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Uli Sigg: When Chinese Art Becomes Globalized

Published on , by Pierre Naquin
A journalist, executive, ambassador and businessman in turn, Uli Sigg has also been a collector his whole life, heading the world's largest collection dedicated to contemporary Chinese art, and methodically “archiving” all the work produced in China since 1978-1979. In 2012, he donated 1,450 pieces to the M+ museum: a new...
Uli Sigg poses beside a painting by Fan Shao Uli Sigg: When Chinese Art Becomes Globalized
Uli Sigg poses beside a painting by Fan Shao
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A journalist, executive, ambassador and businessman in turn, Uli Sigg has also been a collector his whole life, heading the world's largest collection dedicated to contemporary Chinese art, and methodically “archiving” all the work produced in China since 1978-1979. In 2012, he donated 1,450 pieces to the M+ museum: a new institution in Hong Kong scheduled to open in 2019. …
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