This talk is held in conjunction with Learning What Can’t Be Taught, an exhibition about art education in China from the 1950s to the 2000s, featuring case studies of three generations of artists from the China Academy of Art in Hangzhou (previously known as the Zhejiang Academy of Fine Arts). The exhibition focuses on the experience of these artists and how they influenced the next generation with a spirit of experimentation, encouraging them to creatively explore different artistic expressions.

The talk will be led by Anthony Yung, AAA Researcher and co-curator of the exhibition. Yung will give an introduction to the development of tertiary art education in China through the decades, its changing sociopolitical contexts, and how art teachers and students in China have promoted artistic innovation and freedom under the specific limits of different eras.

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