The Opportunistic Museum: Commissions and Archives but not as we knew them

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  Alexie Glass-Kantor

  Artspace, Sydney

  Executive Director, Artspace, Sydney & Curator, Encounters, Art Basel Hong Kong

  Alexie Glass-Kantor is Executive Director, Artspace, Sydney, supporting curatorial practice, exhibition making, publishing and residencies. She is Curator for the Encounters sector at Art Basel | Hong Kong (2015 to 2020), which premieres large-scale installations. As curator of over one hundred exhibitions, Glass-Kantor has worked with international artists across generations to develop collaborative projects in independent spaces, collecting institutions, biennials and festivals. She is Chair, Contemporary Art Organisations Australia (CAOA) and on the academic boards of the National Art School (Sydney) and Museum of Contemporary Art & Design (Philippines).

Contemporary Art Within a Historical Collection

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  Davide Quadrio

  Founder & Director, Arthub Asia

  Contemporary Art Within a Historical Collection

  DAVIDE QUADRIO is a China based producer and curator. He founded and directed for a decade the first not-for-profit independent creative lab in Shanghai, Bizart Art Center, as a platform to foster the local contemporary art scene. In 2007 Quadrio created Arthub Asia, a production and curatorial proxy active in Asia and worldwide. He is currently hosted by Shanghai Visual Art Institute, and he is part of the Curatorial Board of PAC, Pavilion of Contemporary Art of Milan as well as Director of International Development of Scene 44 in Marseille. In 2015 he founded Kaleidoscope Asia a sibling publication of Kaleidoscope Magazine, with the intention of developed it as an international platform presenting Asia at its best. With BizArt and its team, and now with Arthub Asia, Quadrio has organized hundreds of exhibitions, educational activities and exchanges in China and abroad, developing relationships with local and foreign institutions worldwide.

When Data Enters into Art Museums: The Effects of Idol Culture and Influencer Economies

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  Gaorui Sun

  Departmental Assistant, Inside Out Museum

  When Data Enters into Art Museums: The Effects of Idol Culture and Influencer Economies

Activating a Museum in the Digital Age

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  Diane Wang

  Producer, Digital Programme, M+

  Activating a Museum in the Digital Age

  Diane is a producer on the Digital Programmes team at M+, a new museum of visual culture that is currently under construction in Hong Kong. She focuses on the museum’s open access approach, development of digital experiences and in-gallery technology projects at the museum, in preparation for the museum’s opening programme. In addition to this, she helps grow the museum’s engagement activities at the intersection of art and technology, working closely with curators to develop a digital commissions programme as well as expanding the museum’s programming to include events such as hackathons.

The Referential Value of Institutional Branding Strategies for Guiding Local Art Museums—A Case Study of the New Museum, New York

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  Danqing Xue

  Independent Curator and Writer

  The Referential Value of Institutional Branding Strategies for Guiding Local Art Museums—A Case Study of the New Museum, New York

  Danqing Xue is an independent curator and art writer. Graduated from Drexel University, Sotheby’s Institute of Art and Nanjing Normal University with MS of Arts Administration, Certificate of Art Writing and BA of Journalism. As an independent curator, she curates for both commercial galleries and noncommercial institutions. Selected curatorial practices include: “Where I Belong”, Serindia Gallery, New York, US, 2019; “Shit and Gold”, Space Station Art, Beijing, China, 2018; “Detour and Distance”, BEING 3 GALLERY, Beijing, China, 2018; “Ball and Bowl”, Light Society, Beijing, China, 2018；“The Memory of Fangzhuang”, E-Moderne Gallerie, Philadelphia, United States, 2018; “Bad New Days” (Group exhibition), Meilun Art Museum, Changsha, China, 2017. Her curatorial projects are reported by international art medias such as Art Agenda, Blouin Artinfo etc. Her writing has been published by major art medias including: artnet.news, The Art News Paper China (TANC), Artouch Magazine, art.ifeng.com, artron.net, etc. She selectively hosts artist talks and forums, recent events including: “A Dialogue with Olga Georgieva”, Austrian Embassy, 2018, Beijing; “Creative Contents of Collage in the History of Art under the Context of Cultural Communication”, Manet Grassland Museum, 2017, Beijing; “1st China-Spain Art Forum Beijing”, Beijing University, 2016, Beijing.

Open Floor for Questions

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  Alexie Glass-Kantor

  Artspace, Sydney

  Executive Director, Artspace, Sydney & Curator, Encounters, Art Basel Hong Kong

  Alexie Glass-Kantor is Executive Director, Artspace, Sydney, supporting curatorial practice, exhibition making, publishing and residencies. She is Curator for the Encounters sector at Art Basel | Hong Kong (2015 to 2020), which premieres large-scale installations. As curator of over one hundred exhibitions, Glass-Kantor has worked with international artists across generations to develop collaborative projects in independent spaces, collecting institutions, biennials and festivals. She is Chair, Contemporary Art Organisations Australia (CAOA) and on the academic boards of the National Art School (Sydney) and Museum of Contemporary Art & Design (Philippines).
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  Davide Quadrio

  Founder & Director, Arthub Asia

  Contemporary Art Within a Historical Collection

  DAVIDE QUADRIO is a China based producer and curator. He founded and directed for a decade the first not-for-profit independent creative lab in Shanghai, Bizart Art Center, as a platform to foster the local contemporary art scene. In 2007 Quadrio created Arthub Asia, a production and curatorial proxy active in Asia and worldwide. He is currently hosted by Shanghai Visual Art Institute, and he is part of the Curatorial Board of PAC, Pavilion of Contemporary Art of Milan as well as Director of International Development of Scene 44 in Marseille. In 2015 he founded Kaleidoscope Asia a sibling publication of Kaleidoscope Magazine, with the intention of developed it as an international platform presenting Asia at its best. With BizArt and its team, and now with Arthub Asia, Quadrio has organized hundreds of exhibitions, educational activities and exchanges in China and abroad, developing relationships with local and foreign institutions worldwide.
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  Diane Wang

  Producer, Digital Programme, M+

  Activating a Museum in the Digital Age

  Diane is a producer on the Digital Programmes team at M+, a new museum of visual culture that is currently under construction in Hong Kong. She focuses on the museum’s open access approach, development of digital experiences and in-gallery technology projects at the museum, in preparation for the museum’s opening programme. In addition to this, she helps grow the museum’s engagement activities at the intersection of art and technology, working closely with curators to develop a digital commissions programme as well as expanding the museum’s programming to include events such as hackathons.
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  Danqing Xue

  Independent Curator and Writer

  The Referential Value of Institutional Branding Strategies for Guiding Local Art Museums—A Case Study of the New Museum, New York

  Danqing Xue is an independent curator and art writer. Graduated from Drexel University, Sotheby’s Institute of Art and Nanjing Normal University with MS of Arts Administration, Certificate of Art Writing and BA of Journalism. As an independent curator, she curates for both commercial galleries and noncommercial institutions. Selected curatorial practices include: “Where I Belong”, Serindia Gallery, New York, US, 2019; “Shit and Gold”, Space Station Art, Beijing, China, 2018; “Detour and Distance”, BEING 3 GALLERY, Beijing, China, 2018; “Ball and Bowl”, Light Society, Beijing, China, 2018；“The Memory of Fangzhuang”, E-Moderne Gallerie, Philadelphia, United States, 2018; “Bad New Days” (Group exhibition), Meilun Art Museum, Changsha, China, 2017. Her curatorial projects are reported by international art medias such as Art Agenda, Blouin Artinfo etc. Her writing has been published by major art medias including: artnet.news, The Art News Paper China (TANC), Artouch Magazine, art.ifeng.com, artron.net, etc. She selectively hosts artist talks and forums, recent events including: “A Dialogue with Olga Georgieva”, Austrian Embassy, 2018, Beijing; “Creative Contents of Collage in the History of Art under the Context of Cultural Communication”, Manet Grassland Museum, 2017, Beijing; “1st China-Spain Art Forum Beijing”, Beijing University, 2016, Beijing.
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  Gaorui Sun

  Departmental Assistant, Inside Out Museum

  When Data Enters into Art Museums: The Effects of Idol Culture and Influencer Economies

Funding Private Museums in China: Feasible Models for the Future

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  Ning Wen

  Independent Curator and Researcher

  Funding Private Museums in China: Feasible Models for the Future

The Publishing Practice of Beijing Inside-Out Art Museum in 2018—Looking to Two Examples

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  Mengni Qian

  Curatorial Assistant, Inside Out Museum

  The Publishing Practice of Beijing Inside-Out Art Museum in 2018—Looking to Two Examples

  1987年出生于安徽淮南，厦门大学嘉庚学院经济学学士、上海理工大学传播学 硕士，在上海《第一财经日报》副刊部担任文化记者六年，在2018年9月加入 北京中间美术馆。

Curating Games in China

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  Hugh Davies

  Curator and Researcher

  Curating Games in China

  Hugh Davies is a maker, curator and researcher of games and play. His practice explores histories of media devices and cultures of games in the Asia Pacific Region. Awarded a PhD in Art, Design and Architecture from Monash University in 2014, Hugh’s studies in game cultures have been supported with fellowships from Tokyo Art and Space, M+ Museum of Visual Culture and the Hong Kong Design Trust. Davies is currently a postdoctoral research fellow at RMIT in Melbourne, Australia.

Shadow Puppeteers: Interactions Between Folk Craft and High Art, Between Art and Technology, and Between Museums and their Public

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  Yinan Song

  Artist

  Shadow Puppeteers: Interactions Between Folk Craft and High Art, Between Art and Technology, and Between Museums and their Public

  A native of Chengdu, Yinan Song is an artist, designer and creative technologist, whose works lie on a spectrum from design to art and are usually concerned with technology, politics, or, most likely, both. She is most passionate about crafting technologies, ranging from mobile app to virtual reality installation, to critique the sociopolitical implications of technologies. She was the Jury's Award winner of Crypto Design Awards in 2016, and has exhibited in the US, the UK, Germany, the Netherlands, Israel, France, Switzerland and Cyprus. She received her BA in Art and Political Science from Yale University and MA in Information Experience Design from Royal College of Art in London. She now lives and works between London and Chengdu.

In Contemporary Times: Rethinking and Redefining the Role of Conservators

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  Diana Tay

  Doctoral Researcher

  In Contemporary Times: Rethinking and Redefining the Role of Conservators

  Diana Tay is a doctoral researcher with the Grimwade Centre for Cultural Materials Conservation at the University of Melbourne. Her research interests include the investigation of materials and techniques of Singaporean oil paintings; the development of alternative narratives to the ecology of conservation decision-making; and building institutional processes for contemporary art acquisitions. She holds a Master of Cultural Materials Conservation (2014) specializing in paintings and contemporary art conservation of Southeast Asian artworks. With ten years of experience, Diana has worked together with international institutions such as the National Heritage Board Singapore, National Museum of Philippines, TATE Britain as well as with contemporary artists and private collectors, to conserve, preserve and better understand their collections.

Open Floor for Questions

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  Ning Wen

  Independent Curator and Researcher

  Funding Private Museums in China: Feasible Models for the Future

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  Diana Tay

  Doctoral Researcher

  In Contemporary Times: Rethinking and Redefining the Role of Conservators

  Diana Tay is a doctoral researcher with the Grimwade Centre for Cultural Materials Conservation at the University of Melbourne. Her research interests include the investigation of materials and techniques of Singaporean oil paintings; the development of alternative narratives to the ecology of conservation decision-making; and building institutional processes for contemporary art acquisitions. She holds a Master of Cultural Materials Conservation (2014) specializing in paintings and contemporary art conservation of Southeast Asian artworks. With ten years of experience, Diana has worked together with international institutions such as the National Heritage Board Singapore, National Museum of Philippines, TATE Britain as well as with contemporary artists and private collectors, to conserve, preserve and better understand their collections.
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  Hugh Davies

  Curator and Researcher

  Curating Games in China

  Hugh Davies is a maker, curator and researcher of games and play. His practice explores histories of media devices and cultures of games in the Asia Pacific Region. Awarded a PhD in Art, Design and Architecture from Monash University in 2014, Hugh’s studies in game cultures have been supported with fellowships from Tokyo Art and Space, M+ Museum of Visual Culture and the Hong Kong Design Trust. Davies is currently a postdoctoral research fellow at RMIT in Melbourne, Australia.
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  Yinan Song

  Artist

  Shadow Puppeteers: Interactions Between Folk Craft and High Art, Between Art and Technology, and Between Museums and their Public

  A native of Chengdu, Yinan Song is an artist, designer and creative technologist, whose works lie on a spectrum from design to art and are usually concerned with technology, politics, or, most likely, both. She is most passionate about crafting technologies, ranging from mobile app to virtual reality installation, to critique the sociopolitical implications of technologies. She was the Jury's Award winner of Crypto Design Awards in 2016, and has exhibited in the US, the UK, Germany, the Netherlands, Israel, France, Switzerland and Cyprus. She received her BA in Art and Political Science from Yale University and MA in Information Experience Design from Royal College of Art in London. She now lives and works between London and Chengdu.
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  Mengni Qian

  Curatorial Assistant, Inside Out Museum

  The Publishing Practice of Beijing Inside-Out Art Museum in 2018—Looking to Two Examples

  1987年出生于安徽淮南，厦门大学嘉庚学院经济学学士、上海理工大学传播学 硕士，在上海《第一财经日报》副刊部担任文化记者六年，在2018年9月加入 北京中间美术馆。