Dear colleagues,
The ‘Global Diasporic Chinese Museums Network Initiative Public Talk Series’ will host the 11th talk on Friday 20 September 2024. Our speaker is Prof. Cai Xianliang, Director of the He Xiangning Art Museum. He will give a talk on Art as a Bridge: The Role of the He Xiangning Art Museum in Enhancing China’s Relationship with the Overseas Chinese以艺为桥：何香凝美术馆在增进中国与海外华人联系中的作用
Date: Friday 20 September 2024
Time: 12:00 pm to 13:30 pm (BST)
Venue: Online via Zoom
The event is free to attend and open to all.
Zoom ID: 849 7996 8532
Password: 12345
Zoom meeting link:
https://ntu-sg.zoom.us/j/84979968532?pwd=LogccVmU7Yrra0mgiZvr3NfuVqa0Kq.1
The talk will be given in Mandarin Chinese. Simultaneous translation into English will be provided.
Chair: Yow Cheun Hoe, Director of the Chinese Heritage Centre, Singapore
Speaker: Cai Xianliang, Director of the He Xiangning Art Museum, China
Abstract
He Xiangning Art Museum is the first national art museum in China named after an individual and has the richest collection of He Xiangning’s works and historical documents in the world. It is the main collection organisation and research institution for He Xiangning’s art works and documents, and its daily work mainly focuses on research, exhibitions, publications, and public education activities. In her early years, He Xiangning had a long history of revolutionary activities overseas, and had extensive and deep connections with overseas countries, thus becoming an important bridge between overseas Chinese and China. In her later years, He Xiangning mainly focused on hosting national overseas Chinese affairs. He Xiangning Art Museum located in Shenzhen adheres to the spirit of He Xiangning and her deep affection for overseas Chinese, attaches great importance to the development of overseas Chinese art, planning a series of thematic exhibitions of overseas Chinese art, fine art exhibitions, and becomes an important platform for the exchange, introduction and promotion of contemporary Chinese art. It has become an important platform for the exchange, introduction and promotion of contemporary Chinese art.
The event is jointly hosted by HOMELandS (Hub On Migration, Exile, Languages and Spaces) at the University of Westminster and the Chinese Heritage Centre of Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. It is organised as part of the ‘Global Diasporic Chinese Museums Network Initiative’ project funded by AHRC.
It would be appreciated if you could share this event with your colleagues and your networks. Looking forward to seeing you there.
Cangbai Wang (he/him)
Professor of Migration, Heritage and Language
University of Westminster