Memory in Transformation — Bodies and Posthuman Imaginaries, a group exhibition featuring artists from China and the United States, opens on September 18, 2026, at the Research House for Asian Art in Chicago. Exploring the body, memory, artificial intelligence, robotics, and the emerging posthuman condition, the exhibition brings together 18 artists from Chicago, New York, Los Angeles, Chengdu, Shenzhen, and other cities. Works span video, digital art, painting, installation,

Preface This exhibition was born out of intuition—conceived on November 19, and realized online in early December. Just a few weeks ago, while preparing an interview, I removed a photo of an artist and her beloved dog, leaving only the “standard” documentation of artworks and exhibitions. Yet afterwards, I found myself questioning: Why must professionalism often be built upon the exclusion of the personal, the tender, and the real? This exhibition grew precisely out of that d

Kira Wu, Exhibition Director at the Asian Art Research House, was born in Beijing and graduated from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. She transforms cutting-edge academic thinking into curatorial practice, weaving local sensitivities into an international perspective while constructing immersive visual narratives that bring new vitality to the art ecosystem. Confident, inclusive, and unwaveringly dedicated, Wu has become a “leading heroine curator” within Chicago’s

Xiao Lu: First Gunshot of Chinese Feminist Art – The Rise of a Feminist Avant-Garde: Women’s Museum Bonn Presents Revolutionary Work by Xiao Lu Bonn – From November 10, 2025 to February 8, 2026, the Women’s Museum Bonn will present the exhibition “Xiao Lu – First Gunshot of Chinese Feminist Art.” The show highlights the groundbreaking work of Chinese avant-garde artist Xiao Lu, focusing in particular on her revolutionary piece Dialogue (1989). During her artistic action, in w