China 8 Zeitgenössische Kunst aus China an Rhein und Ruhr. Contemporary Art from China along the Rhine and Ruhr

Eight cities, nine museums and approximately 120 artists come together to create one unique art event focused on the contemporary art of China. Painting, ink drawings, calligraphic works, sculptures, installations and videos present a comprehensive overview of recent Chinese art. The number 8 which appears in the title of this large-scale exhibition project refers not only to the eight participating museums, but also to the important "lucky number", with which the Chinese associate imminent wealth.

Tobia Bezzola is a Swiss art historian. Between 2001 and 2012 he has been curating a great number of exhibitions for the Kunsthaus Zürich. He was known for his exhibitions on modern and contemporary art, photography and video. In 2013 he became director of the Museum Folkwang, Essen. Walter Smerling is the chairman of the Foundation for Art and Culture in Bonn, the director of the Center for Modern and Contemporary Art in Duisburg, and the artistic director of the Salzburg Foundation. He is the author of 60 Jahre – 60 Werke: Kunst aus der Bundesrepublik Deutschland von 1949 bis 2009; Art and Press: Kunst, Wahrheit, Wirklichkeit; Bernar Venet: Order and Chance; Doing It My Way: Perspectives on Belgian Art; and Public Art Ruhr: Die Metropole Ruhr und die Kunst im öffentlichen Raum; and the editor of Anthony Cragg: Things on the Mind/Dinge im Kopf. Since 1988 Ferdinand Ullrich is the director of the Kunsthalle Recklinghausen and since 2002 he is honorary professor for art and public at the Academy of Fine Arts Münster.