Xiyun Du

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    • How Art Museum
  • Xiyun Du
  • About:
    Du Xiyun
    Independent curator
    Born in 1978.
    2000 – Bachelor's Degree in Oil Painting, Academy of Fine Arts, Shaanxi Normal University.
    2006 – Master's Degree in Art History, Sichuan Fine Arts Institute.
    Former Deputy Director of HOW Art Museum, Shanghai;
    Former Deputy Director of Himalayas Museum, Shanghai.
    Founder of the magazine Art Times.
    Du's recent curatorial projects and exhibitions include:
    "Upgrade", Hui Art Museum, Wuxi, 2025;
    "Variation", Bund Art Center, Shanghai, 2025;
    "Where the Spirit Returns to", Jinji Lake Art Museum, Suzhou, 2025;
    "Zhao Bandi's Hut" (Shanghai, Wuhan, Nanjing, Xiamen, Shenyang, Shunde, Qingdao, Chengdu, Changzhou, Zhengzhou, Beijing, Suzhou, Taipei… 2020–present);
    "Swirl: The Stars Plan Young Artists Research Exhibition", Wuhan Art Museum (Qintai Pavilion), 2023;
    "Me and Beuys · Wang Guangyi", HOW Art Museum, Shanghai, 2021;
    "A Realistic Shocking of the Virtual Authenticity: The First Global NFT Crypto Art Exhibition", Tank Shanghai (Tank No. 1), 2021;
    "Me and Beuys · Yin Xiuzhen", HOW Art Museum, Shanghai, 2021;
    "Me and Beuys · Zhao Bandi's Hut", HOW Art Museum, Shanghai, 2020;
    "Co-Constructing", Jinji Lake Art Museum, Suzhou, 2020;
    "Me and Beuys · Yang Zhenzhong", HOW Art Museum, Shanghai, 2020;
    "Me and Beuys · Zhou Xiaohu", HOW Art Museum, Shanghai, 2019;
    "Shanghai Document: Uniform Motion", Himalayas Museum, Shanghai, 2019;
    "Muntadas: Asian Protocols", Three Shadows Photography Art Centre, 2018;
    "Today's Yesterday: The First Anren Biennale", 2017;
    "El Futuro ya Esta Aqui: frenesi musical de Madrid a Pekin", Instituto Cervantes, 2017;
    "Historicode: Scarcity and Supply - The 3rd Nanjing International Art Exhibition", Baijia Lake Museum of Art, 2016;
    "Beijing 798 Genesis (2002–2006)", Songzhuang Art Museum, 2016.
  • Exhibitions
    • Joseph Beuys in China
      Nov 11, 2025 - Aug 31, 2026
      Opening: Nov 11, 2025 Tuesday
      Curator: Xiyun Du
      Artist: Joseph Beuys
      • Solo Exhibition, How Art Museum
      • Ongoing

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