Yan Fang is a curator, art historian, and writer based in Paris and Shanghai. After working on research, acquisitions, and curatorial practices at the Musée National d'Art Moderne/Centre Pompidou in France, she has been a curator at the UCCA Center for Contemporary Art in China since 2020. Fang has conducted cross-disciplinary curation that intersects visual arts and music and has investigated Fluxus and its relationships with artists from Germany and China. In this fellowship, she aims to explore the intersections of sound art and Fluxus in Japan, and through dialogues with artists, musicians, researchers, curators, and scholars, examine the significance and reevaluation of Fluxus's cosmopolitan ideals in today's atomized society. 

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Yan Fang holds a B.A. in Aesthetics (Arts and Culture) and an M.A. in History of Art (specializing in History of Art and Philosophy) from the Panthéon-Sorbonne University. Yan Fang previously worked at the Musée National d'Art Moderne/Centre Pompidou, where she contributed to research, acquisition, and curatorial aspects in both the Research & Globalization Department and the New Media Collection Department. Since 2020, she has served as a curator at the UCCA Center for Contemporary Art in China, curating and co-curating various exhibitions and experimental projects. Her writings have been featured in publications such as Artforum, ArtReview Asia, LEAP Magazine, and other platforms.