Doctoral Candidate Wei Sun
Research Interests
European-Japanese art history
Institutional history
Avant-garde theories
Japanese avant-gardes
History of exhibitions and museums
Museology
Japonisme, chinoiserie, art in transcultural context
Art and (cultural) diplomacy
Postwar Japanese art and archives in Europe
Publications
Wei Sun, Tarō Okamoto: La Métamorphose Comme Avant-Garde, Paris, Lyon : Fondation Giacometti, Éditions FAGE, 2026.
Wei Sun (October 9, 2024). “An Inappropriate Gift? Rethinking Yokoyama Taikan’s painting Mount Fuji for the Cologne Museum of East Asian Art.” Art and Diplomacy.
Sun, Wei; Zancan, Claudia (2024). "Showcasing Japan. A Journey of Japanese Identity Through Archaeology and Ancient Art Exhibitions in Italy. " Annali di Ca’ Foscari. Serie orientale, 60, 333‑366. DOI: 10.30687/AnnOr/2385‑3042/2024/01/014
Arp, Hans, and El Lissitzky, eds. 艺术的主义 Die Kunstismen. Translated by Wei Sun. Beijing: China Academy of Art Press, 2024.
Sun, Wei (2021). "Die 'nackte Wahrheit'? Von Yuki Kiharas Fa'a Fafine ; In the Manner of a Woman zur kritischen Betrachtung der Global Art History." Contemporary Matters Journal, 4: 17-21.