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Private Art Museum Backed by Hong Kong Invetment - Wan Fung Art Musem As an Example Sotheby's Institute of Art Digital Commons @ SIA MA Theses Student Scholarship and Creative Work 2019 Private Art Museum backed by Hong Kong Invetment - Wan Fung Art Musem as an Example Yiye Chen Sotheby's Institute of Art Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.sia.edu/stu_theses Part of the Arts Management Commons, Business Administration, Management, and Operations Commons, Business Analytics Commons, Business Intelligence Commons, Chinese Studies Commons, Contemporary Art Commons, and the Museum Studies Commons Recommended Citation Chen, Yiye, "Private Art Museum backed by Hong Kong Invetment - Wan Fung Art Musem as an Example" (2019). MA Theses. 28. https://digitalcommons.sia.edu/stu_theses/28 This Thesis - Open Access is brought to you for free and open access by the Student Scholarship and Creative Work at Digital Commons @ SIA. It has been accepted for inclusion in MA Theses by an authorized administrator of Digital Commons @ SIA. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Private Art Museum backed by Hong Kong Investment Wan Fung Art Museum as an Example by Yiye Chen A Thesis Submitted in Conformity with the Requirements for the Master’s Degree in Sotheby’s Institute of Art 2019 14,196 words Abstract The rapid development of private art museums in the world can be regarded as the epitome of global economic development. The Chinese government has given unprecedented support to the development of culture and art. As the world's second largest economy, China's middle class has been increasing year by year. The hot art market has attracted European and American auction giants, and famous galleries have entered the Chinese market. Since the birth of the first private art museum in China at the end of the 20th century, Chinese scholars have been constantly exploring the direction of development. From copying the European and American models in the past to independent innovation now, the operation mode of China's private art museum has become more and more diversified. Wan Fung Art Museum backed by Hong Kong Investment is such an innovator. This paper is an essay about Wan Fung Art Museum backed by Hong Kong Investment operations exploratory, primarily through the discussion on the mode of private art museum backed by Hong Kong Investment. the concrete analysis in Wan Fung Art Museum, for example, comparing with other Chinese Private Art Museums, found that at present the plight of, combing the existing model, attempts to give a solution. Finally, the operation mode of Private Art Museum backed by Hong Kong Investment is confirmed: At the same time, we see the feasibility and development direction from practice. This paper is a supplement and improvement to the research of China's existing art museums, which is helpful for scholars to further study. Keywords: Hong Kong investment background, Operation management, Wan Fung Art Museum, Contemporary art TABLE OF CONTENTS ILLUSTRATIONS .............................................................................................................. iii ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ................................................................................................... iv CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION ......................................................................................... 1 1.1 Purpose and significance of the study ................................................................................. 2 1.2 Research status .................................................................................................................... 3 1.2.1 Research status abroad ................................................................................................. 3 1.2.2 Research status in China ............................................................................................... 4 1.3 Research contents and methods ........................................................................................... 6 CHAPTER 2 THE ORIGIN OF PRIVATE ART MUSEUM BACKED BY HONG KONG INVESTMENT ..................................................................................................................... 9 2.1 The birth of private art museum backed by Hong Kong Investment .................................. 9 2.2 Definition of Hong Kong capital background ..................................................................... 9 2.3 Inevitability and development advantages of Hong Kong's investment background ........ 10 CHAPTER 3 A CASE STUDY ON THE OPERATION STATUS OF WAN FUNG ART MUSEUM BACKED BY HONG KONG INVESTMENT .................................................. 14 3.1 Exhibition mode of Wan Fung Art Museum ..................................................................... 14 3.1.1 Permanent exhibitions ................................................................................................ 15 3.1.2 Curators' exhibitions ................................................................................................... 16 3.1.3 International exchange exhibitions ............................................................................. 17 3.2 Academic orientation of Wan Fung Art Museum ............................................................. 20 3.2.1 Academic research ...................................................................................................... 20 3.2.2 Catalogues published .................................................................................................. 22 3.3 Capital model of Wan Fung Art Museum ......................................................................... 23 3.4 Management mode of Wan Fung Art Museum ................................................................. 25 3.4.1 Exhibition display ....................................................................................................... 26 3.4.2 Academic research ...................................................................................................... 27 3.4.3 Public education ......................................................................................................... 28 3.4.4 Member management ................................................................................................. 29 3.4.5 Administrative management ....................................................................................... 30 3.5 Significance and advantages of Wan Fung Art Museum backed by Hong Kong investment ................................................................................................................................................... 31 CHAPTER 4 THE PREDICAMENT AND SUSTAINABILITY OF WAN FUNG ART MUSEUM BACKED BY HONG KONG INVESTMENT .................................................. 34 i 4.1 The dilemma of Wan Fung Art Museum backed by Hong Kong investment ................... 34 4.1.1 Unclear policy ............................................................................................................ 34 4.1.2 Adverse tax policies ................................................................................................... 35 4.1.3 Lack of working capital .............................................................................................. 36 4.1.4 Shortage of professional talents .................................................................................. 37 4.2 Future feasibility and development direction of Wan Fung Art Museum back by Hong Kong investment ........................................................................................................................ 38 4.2.1 Improve the nature of registration .............................................................................. 38 4.2.2 Improve the operation mechanism ............................................................................. 39 4.2.3 Raise funds ................................................................................................................. 41 CHAPTER 5 CONCLUSION ........................................................................................... 43 BIBLIOGRAPHY ............................................................................................................... 46 APPENDICES 1 FINANCIAL EXPENDITURE SCHEDULE OF WAN FUNG ART MUSEUM IN 2018 .............................................................................................................. 49 APPENDICES 2 EXHIBITION CATALOGUE OF WAN FUNG .................................... 51 ii ILLUSTRATIONS Fig 1. The capital sources of Wan Fung Art Museum Fig 2. The organizational structure of Wan Fung Art Museum Fig 3. The human resource of Wan Fung Art Museum iii ACKNOWLEDGEMENT As I come to the end of months of paper writing, I would like to express my special thanks to my thesis advisor Prof. Zhang Gan, who has given me a lot of support. Secondly, I would like to thank Cindy Qiao for her help in NYC, as well as all the teachers of Sotheby's Institute of art for their guidance in my study. Thanks to Kwok Ho-mun and Maggie Chan from Wan Fung Art Museum for accepting my telephone interview, WeChat interview and face-to-face interview, they provided me with a lot of information for my thesis. Thanks to my classmates, we encouraged each other in the process of paper writing. Finally, I want to thank David and my family for their understanding and support, and for giving me enough time to complete my studies. iv CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION In recent years, there has been a boom in the construction of museums around the world, and one trend is particularly evident: private art museums
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