Online, November 26 – 27, 2020
Registration deadline: Nov 25, 2020
Christie’s Education will be holding its first global virtual conference, The Chinese Art Market, on 26-27 November 2020.
This conference will be the third in our International Art & the Market Series, which launched in 2016 in London with Creating Markets, Collecting Art, followed in 2018 in New York by Celebrating Female Agency in the Arts.
The conference will explore the global impact of the Chinese art ecosystem from both historical and current perspectives.
Over two days, the conference covers a wide range of disciplines which consider China’s contribution to the arts from a transnational and trans-historical perspective. With thirteen sessions confirmed the event will address issues of cultural exchange, artistic cross-fertilization and appropriation, the circulation of works of art, collecting networks and the economics of taste and value, as well as today’s art market.
Session topics include:
– Hong Kong as a Global Art Hub
– Chinese Auctions and Art Market Innovations
– Art + Tech in Asia: Tech Disruption and Opportunities
– The Digital Turn in Chinese Contemporary Art
– Women in the Art World
– The Western Demand for Chinese Works of Art
– Art of the Cultural Revolution
– Plus more
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PROGRAMME
DAY ONE
Thursday, 26th November, 2020
Welcome
9:30 – 9:40am
Keynote address
9:40 – 10:20am
Private and Public Collections and Exhibitions in East and Southeast Asia
10:30am – 12:00pm
Chairs:
Professor Oscar Salemink, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
Professor Nora Taylor, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, USA
Speakers:
Professor Oscar Salemink, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
Shuo Hua,University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Jade Thau, Aix-Marseille University – IrAsia, Paris, France
Hong Kong as a Global Art Hub
10:30am – 12:00pm
Chairs:
Dr Zoran Poposki, The Education University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Dr Isaac Leung, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Speakers:
Dr Zoran Poposki, The Education University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Dr Isaac Leung, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Willem Molesworth, de Sarthe, Hong Kong
Henrietta Tsui-Leung, Or-Ora Art Group, Hong Kong
Ancient and Contemporary Chinese Art in Southern Africa
1:30 – 3:25pm
Chair:
Nicola Kritzinger, Author and Art Historian
Speakers:
Grace O’Malley
Binjun Hu
Johann Kritzinger
Inventing Non-Canonical Collecting Traditions: 17th-19th Century Europe and Asia
1:30 – 3:25pm
Chair:
Dr Chih-en Chen, SOAS, University of London, London, United Kingdom
Speakers:
Yuet Heng Wong, SOAS, University of London, London, United Kingdom
Kexin Ma, SOAS, University of London, London, United Kingdom
Chinchi Yang, SOAS, University of London, London, United Kingdom
The Western market demand for Chinese Works of Art 1700-1860
3:45 – 5:15pm
Chair:
Lynda McLeod, Archivist, Christie’s, London, United Kingdom
Speakers:
Lynda McLeod, Archivist, Christie’s, London, United Kingdom
Dr Yingwen Tao, Dreweatts 1759, Newbury, United Kingdom
Dr Leanne Zalewski, Central Connecticut State University, New Britain, USA
Women and the Art Market
3:45 – 5:15pm
Chair:
Yi Gao, Course Coordinator, Christie’s Education Asia
Speakers:
To be confirmed
DAY TWO
Friday, 27th November, 2020
The Digital Turn in Chinese Contemporary Art
9:30 – 11:00am
Chair:
Shiyu Gao, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Speakers:
Shiyu Gao, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Shulang Zou, Art Historian, Curator, Gallerist, Independent Researcher
Junyu Lei, West Bund, Shanghai, China
Chinese Auctions and Art Market Innovations
9:30 – 11:00am
Chairs:
Dr Cecily Hennessy, Christie’s Education, London, United Kingdom
Dr Thomas Flynn, Christie’s Education, London, United Kingdom
Speakers:
Dr Adrià Harillo Pla, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
Dr Svetlana Kharchenkova, Leiden Universtiy, Leiden, Netherlands
Dr QiQi Jiang, EPailLive
Asian Artists Living in Paris in the 20th Century
11:15am – 12:45pm
Chair:
Dr Véronique Chagnon-Burke, Christie’s Education, New York, USA
Speakers:
Shuochun (Nina) Feng, Poly Auction, Hong Kong
Allison Liu Daisong, Song Art Foundation, Singapore
Dr Matt Cox, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
Art + Tech in Asia: Tech Disruption & Opportunity in Museum Curation
11:15am – 12:45pm
Chair:
Sara Mao, Director of Christie’s Education Asia, Hong Kong
Speakers:
To be confirmed
Collecting the ‘Summer Palace’ (Yuanmingyuan) in 19th-Century Britain
2:00 – 3:55pm
Chairs:
Professor Louise Tythacott, University of Northumbria, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
Dr Stacey Pierson, SOAS, University of London, London, United Kingdom
Speakers:
Professor Louise Tythacott, University of Northumbria, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
Dr Stacey Pierson, SOAS, University of London, London, United Kingdom
Professor Nick Pierce, University of Glasgow, United Kingdom
Katrina Hill, College of Arts, University of Glasgow, United Kingdom
Art and the Cultural Revolution
2:00 – 3:55pm
Chair:
Dr. Zhijian Qian, City Tech College of CUNY, New York, USA
Speakers:
Dr. Zhijian Qian, City Tech College of CUNY, New York, USA
Hong Lu, United Art Museum, Wuhan, China
Tianxue Hua, Institute of Fine Arts, Chinese National Academy of Arts, Beijing, China
Dr Qi Zhu, Institute of Fine Arts, China National Academy of Painting, Beijing, China
From West to East: The Western Art Scene in China
4:15 – 5:45pm
Chair:
Sara Mao, Director of Christie’s Education Asia, Hong Kong
Speakers:
To be confirmed
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The full programme and schedule can be viewed here – https://app.oxfordabstracts.com/thechineseartmarket/
The conference will run on Thursday 26 and Friday 27 November from 9.30—5.30 GMT. The conference will be bi-lingual in English and Mandarin with translation provided. To find out more information visit our dedicated microsite – https://www.christies.edu/thechineseartmarket
Ticket information:
General Admission Tickets
Early Registration – USD100 (before 14 October)
Regular – USD 120
Group – USD 90 (min of 5)
Student Admission Tickets
Early Registration – USD 60 (before 14 October)
Regular – USD 72
Group – USD 54 (min of 5)
We have extended our early registration offer – so book your tickets before 14 October to take advantage of the discount.
We look forward to welcoming you to our first-ever global virtual conference!