Shanghai, long considered China’s most cosmopolitan metropolis, has today reemerged as a global center with a booming culture industry and flourishing art scene.

A panel discussion, “Picturing Global China: Contemporary Art from Shanghai and Beyond,” Oct. 5 from 1-4 p.m. at the University of Oregon Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art will bring together leading scholars and practitioners of Chinese art, theater, and film to discuss the rapidly developing cultural climate of China’s largest city and primary financial capital.

Assistant professor Jenny Lin is organizer of the panel discussion. Other speakers include Fudan University professor Gu Zheng, Shanghai-based curator Wang Jun, Rice University Fellow Aynne Kokas, and Zhuang Jiayun, University of North Carolina assistant professor of performance studies.

The panel discussion complements the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art’s exhibition, curated by Lin, of Shanghai-based artist Song Tao’s video, “From Last Century,” a rumination on everyday life in fast-developing Shanghai; Lin’s fall 2013 course, "ARH 410/510: Contemporary Art and Photography Amid Globalization, Asia Focus"; and a February 2014 White Box exhibition on contemporary Chinese photography and video art.

- from a story by the UO School of Architecture and Allied Arts