# Event Details - **Event Name**: In Conversation: Lu Yang & Wu Hung on the Artist's Work - **Event Start and End Date**: Wed, 01 Apr, 2026 at 05:00 pm – Wed, 01 Apr, 2026 at 07:30 pm - **Event Description**: Artist Lu Yang speaks about her work on view in "Beyond Boundaries," with UChicago Art History professor Wu Hung. In collaboration with CAEAAbout this EventMultimedia artist Lu Yang joins Wu Hung, Harrie A. Vanderstappen Distinguished Service Professor of Art History at the University of Chicago, for a public conversation celebrating Lu Yang’s participation in at the Smart Museum of Art. Working across video, gaming technologies, animation, and installation, Lu Yang engages questions of gender, neuroscience, religion, and the body through the visual languages of digital culture and Japanese manga. The conversation will explore how artistic practice and art history intersect in shaping new narratives of Chinese art in a global context. This program is presented in conjunction with , and in collaboration with the .Free; RSVP encouraged.This event has been made possible with funding support from the Chicago Forum for Free Inquiry and Expressions’s Zell Speaker and Event Series and Zell Family Foundation."Lu Yang & Wu Hung on the Artist's Work" is part of the Lu Yang’s short-term residency period at UChicago, sponsored by the . In conjunction with Beyond Boundaries, the Center for the Art of East Asia (CAEA) will also co-sponsor a panel conversation with Lu Yang alongside Xin Wang (Curatorial Director, PACE Gallery), Dr. Leslie Kay (Professor of Psychology & Neuroscience, The University of Chicago), and Rodica-Livia Monnet (Full Professor, Université de Montréal). The event will take place at the Cochrane-Woods Art Center, Room 157, from 4:00–5:30 PM.ABOUT LU YANGWorking across video, gaming technologies, animation, and installation, Lu Yang explores questions of gender, biology, neuroscience, and religion through visual languages drawn from digital culture and Japanese manga. Recent solo exhibitions include: MUDEC, Milan; FACT, Liverpool; Oi! Street Art Space, Hong Kong; Kunsthalle Basel; Vellum LA, Los Angeles; Zabludowicz Collection, London; PalaisPopulaire, Berlin; Mori Art Museum, Tokyo; Freespace, Hong Kong; Panetteria Atomica, Rome; Jane Lombard Gallery, New York; COMA Gallery, Sydney; M WOODS, Beijing; and Société, Berlin. His work has been included in group shows at MEET, Milan; Rubin Museum of Art, New York; Zeppelin Museum, Friedrichshafen; Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh; Centre Pompidou-Metz; Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin; and the 59th Venice Biennale.IMAGELu Yang, The Great Adventure of Material World, 2020. Courtesy of the artist and CC Foundation and the Contemporary Art Museum, Kumamoto. - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/chicago/in-conversation-lu-yang-and-wu-hung-on-the-artists-work/100001986001659425 - **Event Categories**: art, business, exhibitions, fine-arts, trips-adventures - **Interested Audience**: - total_interested_count: 0 ## Ticket Details - **Ticket URL**: https://consumer.pxf.io/c/1339408/3151484/39691?partnerpropertyid=1191892&MediaPartnerPropertyId=1191892&svlink=14105511&level=1&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.eventbrite.com%2Fe%2Fin-conversation-lu-yang-wu-hung-on-the-artists-work-tickets-1986001659425 - **Ticket Price Range**: min: 0, max: 0, currency: USD ## Event venue details - **city**: Chicago - **state**: IL - **country**: United States - **location**: Smart Museum of Art - **lat**: 41.7935717 - **long**: -87.6001981 - **full address**: Smart Museum of Art, 5550 South Greenwood Avenue, Chicago, United States ## Event Organizer details - **affiliate_id**: 10 - **organizer**: Smart Museum of Art (https://allevents.in/org/smart-museum-of-art/22525294) ## Event gallery - **Alt text**: banner - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events3/banners/2e6e4c9c425ba9fbf523383c4dfb765a2b0de97335ee1678ca7ea70d675d03c2-rimg-w1080-h1350-dcfffefe-gmir.jpg?v=1774565454 - **Alt text**: thumbnail - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events3/banners/a0b78c89dabccd1cd433f832863968276ba8b035fadbb70eeefe78a126f68877-rimg-w400-h400-dc47474a-gmir.jpg?v=1774565454 ## FAQs - **Q**: When is the event happening? - **A:** Wed, 01 Apr, 2026 at 05:00 pm - **Q**: Where is the event happening? - **A:** Smart Museum of Art, 5550 South Greenwood Avenue, Chicago, United States - **Q**: What is the ticket price? - **A:** starting from 0 up to 0 USD - **Q**: Who is organizing the event? - **A:** Smart Museum of Art - **Q**: What type of event is this? - **A:** art, business, exhibitions, fine-arts, trips-adventures - **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about In Conversation: Lu Yang & Wu Hung on the Artist's Work ? - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents. ## Structured Data (JSON-LD) ```json [ { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@type": "Event", "name": "In Conversation: Lu Yang & Wu Hung on the Artist's Work", "image": "https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events3/banners/2e6e4c9c425ba9fbf523383c4dfb765a2b0de97335ee1678ca7ea70d675d03c2-rimg-w1080-h1350-dcfffefe-gmir.jpg?v=1774565454", "startDate": "2026-04-01", "endDate": "2026-04-01", "url": "https://allevents.in/chicago/in-conversation-lu-yang-and-wu-hung-on-the-artists-work/100001986001659425", "location": { "@type": "Place", "name": "Smart Museum of Art", "address": { "@type": "PostalAddress", "streetAddress": "5550 South Greenwood Avenue", "postalCode": "60637", "addressLocality": "Chicago", "addressRegion": "IL", "addressCountry": "US" }, "geo": { "@type": "GeoCoordinates", "latitude": "41.7935717", "longitude": "-87.6001981" } }, "eventAttendanceMode": "https://schema.org/OfflineEventAttendanceMode", "description": "Artist Lu Yang speaks about her work on view in \"Beyond Boundaries,\" with UChicago Art History professor Wu Hung. 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