Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter 1
2. Table of Contents 5
3. List of Figures 7
4. Acknowledgements 13
5. Notes on Romanization 15
6. Introductory Chapter: Rethinking the Study of Exhibitions of Chinese Art 17
7. Part І Exhibitions of Art in China in the Early Twentieth Century
8. 1. Nagao Uzan and China’s First Exhibitions of Chinese Paintings in Shanghai in 1908 37
9. 2. Beyond Elegant Gathering : Displaying Chinese Art and Antiquities in the Early Twentieth Century 61
10. 3. Curating and Displaying Architecture : China Architectural Exhibition in Shanghai, 1936 83
11. 4. Atavistic Culturalism and Contemporary Relevance : Modern Chinese Paintings in the Second National Arts Exhibition, 1937 113
12. Part II Cultural Politics of Exhibiting Chinese Art in Asia, from the 1950s Onwards
13. 5. How Should I Put It Now? Positioning China in Exhibitions at the National Palace Museum, Taipei, 1965–2023 141
14. 6. The Soft Power of “Cool” : Exhibiting Chinese Art in Japan from the Post- War Period to the Twenty-First Century 175
15. 7. Shifting Chinese-ness(es) : The Exhibiting of Chao Shao-an’s Paintings and the Chinese Community in 1950s Singapore 197
16. 8. Transcultural Interpretations of Twentieth-Century Chinese Art : Exhibiting Wu Guanzhong in Hong Kong 223
17. Part III Curating Chinese Art in the Twenty-First Century
18. 9. Curating Traditional Chinese Art as Creative Heritage 249
19. 10. Moving Images as Curatorial Methods : Animation, Digital Interactive Installation, and the Reincarnation of Traditional Chinese Art 271
20. 11. “Unframing” Chinese Paintings : Exploring Spatial Presence through X-Reality Technologies in Museums 291
21. 12. Curating Chinese Landscape Painting as Immersive Art : Intermedia and Gallery Film Approaches 317
22. Index 337