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With a record number of 51000 visitors
turning up at the National Art Museum of China for the Dunhuang (67)
, museum curator Fan Di’an has not stopped smiling.
The 53-year-old art historian is among the few in the Beijing artistic
(68) to (69) designer haircuts and don
fitted suits. The art (70) is also a new
face among the nation’s political advisors, and is to propose a solution to a
(71) problem Chinese museums face.
"Currently, any artworks that are (72) from overseas
are taxed at high rate when entering the country. So museums find it difficult
to accept donations from overseas," he said. Fan is currently
(73) in finding a (74) for a new museum.
"Maybe in the Olympic Village, we will have a really big (75)
," he said. Ever since he took the (76)
of the premier institution, Fan has greatly expanded its program.
Among the most popular shows last year was the (77) "Art in
America: 300 Years of Innovation". Institutions such as the Tate
Modern in London have (78) to work together with the Beijing
museum, which has organized several exhibitions and sent them (79)
world tours. Fan is (80) about
working with international museums because he wants his staff to learn from
foreign colleagues. "Chinese museums are extremely (81)
of professionals. I have been trying to (82)
professionals in art history, but still have to say that the performance of my
staff is (83) satisfactory," he said.
"Sometimes museum people can be like many others (84)
State-owned organizations—working hard when pushed hard." Museum
employees have to change their (85) from "serving the
artists" to "serving the public". He noted. "I want more people to come, so I am
trying to (86) the right show at the fight
time."
