For the Revival of Chinese Art: The Documentary Exhibition in Commemoration of the 110th Anniversary of Wang Xun's Birth

Exhibition Info

Exhibition Period　　　21 January - 5 May, 2025

Exhibition Venue　　　Second Floor Exhibition Hall

Chief Director　　　Du Pengfei

Curators　　　Cao Qinghui　Wang Han

Academic Director　　　　Wu Liangyong

Exhibition Coordinators　　　　Pan Xuhui Wang Chenya

Curation Assistant　　　　Long Yun　Ma Benyu　Wang Congmeng

Visual Director　　　　Wang Peng

Visual Design　　　　Liu Huijian　Liu Runbo

Display Design　　　　Liu Huijian

Exhibition Execution　　　　Liu Huijian　Long Yun　Gui Lixin　Sun Yiwei　Gao Ning　Gao Wenjing　An Su　Xie Anjie　Li Xudong
　　　　Gao Yijia　Wei Chengguang　Yin Xin　Zhu Junpeng　Dai Hong　Shi Huizhong　Ma Benyu
　　　　Yang Qingxuan　Gan Zhiman

Detailed Design　　　　Li Ke'er　Sun Wenxi　Wang Xuanye　Xie Tianchu

Video Producing　　　　Fan Minjun

Publicity and Promotion　　　　Liu Yaomeng　Zhou Xinxin　Xiao Fei　Peng Yu　Shi Xiaoyan

Public Education　　　　Zhang Ming　Zhou Ying　Wang Wenhui　Zhang Ruiqi

English Translation　　　　Cao Li　Zhang Xiaochan

Organizers　　　　Tsinghua University Art Museum　School of Humanities, Central Academy of Fine Arts

Co-organizers　　　　Tsinghua University History Museum　Tsinghua University Library　Tsinghua University Archives

Supported by　　　　CAFA Art Museum　Library of the School of Humanities, Central Academy of Fine Arts
　　　　Shanghai Painting and Calligraphy Publishing House　SDX Joint Publishing Company

Exhibition Profile

2025 marks the 110th anniversary of the birth of Wang Xun, a renowned scholar, art historian, and one of the founding fathers of modern Chinese art history. To honor this distinguished artist who graduated from Tsinghua University and made significant contributions in spite of a turbulent life, and to study his modern academic ideas and systematic methodologies that has greatly influenced the development of art in New China, the Tsinghua University Art Museum is proud to present the exhibition “For the Revival of Chinese Art: The Documentary Exhibition in Commemoration of the 110th Anniversary of Wang Xun's Birth”.

 

“For the Revival of Chinese Art” originates from Wang Xun's essay The Value of Jade in Chinese Culture, published when he was 22. This work not only serves as a retrospective study of Chinese art history but also offers a profound reflection on the spirit of Chinese art. Building upon this concept, the exhibition showcases historical documents and materials, systematically presenting the development of Wang Xun's academic ideas and notion of “towards the condition of jade”. It highlights his achievements in advancing the improvement of arts and crafts, establishing Chinese art history as a discipline, and composing textbooks of Chinese art history, as well as the achievements of several generations of scholars over the past four decades in cataloging  and studying his works.