On Sept. 28, the China-France Cultural Forum on “Art • Development • Future” was held in the auditorium of Hangzhou Public Library. Chen Hongying, deputy major of Hangzhou Municipal Government delivered a welcome speech, while Hugues Herpin, deputy director of Rodin Museum, Emmanuel Breon, director of Architecture and Heritage Museum of French, Christine Germain, director of Ceramics Museum of Sèvres, as well as Cyrille Marie Patrick from Louvre Museum independently introduced their museums in France to Chinese audience. At the same time, some representatives from Chinese museum field shared their understanding on museums and arts.
Chen Hongying
Hugues Herpin
Emmanuel Breon
Christine Germain
Cyrille Marie Patrick
A wonderful conversation between western and eastern artists kicked off right after the individual speeches and brought the forum into a climax.
Yu Liangfeng, deputy director of Zhejiang Art Museum believed arts extended beyond borders and the establishment of “European Art Museum” in Hangzhou public Library would greatly promote the art communication and cooperation between China and France and speed up the popularity of European art.
Yu Liangfeng
Emmanuel Breon reminded us of a famous Chinese architect, Mr. Liu jipiao and the long-term friendship between Hangzhou and France.
As we all know, there are frequent cultural communications between Hangzhou and cities in France. The year 2018 will mark the 20th anniversary of the establishment of sister cities between Hangzhou and Nice. We are strongly convinced that “European Art Museum” will achieve a great success and the future of art communication between China and France will develop soundly.
