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first national art museum in China named after an individual and has the richest collection of He Xiangning’s works and historical documents in the world.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.

About the speaker:

Cai Xianliang, Director of the He Xiangning Art Museum. He is a Professor and member of the Xiling Yinshe Society and Chinese Calligraphers Association. He is the main researcher of five provincial and ministerial-level projects, including “Organization and Research of Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasty Poems on Calligraphy” and “Examination of Yuan Dynasty Calligraphers”. He is the author of Studies on Song Dynasty Poetry in Calligraphy, History of Calligraphy in Poetry, Kang Youwei, History of Calligraphy, Zhang Jingxiu.