporary Chinese Art to Hong Kong.

>> [|WanFung Art Gallery]: Taikoo Shing District, Hong Kong >> Very large collection of Chinese contemporary artists. It is now one of the biggest investors and promoters of contemporary Chinese Art in the world.

>> [|Wellington Gallery]: Central District, Hong Kong >> Artists of many nationalities, but a large selection of Chinese contemporary artists.

> ==Shanghai== >> [|**140 sqm**]: Jing'an District, Shanghai >> Almost all Chinese artists with the exception of a few.

>> [|1918 Art Space]: Jing'an District, Shanghai >> Artists split up into sections: painting, sculpture, photography, and mixed media. Almost exclusively 2-D works.

>> [|Art Scene]: Jing'an District, Shanghai >> The Gallery specializes in Chinese contemporary art by both emerging and well-established Chinese artists. Almost exclusively 2-D works.

>> [|Fellini Gallery]: Jing'an District, Shanghai >> Large selection ofcontemporary artists, mostly Chinese and some international.

>> [|Fu Xin Gallery]: Jing'an District, Shanghai >> Large collection of eastern and western artists.

>> [|Ifa Gallery]: Changning District, Shanghai >> Principally Chinese contemporary art, and a supporting line-up of performance, cinema and musical events.

>> [|m97 Gallery]: Jing'an District, Shanghai >> Devoted to contemporary photography.

>> [|New B Gallery]: Jing'an District, Shanghai >> New B Gallery is committed to the promotion of the Contemporary Chinese Art.

>> [|OV Gallery]: Jing'an District, Shanghai >> Established in 2006, Large collection of emerging contemporary Chinese artists and foreign aritists living in Shanghai along with more established contemporary Chinese and foreign artists.

>> [|Shanghai Gallery of Art]: The Bund, Huangpu, Shanghai >> Shanghai Gallery of Art promoties international contemporary art with a concentration on art from China.

>> [|Two cities]: Jing'an District, Shanghai >> Two Cities showcases contemporary Chinese artists that work in glass, ceramics, laquerware and jewelry.

> ==International Galleries== > These international galleries feature a wide variety of emerging and established artists concentrating on Chinese contemporary art in various 2-D and 3-D mediums.

>> ArtChina Contemporary Gallery: Hamburg, Germany >> Diverse works of art from around 1979 in Post-Maoist China. Works inspired by pop art and include paintings, sculptures, limited edition prints, and photography.

>> Chambers Fine Art: New York, New York, USA >> Has two galleries, the other in Beijing, and a storage facility called the ArtFarm in Salt Point, NY, USA designed by Ai Weiwei. Specializing in contemporary Chinese art, this facility has two large galleries as well as one small gallery for video installations. This gallery represents emerging and established artists and it's architectural design is accommodating for installations, cultural and social events.

>> ChinaToday Gallery: Brussels, Belgium >> First gallery dedicated to contemporary Chinese art in Belgium and is a leading name in Europe and overseas. Features many oil paintings and sculptures.

>> Ethan Cohen Gallery: New York, New York, USA >> First gallery dedicated to contemporary Chinese art in the United States, established in 1982. Features many top and emerging artists with connections to China, Japan, and all parts of Asia. This unique gallery in NYC promotes and showcases the latest contemporary art in China as well as non-Chinese works of art.

>> Tally Beck Contemporary Gallery: New York, New York, USA >> Gallery specializing in Asian contemporary art. Concentrating on the growing art scene of Southeast Asia and working with artists worldwide.

>> China Contemporary Gallery: Beijing, New York and London >> Galleries closed as of 2009. Continued dedication to promoting contemporary Chinese art by artists living and working in mainland China.

>> The China Square Gallery: New York, New York, USA >> Dedicated to the international promotion of contemporary Chinese work and only Chinese artists. They have an extensive list of represented artists and a wide array of mediums including painting, sculpture, photography, video art, and installations. > >> The Primo Marella Gallery: Milan, Italy >> Has two galleries, the other being in Beijing, dedicated to Contemporary Chinese art. Numerous artists are represented and works include paintings, photos, videos, and new media works.

>> China 2000 Fine Art: New York, New York, USA >> In 1980, Karen and Leon Wender established a gallery in New York City dedicated to exhibiting works by the finest Chinese artists of the 19th and 20th century. Their unusual collection of contemporary and traditional art also includes earlier dynasties, Chinese furniture and scholar objects.

>> Michael GoedhuisLondon, United Kingdom >> Michael Goedhuis opened Michael Goedhuis Ltd in London in 1989 and specializes in early Asian art. The Gallery's principal activities today are the promotion of the best Chinese contemporary art as well as Chinese works of art from the Neolithic period to Modern.

=**Collections**=

> ==International== >> Uli Sigg Collection: Zurich, Switzerland >> Considered the most influential collector of contemporary Chinese Art. His collection amounts to over 1,200 works in a variety of media. He created the Contemporary Chinese Art Awards in 1998.

>> DSL Collection: Sylvain and Dominique Levy >> Collection of 90 contemporary Chinese artists available in an online format. Created by Sylvain and Dominique Levy in 2005.

>> The White Rabbit: Chippendale, New South Wales, Australia >> Founded by Kerr and Judith Neilson. One of the world’s largest collections of contemporary Chinese art focusing on works produced after 2000. Over 200 artists showcased including biography and portfolio.

>> The Hefner Collection: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA >> Focuses on post cultural revolution oil paintings.

>> The Crow Collection: Dallas, Texas, USA >> Houses a magnificent collection of Chinese as well as other Asian art collections and hold regular exhibitions, lectures, and events.

>> 88MOCCA - The Museum of Chinese Contemporary Art on the Web: initiated by the Fritz Kaiser Foundation >> A vast online collection of contemporary Chinese works. Includes an extensive resource page that lists galleries, magazines and art portals, and collections and foundations that relate to contemporary Chinese art.

>> Three Decades: The Contemporary Chinese Collection: Queensland Galley of Art, South Bank, Queensland, Austrlia >> A collection of work starting in the 1980's to present looking at the emergence of the Chinese avant-garde. Painting, photography, sculpture, video, installation and printmaking are all present in this body of work.

=Art Schools=

> ==Hong Kong==

>> [|HKICC Lee Shau Kee School of Creativity]: Kowloon District, Hong Kong >> This schools is a senior secondary school in Hong Kong devoted to teaching creative education.

>> [|Department of Fine Arts, Chinese University of Hong Kong]: Shatin, New Territories, Hong Kong >> The Department of Fine Arts in Chinese University of Hong Kong became the first tertiary institute to offer courses on studio practice and history of visual arts in Hong Kong. The Department has promoted the study of Chinese art also the culture and the exchange of Chinese and Western art.

>> [|Department of Fine Arts, University of Hong Kong]: Pokfulam District, Hong Kong >> The Department offers art history training in Hong Kong, they teach Asian and Western art as equal valued traditions.

>> [|Hong Kong Polytechnic University School of Design]: Kowloon District, Hong Kong >> The School of Design has various degrees in art and design, no degrees in fine arts. Part of six faculties and two schools.

>> [|Hong Kong Art School]: Shau Kei Wan, Hong Kong >> Founded in 2000, Hong Kong Art School has both bachelors and masters degrees in fine art, applied art, media art and drama education. It is a division of the Hong Kong Arts Centre.

> ==Beijing== >> [|Central Academy of Fine Art]: Chao Yang District, Beijing >> Under CAFA, there are six schools, The School of Fine Art, School of Chinese Painting, School of Design, School of Architecture, School of Humanities, College of City Design also School of Continuing Education and the Affiliated High School of Fine Art. It is the only advanced academy of fine arts under the Department of Education in China. Founded in 1950, it was created from a merge between the National Art School in Beijing and the fine arts department of North China University.

> =Shanghai= >> [|Fine Art College of Shanghai University] >> The Fine Arts College of Shanghai University covers many disciplines and media including tradition Chinese painting, sculpture, printmaking, ceramics, glass, architecture and art history and design. It is the only professional art college in Shanghai that covers multiple disciplines of fine arts.

> ==Other Locations== >> [|Sichuan Fine Arts Institute]: Jiulongpo District, Chongqing >> [|China Academy of Art]: Hangzhou, Shanghai >> [|Guangxi Arts Institute]: Nanning, Guangxi >> [|Luxun Academy of Fine Arts]: Heping District, Shenyang, Liaoning >> [|Xi An Academy of Fine Arts]: Yanta, Xi'an, Shaanxi

=**Exhibitions**=

> ==International== >> Between Past and Present- New Photography and Video From China: The Victoria and Albert Museum - London, United Kingdom >> This exhibition focuses on experimental photography and video from China since the mid 1990’s exploring the emergence of modernity through four thematic sections: History and Memory, Performing the Self, Re-Imaging the Body, and People and Places.

>> New Chinese Art - Inside Out: The Asia Society - New York, New York, USA >> The exhibition presents works of art produced by artists in China and Taiwan dating from the mid 1980’s to the present. It explores the complex relationship between culturally specific issues and larger developments of a modern/post-modern age. Artists are appropriating and transforming both conventional Chinese aesthetic idioms and contemporary Western approaches to negotiate the cultural differences between the past and present, self and other. This website includes over 20 images; a chronology of the development of contemporary Chinese art in mainland China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong; biographies of the artists, and much more.

>> The Revolution Continues: New Chinese Art: Saachi Gallery - London, United Kingdom >> An exhibition featuring 27 contemporary Chinese artists ranging a variety of media. Site includes information of each artist including biographies, past exhibitions and artist statements.

>> Multiple Impressions: Contemporary Chinese Woodblock Prints: UMMA, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA >> This exhibition presents works by forty-one leading printmakers from contemporary China to showcase the extraordinary innovations, in both technique and conception, which have transformed this long-established art form in recent years. The exhibition underscores the printmakers' search for a new visual language and subject matter-in self-conscious competition with oil and ink-and-brush painters on the one hand and mass-produced print culture on the other.

>> Displacement: The Three Gorges Dam and Contemporary Chinese Art Exhibition: The Nashar Museum of Art at Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, USA >> The Three Gorges Dam on the Yangzi River in China is the world's largest generator of hydro-electric power. When it was built, it displaced more than one million people and submerged more than 1,200 towns. The Displacement exhibition showcases four leading contemporary Chinese artists who respond to the dam project.

>> Pay Back the Money You Owe: Fabien Fryns Fine Art Gallery, Los Angeles, California, USA >> This website showcases artist Zhou Yilun’s debut solo exhibition. His work manifests his desire to intervene in media constructions of pop culture and challenge the viewers aesthetic comfort with his whimsical style, both in the choice of materials and his pictorial manner. Includes over 10 images of collages, paintings, and painted photographs accompanied by an overview of the artists work.

>> Fresh Ink: Ten Takes on Chinese Tradition: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts, USA >> In this groundbreaking exhibition, contemporary Chinese ink painters engage in dialogue with classical artworks from China’s past. This website includes exhibition highlights containing a slideshow of over 25 images and 5 videos highlighting an introduction to the exhibition as well as artists statements.

>> The Real Thing: Contemporary Art from China: Tate Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom >> The exhibition consists of of comprehensive survey of works by contemporary Chinese artists since 2000. A majority of the works in “The Real Thing” are considered to be at the head of China’s contemporary art scene, including works by Ai Weiwei, and Cao Fei. The website provides some information on each of the artists involved with the exhibition, in addition to a sample of their work.

>> Mahjong - Contemporary Chinese Art from the Sigg Collection Kunstmuseum Bern, Berne, Switzerland >> This exhibition marks the first time the Uli Sigg collection is exhibited on a large scale. The cross-section of works includes many of the main themes of Chinese art, including Mao propaganda art. Many different cultural events were held in conjunction with the exhibition to spread knowledge and understanding of Chinese culture.

>> Placed in China: Walsh Gallery, Chicago, Illinois, USA >> This was the first exhibit of photography by contemporary Chinese artists in Chicago, IL. The exhibit is comprised of photos that examine the artists' personal self-discovery and the relationship between that self and the transforming China today. the website includes views of the installation, a press release, and a short explanation of the artworks and their creators.