The visitors from Germany and team members of Taikang Space 

From 27 August to 1 September, Taikang Space curatorial team and some of the participating artists of the Pull Left exhibition attended the opening and a series of academic programs at the Urban Arts Space, Ohio State University. During this period, we led numerous guided tours. The Fine Art Department, the East Asian Art History Department, the Modern and Contemporary Art Department, the Art Management Department, and visitors from the art field had discussions and on-site teaching accompanied by workshops and studio visits, etc. The Director of Taikang Space, Tang Xin also gave a fantastic talk. The New Chinese Art: Art Funds, Art Auction, and the Promotion of New Art at the Wexner Center for the Arts, in which she introduced the rise of the art market, and its impact on the ecology of art, with the analysis of the development of non-profit art spaces and private art museums in China. These series of programs and events were also widely attended by colleagues from the Columbus Art Museum and the Cleveland Art Museum, and reported by local media. 

 

( left to right ) Ms. Valarie Williams, Mr. Sergio Soave and Mr. Christopher Gose

Recently, Taikang Space was awarded “Best Art Organization of The Year” by TANC ASIA Prize. Mr.Chen Dongsheng, the founder and chairman of Taikang Life Insurance Company, and Ms.Tang Xin, the director of Taikang Space and the head of Taikang Life Art Collection Department, attended the grand award ceremony in Asia Society Hong Kong Center on 13th. May 2014.

TANC ASIA Prize was another significant prize that Taikang won in the art area. Mr.Chen was elected one of the “Top Ten Power Patrons Worldwide” given by Art Auction in 2011 and won the 21th Montblanc Arts Patronage in 2012.

TANC ASIA Prize was created by the Chinese version of the famous art media The Art Newspaper to promote the dissemination and development of Asian culture and art on a global scale, specialised for its research and communication. This award is mostly granted to the people who make tremendous contributions to enhance the mutual understanding between Asian countries, promote the development of art, and protect cultural heritage and tradition through funding, research, education, dissemination and exchange. The first TANC ASIA Prize focuses on the art organisations and individuals, who push forward the development of contemporary art in Greater China region through non-governmental power since 2013. The award also gives commendation to annual outstanding exhibitions, museums, publications, art projects and individuals with the special contribution as well. Therefore TANC ASIA Prize involves three parts: The Art Plan of the Year, The Art Organization of The Year and The Outstanding People of The Year.

©The Artists,  Matchbox Gallery, Taikang Space. Photo by : Nash Baker

In a unique cross-cultural collaboration, Taikang Space, Beijing and Matchbox Gallery, Houston present YOU ARE DAMN WRONG on 10th April 2014, an exhibition of works by emerging Chinese artists, as interpreted and executed by students from Rice University and University of Houston. Featuring work by the artists Liu Chuang, Liu Xinyi, Su Wenxiang, Xin Yunpeng, Zhao Yao, this exhibition represents the Matchbox Gallery’s participation in the contemporary Asian art festival My Voice Would Reach You, organised by the Chao Center for Asian Studies at Rice University. As a joint undertaking between young minds in both China and Houston, YOU ARE DAMN WRONG forges a bridge across nationalities. Recreated and reimagined by Rice University and University of Houston students, these newly mediated artworks explore what it means to translate and the political conditions of another culture in both a literal and figurative sense.