Xu Weixin, acting dean of the School of Arts, gave a lecture to faculty and students at UCLA on March 13.  The topic was “A Survey of Modern Chinese Art: Thought and Practice”.  The lecture was hosted by UCLA’s Department of Art History and the Confucius Institute.  UCLA’s art history professor Li Huishu translated.  Li is a graduate of Yale University’s East Asian Art doctoral program.  The lecture introduced new Chinese art and the progress of contemporary art since 1976.