Break through the conventions of academic research.
With Wu Hung, recover a first sense of wonder before art,
and look anew at art and civilization.
Professor of Art History and East Asian Languages and Civilizations and Director of the Center for the Art of East Asia at the University of Chicago; member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the American Philosophical Society; and K.C. Wong Visiting Chair at Peking University.
From the posters that first awakened his interest to his years as a researcher at the Palace Museum, he observed and studied the traditions of Chinese art history through a turbulent era.
After earning his doctorate at Harvard and moving from Harvard to the University of Chicago, he developed art-historical research spanning antiquity and the present through subjects such as monuments and screens.
Working between China and the United States, he has built platforms, fostered dialogue, and explored new materials, curatorial methods, artistic sites, and global perspectives.
Zheng Yan, professor at Peking University’s School of Arts, serves as the archive’s curator and organizes materials scattered across many sources.
He has recorded a series of introductions for general readers interested in art.
Together they offer a broad guide to Wu Hung’s rich body of research.
Professor, School of Arts, Peking University
Curator of the Wu Hung Digital Library
Across audio, video, essays, and images, the archive includes Chinese- and English-language courses, public lectures, memoirs, and more.
Newly edited and produced by Vistopia, the materials are presented as a coherent collection.
Three new items each week, excluding public holidays
Why is art indispensable to life? Begin with the archive’s key works and discover how Wu Hung entered the history of art.
Through images, space, materiality, and ways of seeing, examine how art and history travel through time and illuminate each other.
Combine archaeology and art history to reconsider tombs, ritual, images, space, and the traditions of Chinese art.
Focus on exhibitions, artists, experimental art, and encounters on site to rethink visual culture and contemporary practice.
An authoritative chronology and bibliography for readers who wish to explore further.
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66 years · 66 scholarly and curatorial records
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