Art Fair Innovations

上海快速发展的当代艺术界充满活力和活力，使其成为艺术和策展管理专业知识应用和转移的沃土。该项目以上海为中心，建立在英国学术人员与中国学者以及上海文化和商业艺术界主要成员之间的多种现有专业关系之上。该项目将提供与西岸艺术与设计博览会相关的机会和问题的更深入的了解，西岸艺术与设计博览会是上海的主要艺术活动之一，通过其文化提升和商业活动对城市至关重要。该项目将包括：与学术和行业专家的圆桌讨论，将在上海和伦敦举行；关于机构和商业背景下的数字策展，以及陶瓷在上海艺术市场当前和未来角色的专业参与式研讨会；探索性研究中国，特别是上海的馆藏发展、现行政策的影响和文化部门的扩张。最后将在西岸艺术与设计博览会现场举办一场参与研讨会。为了确保长期保留和积极传播所获得的见解，项目团队将以易于理解的格式编写一套工作报告。这些报告和RCA网站上的专门项目网页将概述所进行的研究和每项重点调查的主要发现。每一个活动的关键线索都被选中，因为它们有可能引发对上海艺术市场及其相关创意部门的更广泛的考察。拟议的活动将作为一系列概念验证，通过西岸艺术与设计博览会和上海文化机构进行更广泛和深入的中英研究。这些活动还将促进英国项目团队与他们在上海的学术同事之间的直接接触和建立必要的网络，并使英国研究团队能够与在上海文化部门工作或监督的关键人物发展和巩固互惠的有意义的联系。

The dynamism and vitality of the fast-growing contemporary art scene in Shanghai makes it a fertile locality for the application and transfer of arts and curatorial management expertise. This project focuses on this location, building on multiple existing professional relationships between the UK academic staff and Chinese academics and key members of the cultural and commercial arts sectors in Shanghai. The project will provide a deeper understanding of opportunities and issues relating to the West Bund Art and Design Fair, one of Shanghai's main arts events, important to the city through its cultural enhancement and commercial activity.The project will include: round table discussions with academic and industry experts, to take place in Shanghai and London; specialist participatory workshops on digital curation in both institutional and commercial contexts and on the current and future role of ceramics in the Shanghai art market; exploratory research on collections development, the impact of current policies and the expansion of the cultural sector in China, especially Shanghai. It will culminate in an engagement workshop that will be held on the site of the West Bund Art and Design Fair. To ensure the longer term retention and active dissemination of the insights gained, the project team will produce a set of working reports in an easily digestible format. These reports and a dedicated project webpage hosted on the RCA's website will outline the research undertaken and key findings for each focused investigation.Each of the key threads of activity has been chosen for its potential to initiate a more extensive examination of aspects of the Shanghai art market and its related creative sectors. The proposed activities will act as a series of proofs-of-concept for more extensive and intensive UK-Chinese research engagement with and through the West Bund Art and Design Fair and Shanghai cultural institutions. These activities will also facilitate the direct engagement and networking necessary to build a shared understanding between the UK project team and their academic colleagues in Shanghai, as well as enabling the team of UK researchers to develop and consolidate reciprocal meaningful connections with key individuals working in or overseeing Shanghai's cultural sector.