Buiding for the Future The Development of Chinese Art Museums

A buiding can have many functions but it is always symbolic of the era and the specific culture that it has come from; it cannot help but be so as it is a response to the needs and desires of a particular society. A building designated as an art museum must symbolize more however.

A visual art museum in Sweden as pedagogical scenery: Gibbs’ reflective cycle guiding student nurses in the reflective process

The pedagogy employed in health care education must continually be questioned and expanded. Student nurses must be prepared for nursing practice that continually changes, consequently alternative concepts in nurse education must be considered. The aims were to provide student nurses with reflection skills and to evaluate the potential of studying the reflective process using visual art at a museum as an enriched activity in education. A pedagogical program with Gibbs’ reflection model was used as a complement. The study was conducted at a University College of Health Sciences in Sweden in collaboration with a visual art museum. Data were collected during a period of three years. A random sample (n = 35 of n = 98 students’ reports) was selected for qualitative analysis. The painting by George-Pierre Seurat, Seated woman was used as a source of inspiration. Analysis was conducted of the excerpts generated from the steps in Gibbs’ reflection model and from students’ evaluations of the teaching-learning structure. The results show that students were able to build hypothetical situations around the character depicted in the painting. They observed and described a great many aspects of the reflective process. The chosen painting was regarded as suitable for its purpose, and a source of inspiration. It could be interpreted as a patient you might meet in clinical practice. The students′ evaluations show that they became aware of knowledge they had not thought of before, and a way of taking a step closer to clinical practice. It could be concluded that art museum could be regarded as a stimulating environment that nurtured the reflective process. Consequently, visual art museums have to be considered as possible teaching learning milieus to be used in nurse education. It is to be hoped that this study will contribute to further development of visual art museums as teaching learning settings.

From Fashion to Art: the Combination of Fashion and Exhibition

In recent years,fashion exhibitions have become a major force for attracting guests outside catwalks and shops.This article will mainly talk about the history of fashion exhibitions,the influence of fashion exhibitions and the controversies of fashion exhibitions.

Art Museum Education Combined with Elementary and Junior High School

This thesis makes a discussion of the value of art museum education combined with elementary and junior high school education and explains its cooperation basis and activity manner. Meanwhile, it also gives suggestions related to art museum education combined with elementary and junior high school education in China.

Artwork Diplomacy A Chinese art lover and museum curator promotes cultural exchanges between China and Africa

Within the walls of the Interna tional Museum of African Art （IMAA）. thousands of artworks from many African tribes are preserved and exhibited, including wood, stone and bronze carvings, pottery, clothing,jewelry and paintings, among others.

Charm of Purple Clay A private museum in Wuxi is devoted to purple-clay art

Purple-clay art pieces will be on display in a museum opening soon in Wuxi, Jiangsu Province. The museum, named Shuaiyuan Purple Clay Museum, is part of the Shuaiyuan Purple Clay Art Exhibition

决断者

是谁或什么决定了未来一年或更远的将来衡量艺术的标准?是艺术家、策展人、画廊艺术家、博物馆馆长、拍卖专家、社会和政治活动家们。这些艺术界活跃的参与者的阵容是兼容并蓄与多样化的。此外,还有一些机构也帮助铸造了这个舞台。在这一期文章《决断者》中,《艺术新闻》的编辑们着眼于现在,试图预见未来一年将会发生些什么。