A4 Art Museum

A4 Archive Center

The A4 Archive Center is a non-profit documentation institution initiated by the A4 Art Museum in Chengdu in 2021. It is dedicated to researching and promoting cultural and artistic practices grounded in public engagement, local context, and critical inquiry. The Center organizes and disseminates museum-related documents and archives, while providing academic and research support for the museum’s exhibitions and programs.

Working with artists and cultural practitioners from diverse fields, the A4 Artchive Center explores the multiple ways in which knowledge can be produced through collective imagination and action. Through public programs such as research initiatives, art events, lectures, seminars, and workshops, it builds an alternative platform for knowledge production and experimentation beyond conventional exhibition-making. Emphasizing dialogue, research, and practice, the Center fosters the circulation and creation of knowledge within a broader cultural ecosystem.

The physical space of the A4 Archive Center is located on the fourth floor of A4 Art Museum. It houses a collection of over 2,000 art-related books and archival materials and is open to the public.

  • Yang Yuting（Head of the A4 Archive Center）

    Yang Yuting (b. 1995) is a curator based in Chengdu, Sichuan, China. She currently works as a Curator at A4 Art Museum and serves as Head of the A4 Archive Center. She joined the museum in 2020, first as Curatorial Assistant and later as Curator. She holds a BA from the School of History and Culture, Shandong University (China) in 2018, and an MA from the Centre for Cultural and Media Policy Studies at the University of Warwick(UK) in 2020.

    Her curated exhibitions include “Currents of Kinship: Cao Minghao & Chen Jianjun Solo Exhibition” (2025), “Chu Sixian’s Deviation: Painting Beyond Representation” (2025), Gradient Nature: MING DESIGN STUDIO Solo Exhibition (2024), and the China–Africa children’s picture book exchange project “One Day in My Life”, presented at the 2024 iSTART Children’s Art Festival.

    She has also served as executive editor for several publications, including Hello, I Am He Liping (2025), No Place beyond Reach: A4 Art Museum 2008–2023 (2024), and do it in Chengdu (2023)

    As Head of the A4 Archive Center, she has transformed the museum library into an alternative platform for knowledge production and experimentation through non-exhibition-based curatorial programs grounded in public engagement, local context, and research.

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