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Second Beijing Art Summit to Explore Relationship Between Art and Technology
[1] Beijing Art Summit, launched in 2019, aimed to act as a platform for communication between the East and the West. The founder of the second Beijing Art Summit (2020), Wang Yanling, said that the forum will join forces with the Gallery Weekend Beijing, another major event taking place in the capital.
[2] According to Wang, this year’s summit will focus on art and technology and will consist of two forums hosted by Chinese and French curators. Wang said that fast changing technology has not only created more wealth “in just two years than human beings have created over the past 10, 000 years, ” but also is changing our lifestyles, social structures and beliefs.
[3] He added that the summit will be a great opportunity for Chinese art to look back and reflect after a period of rapid development.
[4] According to Hu Xin from the organizing committee, French scholar Jean Audouze will give the keynote speech for the summit. According to Audouze, science and art are equally important as science helps people discover the world and art helps people appreciate it.
New Words and Expressions
summit /
sʌmɪt/ n. 最高点；首脑会议；峰会
forum /
fɔːrəm/ n. 论坛；讨论会
launch /lɔːntʃ/ v. 发起；发行
platform /
plætfɔːm/ n. 讲台；平台
curator /kjʊə
reɪtə(r)/ n. (博物馆或美术馆等的)馆长、负责人
join forces 齐心协力；联合
aim to 旨在……
consist of 由……组成（构成）；包括
give the keynote speech 发表主旨演讲
look back 追忆；回顾