Hou Hanru on the Auckland Triennial as a locally engaged project of global art

Recently Hou Hanru talked to ARTINFO about the Auckland Triennial as a locally engaged project of global art and how it has validated the international significance of a city he he refers to as "one of the leading cities of the Pacific Rim." Read more...

Image: Hou Hanru, curator of the 5th Auckland Triennial If you were to live here

Easy Listening: Hou Hanru

Hou Hanru, curator of the forthcoming 5th Auckland Triennial, talks about exhibition making tonight at the Auckland Art Gallery's auditorium, starting at 6.00pm. His presentation is part of Easy Listening: Talks in Art and Culture, a collaborative project by Artspace, Elam School of Fine Arts and Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tamaki.

Hou Hanru conference

Contemporary art museums from around the world will participate in a conference on the issues surrounding institutional collections of Asian contemporary art this September at ShContemporary 2010. Titled Collecting Asian Contemporary Art: What, When and How?, the conference is being organised by Hou Hanru, the Chinese born curator and critic currently based in San Francisco. His latest curatorial projects include the 10th Biennale de Lyon and the 10th Instanbul Biennial.

Image: Hou Hanru, organiser of Collecting Asian Contemporary Art: What, When and How?, ShContemporary, 9 September 2010