Join us for a day of exploring how artists can preserve and showcase their work through archival thinking at this Artist Archive Symposium on the 30th anniversary year of CAI Guo-Qiang's (ACC 1995; JDR 3rd Award 2021) first ACC grant that took him from Tokyo to New York for a pivotal residency at the P.S.1 Studio Program, which became his first studio in the U.S. The move marked the beginning of his life and practice on the global stage—setting into motion a dialogue between art and archival practice that continues to this day. 

Archival Thinking: Artist Archive Symposium

On December 4, 2025, Archival Thinking: Artist Archive Symposium will be held at MoMA PS1 in New York. Jointly organized by the Asian Cultural Council (ACC) and the Cai Foundation, with the support from the Rattray Kimura Foundation, the symposium will be curated and moderated by Paul Holdengräber. The event will take the form of a full-day forum bringing together distinguished speakers from the fields of art, archives, and the humanities to explore the contemporary significance and potential of artist archives.