China’s Total Modernity and Its Relation to Art Management
Abstract
This article examines the inseparable relationship between China’s art institutions and total modernity. The first section analyzes private organizations’ operational methods that meaningfully integrate economic and cultural development through commercialization. The following sections discuss public art institutions’ focus on cultural enrichment, highlighting the synthesized creative approach of integrating historical and contemporary Chinese artistic traditions and practices. Overall, this paper focuses on art institutions’ ability to integrate economically, involve themselves in people’s daily lives and stimulate China’s total modernity and national well-being. Through field research and on-site observation at UCCA Beijing (Ullens Center for Contemporary Art) and the National Museum of China from June to August 2025, this paper presents vivid and detailed examples with the most recent data, offering an audience’s experience of visiting China’s art institutions.
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