Alexandra Munroe and Philip Tinari

Alexandra Munroe, Ph.D., is an award-winning curator, Asia scholar, and author focusing on art, culture, and institutional global strategy. Currently the Samsung Senior Curator, Asian Art, and Senior Advisor, Global Arts, at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum and Foundation, she has led the Guggenheim’s Asian Art Initiative since its founding in 2006. Under her leadership, the museum has presented groundbreaking exhibitions and scholarly publications on Asian art in a global context and has expanded its mission to study, acquire, and exhibit art from beyond the Western world. Munroe convenes the Asian Art Council, a curatorial think tank comprised of leading global art curators, museum directors, and cultural theorists, and directs The Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation Chinese Art Initiative and the UBS MAP Global Art Initiative.; Philip Tinari is Director of the Ullens Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing, where he curates an exhibition program devoted to established figures and rising talents both Chinese and international. Prior to joining UCCA, he was Editor-in-Chief of the bilingual art magazine LEAP, which he founded and ran from 2009 to 2011 under the Modern Media Group. He has also served as China representative for Art Basel, contributing editor to Artforum International and founding editor of artforum.com.cn, and lecturer at the Central Academy of Fine Arts. Tinari has written extensively on contemporary art in China and holds degrees from Duke and Harvard University. He was also a Fulbright fellow at Peking University.

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