The exhibition venues of Humanism in China
Institution / place . | Duration . | Number of photographs exhibited . |
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Guangdong Museum of Art / Guangzhou | December 12, 2003–January 10, 2004 | 601 |
Shanghai Art Museum / Shanghai | April 29, 2004–May 24, 2004 | 601 |
National Art Museum of China / Beijing | June 12, 2004–July 10, 2004 | 584 |
Museum für Moderne Kunst / Frankfurt | May 20, 2006–August 27, 2006 | 590 |
Staatsgalerie / Stuttgart | October 28, 2006–February 18, 2007 | 590 |
Museum für Fotografie / Berlin | May 4, 2007–July 8, 2007 | 590 |
Pinakothek der Moderne / Munich | July 19, 2007–October 28, 2007 | 590 |
Kunsthalle im Lipsiusbau / Dresden | February 29, 2008–June 1, 2008 | 590 |
City Art Center / Edinburgh | July 5, 2008–September 14, 2008 | 590 |
China Institute in America / New York | September 23, 2009–December 13, 2009 | 100 |
Institution / place . | Duration . | Number of photographs exhibited . |
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Guangdong Museum of Art / Guangzhou | December 12, 2003–January 10, 2004 | 601 |
Shanghai Art Museum / Shanghai | April 29, 2004–May 24, 2004 | 601 |
National Art Museum of China / Beijing | June 12, 2004–July 10, 2004 | 584 |
Museum für Moderne Kunst / Frankfurt | May 20, 2006–August 27, 2006 | 590 |
Staatsgalerie / Stuttgart | October 28, 2006–February 18, 2007 | 590 |
Museum für Fotografie / Berlin | May 4, 2007–July 8, 2007 | 590 |
Pinakothek der Moderne / Munich | July 19, 2007–October 28, 2007 | 590 |
Kunsthalle im Lipsiusbau / Dresden | February 29, 2008–June 1, 2008 | 590 |
City Art Center / Edinburgh | July 5, 2008–September 14, 2008 | 590 |
China Institute in America / New York | September 23, 2009–December 13, 2009 | 100 |
NOTE: Institutions and dates are taken from Fotoe, “Zhongguo renben.” Dates for the New York exhibition are from Silbergeld, Humanism in China, copyright page. Dates for Frankfurt exhibition are from Museum für Moderne Kunst, “Humanism in China.” There are differing accounts of how many photos were shown at different institutions and where the exhibition has been shown. At the beginning of the exhibition in Guangdong, 601 photographs were shown, while there were only 590 left during the tour through Germany. For the exhibition in Beijing, at least 9 photos were censored; these were described as “cruel and sensitive” by China Daily (“Collective Strength of the Ordinary”). It is likely that 11 photographs were already removed from the exhibition. One article in the German newspaper Tagesspiegel incorrectly notes that the exhibition was imported to Germany “unverändert und unkommentiert” (unchanged and uncommented) (Danicke, “Kultur: Blütenpracht und Todesstrafe”). A possible exhibition at the Times Museum, a branch of the Guangdong Museum of Art, is poorly documented. A poster announcement, a photo of which is in the authors’ possession, declares the exhibition to be shown from April 23 to May 23, 2005. The exhibition at the City Art Center in Edinburgh was titled China: A Photographic Portrait (though keeping the Chinese title, Zhongguo renben) and supplemented by 33 short films. See Confucius Institute for Scotland, “China: A Photographic Portrait.” At the China Institute in New York, only a selection of 100 photos was shown. See Silbergeld, Humanism in China, vii.