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Hill Art Foundation Taps Xin Wang to Curate Fall 2026 Exhibition 'Thucydides Fever Dream'

exhibition · 2026-09-15

Scheduled for fall 2026, "Thucydides Fever Dream" will be curated by writer and art historian Xin Wang at The Hill Art Foundation. This exhibition aims to contextualize contemporary Chinese art within the intricate frameworks of art history, geopolitics, and technology. It will feature emerging talents from China's avant-garde alongside important pieces from the Hill Collection and various private and institutional collections globally. A total of thirty artists and contributors will be involved, including notable names such as Bernd and Hilla Becher, Chen Ronghui, Chen Xiangyun, and Ed Ruscha, among others. The Foundation has officially announced this exhibition as part of its programming for fall 2026.

Key facts

  • The Hill Art Foundation announced "Thucydides Fever Dream" as its fall 2026 exhibition.
  • Xin Wang, a writer and art historian, curated the show.
  • The exhibition connects contemporary Chinese art to art history, geopolitics, and technology.
  • Emerging Chinese avant-garde artists are placed alongside major works from the Hill Collection and other private and institutional collections.
  • Thirty artists and contributors are included in the exhibition.
  • Participants include Bernd and Hilla Becher, Chen Ronghui, Chen Xiangyun, Charles Clough, Thomas Crow / Yue Minjun, Cloris (Han) Dong, Duan Jianyu, Hao Liang, Li Songsong, Liu Chuang, Liu Wei, Liu Xiaodong, Lu Yang, Agnes Martin, Pan Caoyuan, Qiu Xiaofei, Ed Ruscha, Charles Simonds, Hiroshi Sugimoto, Sun Xun, Anthony van Dyck, Wang Guangle, and Wang Ye.
  • The exhibition is scheduled for fall 2026.
  • The Hill Art Foundation made the announcement.

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  • Hill Art Foundation

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