Ai WeiWei and Contemporary Art from China

On the occasion of Ai Weiwei’s exhibition in the Tate Modern turbine hall, the first such commission for an artist from the Asia-Pacific region, the History of Art Department is hosting a major event to debate the significance of contemporary Chinese art and its reception in the UK.  Speakers include the exhibition’s curator and leading scholars in the field.

• Marko Daniel (Tate Modern), ‘The Reception of Chinese Art in the UK’
  
• Wenny Teo (UCL), 'Critical Masses: The Ornamental and the Monumental in the work of Ai Weiwei'
  
• Juliet Bingham (Tate Modern), ‘The Unilever Series: Ai Weiwei’
  

Contemporary Chinese art symposium poster (PDF , 108kb)