About Long March Foundation

Established in 2000, The Long March Foundation is a 501(c) 3, non-profit public foundation based in New York City. Its goal is to advance Chinese contemporary art through innovative programming based on inter-cultural exchange. Although our focus is the development of Chinese contemporary art, we believe that cross-cultural dialogue is critical to both Chinese and Western art practice. Artists from Asian communities both in the United States and in Asia, as well as non-Asian artists whose work addresses issues of Chinese and Asian culture, will be included in our forum of exchange. Through the organization of international exhibitions, community outreach and educational programs, artist residencies and the publication of original research we hope to bring this important but often marginalized art to a new audience. The foundation is also currently working to establish a grant program to provide fellowships for artists and scholars who are pursuing innovative approaches to the visual, performing or new media arts within Chinese and Asian contemporary culture. We believe that art is one of the most unifying forces in this rapidly globalizing culture. If this force can be harnessed and directed into a dialogue of mutual understanding, only then will art help us to truly transcend boundaries. Our vision is to build a mobile and dynamic organization that will seek to fill the gaps between major institutions, independent curators and alternative forms of art practice. Their hope is to contribute to the advancement of contemporary art in China and in Asia generally. Our programs are aimed at bringing art to the people. By crossing boundaries that exist between the public and elite museum spaces, between art practice and exhibition spaces, and between exhibition spaces and the audience, we attempt to make contemporary Asian art accessible to an ever-increasing audience. We also strive to contextualize art through historical and cultural study. The general program and the character of our projects focus on contemporary visual art development via creative curatorial practice. The name we have given to this organization, the Long March, symbolizes a journey, not only of mankind's self-reflective inner quest, but also the journey in which we must all publicly partake to better understand how local communities interact with the increasingly global community in today's day and age. Through the lens of art, we seek to represent race, gender, history and society as a continually developing process or journey, not as a fixed or stagnant set of facts.