Tate Research Centre: Asia

Katy Wan reports on a series of exhibitions across the UK that featured the work of Chinese contemporary women artists. These took place between February and September 2018 at Nottingham Contemporary, the Centre for Chinese Contemporary Art in Manchester, Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art and Turner Contemporary in Margate, and were jointly organised by the Plus Tate network, the China Central Academy of Fine Arts in Beijing, and the Centre for Chinese Contemporary Art.

Nada Raza reports on the Karachi Seminar, a day-long public seminar and two-day workshop organised by Tate Research Centre: Asia and hosted by Habib University and the British Council in Karachi, Pakistan, with additional support from the Lahore Biennale Foundation. Saba Khan, Hurmat Ul Ain and Rabbya Naseer, who were awarded travel grants to attend the event, offer further perspectives.

Sophie Guo reports on an international symposium which explored the role gender has played in Chinese contemporary art. The symposium was co-organised by Tate Research Centre: Asia and the China Central Academy of Fine Arts and held at Tate Modern on 22 February 2018.

Michelle Lim reports on Transnational London, the second day of Transnational Cities: Tokyo and London, which looked at the various incarnations and possibilities of London as a transnational city, from the political awakenings during the swinging 1960s to the city’s place in the colonial imaginary of post-partition Indian cinema. The symposium took place on 29 and 30 September 2017 at Tate Britain.

Tomohiro Masuda reports on Tokyo Futures, the first day of Transnational Cities: Tokyo and London, which looked at Tokyo as the host of diverse cultural practices and international movements, as well as its influence both regionally and on the wider international scene. The symposium took place on 29 and 30 September 2017 at Tate Britain.

Andrew Cummings reports on a talk by the artist Tehching Hsieh, featuring a response from Amelia Groom (editor of Time in the Documents of Contemporary Art publication series) and a discussion moderated by Lois Keidan (Director of the Live Art Development Agency), on 2 December 2017 in Tate Exchange at Tate Modern.

Read our report on this symposium, which explored Asian art after 1989 with a focus on how political and economic changes corresponded with changes in artistic practice and its reception.

Eliza Tan summarises a panel organised by Yohko Watanabe, Professor and Curator at Keio University, at Tate Modern on 21 November 2016. The panel formed part of Contact Points, a seminar in which participants in the 2016 Tate Research Centre: Asia Visiting Fellowship Programme presented their research projects.