Followed by strategic cooperation achieved by CAFA Art Museum and ENN Group, the opening ceremony of “CAFA Art Museum-Langfang” was held successfully at the Silk Road International Cultural Exchange Center. Coinciding with the centenary anniversary of CAFA, Langfang branch initiated two exhibitions upon its founding: “The Collection of CAFA Art Museum” and “The Perspectives of the World: Through Photography and Videos”, which presented the excellent collection of CAFA Art Museum in recent years so as to view and experience the vitality of Chinese art in the contemporary era.
The opening ceremony
On behalf of CAFA, Gao Hong, Secretary of the Party Committee of CAFA, Fan Di’an, Director of CAFA, Su Xinping, Deputy Director of CAFA, Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee of CAFA, Wang Xiaolin, Deputy Director of CAFA, LǚPinjing, Deputy Director of CAFA, Pan Chenghui, Assistant to Director of CAFA, and other officials attended the opening ceremony. The guests of Langfang includes: Feng Shaohui, Municipal Party Secretary of Langfang, Wang Yusuo, Board Chairman of ENN Group, Xi Xianjun, Member of the Standing Committee, Propaganda Minister and Director of United Front Work Department of Langfang, Wang Jinzhong, Member of the Standing Committee of Langfang and Secretary of the Work Committee of Langfang Development Area, Zhang Chunyan, Deputy Mayor of Langfang Government, Liang Chunmei, Administrative Deputy Minister of Municipal Propaganda Department of Langfang, Zhang Yongqing, Secretary of the Leading Party Members’ Group of the Bureau of Culture, Radio, Film, Press and Publication of Langfang, Li Hongwang, Member of the Work Committee of Langfang Development Area and Director of Party and Government Office, Zhou Zhiqiang, Assistant to Board Chairman of ENN Group, Li Hongjie, Senior Vice President of ENN Group, Li Xiaofei, Vice President of ENNOVA Holding Company, Chi Xingmin, Deputy General Manager of ENNOVA Culture and General Manager of the Silk Road International Cultural Exchange Center, Han Haiyan, Deputy General Manager of the Silk Road International Cultural Exchange Center, and related comrades of Municipal Propaganda Department, Municipal Bureau of Culture, Radio, Film, Press and Publication, and Party and Government Office of Langfang Development Area. Besides, more than 200 experts and scholars at home and abroad – who was participating in the International Art Education Conference hosted by CAFA – jointly witnessed this important moment. Zhang Zikang, Director of CAFA Art Museum, was the host of the opening ceremony.
The opening ceremony (from left to right: Gao Hong, Secretary of the Party Committee of CAFA, Geoffrey Ward, Acting Director of Fitzwilliam Museum, Feng Shaohui, Municipal Party Secretary of Langfang, Wang Yusuo, Board Chairman of ENN Group)
Gao Hong, Secretary of the Party Committee of CAFA, Feng Shaohui, Municipal Party Secretary of Langfang, Wang Yusuo, Board Chairman of ENN Groupand Geoffrey Ward, Acting Director of Fitzwilliam Museum and Deputy Vice-Chancellor of University of Cambridge opened the first local branch of CAFA – “CAFA Art Museum – Langfang” together.
Su Xinping, Deputy Director of CAFA, was making a speech
Su Xinping, Deputy Director of CAFA, said in his speech that it was of great significance that CAFA Art Museum and the Silk Road International Cultural Exchange Center have achieved strategic cooperation and officially established “CAFA Art Museum – Langfang”. It expands the academic strategy of the CAFA and extends the academic brand of CAFA Art Museum to a greater depth. The Langfang branch is located in the Silk Road International Cultural Exchange Center and will integrate the advantages of both sides for win-win results. Under the joint efforts of both parties, it will definitely become a new landmark of Langfang’s public culture and a new highland of artistic development.
Xi Xianjun, Member of the Standing Committee, Propaganda Minister and Director of United Front Work Department of Langfang, was making a speech
Xi Xianjun, Member of the Standing Committee, Propaganda Minister and Director of United Front Work Department of Langfang, stated that the Langfang branch is the first art museum set up by CAFA outside its college, which is not only a high recognition of the cultural and artistic atmosphere of Langfang but also a great promotion of the cultural and artistic development of Langfang. It will become a critical platform for Langfang people to appreciate the national level of fine arts, and facilitate cultural and artistic exchanges. The holding of this event and the founding of the Langfang branch will be taken as an opportunity for actively promoting the innovation and development of art and constantly enhancing the soft power of Langfang’s culture.
Li Hongjie, Senior Vice President of ENN Group and Director of the Silk Road International Cultural Exchange Center, was making a speech
Li Hongjie, Senior Vice President of ENN Group and Director of the Silk Road International Cultural Exchange Center, was honored to witness the birth of the Langfang branch of CAFA Art Museum by this high level in the field of global art. He stressed that art education is the cornerstone of the development of art and tracing its origin, art educators are important promoters for human spiritual communication. The ENN Group has also invested heavily in a number of cultural and educational projects, including the Silk Road International Cultural Exchange Center. In the future, the two sides will connect with each other through art and become new drivers for building “a community of shared future for humanity”.
Zhang Zikang, Director of CAFA Art Museum, served as host
The opening ceremony
After ten years of development since its new building established, CAFA Art Museum has become one of the crucial national art museums enjoying a good reputation at home and abroad.It adheres to the academic concept of “embracing inclusiveness and carrying on traditional essence for the future cause” to serve the society with “Intellect” and dedicates itself to the construction of contemporary public cultural space, presenting human artistic civilization to the public with a brand-new vision and sharing the culture of the times with all sectors of society. The Langfang branch will continue the consistent academic standards of CAFA Art Museum, persist in practicing the core concept of the art museum and create a platform of artistic ecology integrating experience, profession, knowledge and culture for the public in the field of contemporary art and design. All the exhibition will be planned by the team of CAFA Art Museum and reviewed by the Academic Committee of CAFA Art Museum, so that the quality and level presented by exhibitions can be guaranteed.
CAFA Art Museum – Langfang
The Langfang branch’s location, “the Silk Road International Cultural Exchange Center” is a vital part of the section of life – the core project of the Langfang International Recreation Tourism Port of ENN Group, a famous Chinese clean energy entrepreneur, and it is consisted of theater communities, art galleries, multifunctional spaces and other related cultural facilities, making it a new generation of international cultural exchange platform of the largest and most functional in the northern area. The establishment of the Langfang branch demonstrates an innovative model of cooperation that through the intervention of art, people, culture and environment are combined together for a mutually beneficial relationship.
The exhibition site
The Langfang branch has a building area of 30,000 square meters and an exhibition area of 10,000 square meters. Having constant temperature & humidity system and professional security equipment and the ability to display first-class art treasures in China, it can meet the needs of various professional cultural and art exhibitions. At the same time, it has more than 6,000 square meters of art storehouse and 3,600 square meters of art storehouse of the vault level.
In the future, the Langfang branch will devote itself to the pursuit of cross-boundary expression between contemporary art and design, to promote the academic discussion of contemporary art creation and aesthetic design, to explore the practical path for bring art to life, and to search for the possibility of enabling Chinese contemporary art and design in line with international standards. Meanwhile, it intends to build a non-profit art museum with great artistic influence and public cultural serviceability in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region through professional art exhibitions, research, collection as well as public art education, so as to continue the art idea of CAFA Art Museum while constructing its own unique cultural image.
After the opening ceremony, participating leaders and more than 200 experts and scholars visited the parent venue of the “CAFA Art Museum – Langfang” – the ENNOVA· Silk Road International Cultural Exchange Center where the guests expressed their appreciations of its diverse, open and inclusive orientation, and believe that the advantaged location and the international operation direction will definitely become the essential driving forces of regional prosperity of culture and art.
| The exhibition site |
