News Zhang Xiaogang Receives Honorary Doctorate Philadelphia University of the Arts Congratulations to Chinese artist Zhang Xiaogang on his recent Honorary Doctorate from Philadelphia's University of the Arts. David Yager, the University's President and CEO, delivered the honor to Zhang on May 16 in recognition of his contributions to Chinese contemporary art.Born in Kunming China in 1958, Zhang came to prominence in the 1990s amid the new wave of Chinese artists breaking from aesthetic traditions. Playing off the conventions of state-sponsored Socialist Realism and inspired by Surrealism, he navigates the cultural terrain of contemporary China with works that question notions of identity and the construction of memory. Read More Journal View All Films Beatriz Milhazes at the 60th Venice Biennale May 17, 2024 Exhibitions London Gallery Weekend 2024 May 15, 2024 Museum Exhibitions Kevin Francis Gray at the Rudolph Tegners Museum and Sculpturepark May 13, 2024 Films Maysha Mohamedi and Sebastian Baden in Conversation May 09, 2024 News — Zhang Xiaogang Receives Honorary Doctorate from Philadelphia University of the Arts, May 22, 2019