Asian Art in a Precarious World

A CCC-CVAA Forum (Contemporary China Centre, University of Westminster; Contemporary Visual Arts Asia, Birmingham City University)*

Asian Art in a Precarious World brings together artists, museum professionals, curators and scholars for two panel discussions exploring the conditions shaping contemporary Asian art. The forum examines artistic practices, institutional perspectives and exchange across various cultural contexts amid economic uncertainty and geopolitical tensions. It considers how artists and institutions are responding to these shifting circumstances, and how Asian art is defined, presented and interpreted within increasingly complex international frameworks.

Registration: The event is free to attend and open to all but tickets are limited; please register via Ticket Tailor before Monday October 12.

14.30–15.00 Registration and Welcome

15.00–16.20 Panel One: Identity, Diaspora and Artistic Practice
Denise Kwan (Research Fellow, Paul Mellon Centre)
susan pui san lok (Artist, and Director, Decolonising Arts Institute, UAL)
Wenny Teo (Senior Lecturer in Modern and Contemporary Asian art, The Courtauld)
Chair: Paul Kendall (Director, CCC, University of Westminster)

16.20–16.40 Coffee Break

16.40–18.00 Panel Two: Art, Place and Cultural Exchange
Jiang Jiehong (Director, CVAA, Birmingham City University)
Ying Kwok (Head of Visual Arts, M+, Hong Kong)
Chelsea Pettitt (Director, Bagri Foundation, London)
Chair: Mark Nash (Emeritus Professor, the University of California, Santa Cruz)

18.00–19.00 Wine Reception (Copland 1.109)

* This event is co-convened by CVAA and CCC, and funded by Art Interconnection Research Foundation (AIR).