The Making of A Modern Art World' explores the artistic institutions and discursive practices prevailing in Republican Shanghai, aiming to reconstruct the operational logic and the stratified hierarchy of Shanghai's art world. Using 'guohua' as the point of entry, this book interrogates the discourse both of 'guohua' itself, and the wider discourse of Chinese modernism in the visual arts. In the light of the sociological definition of 'art world', this book contextualizes 'guohua' through focusing on the modes of production and consumption of painting in Shanghai, examining newly adopted modern artistic practices, namely, art associations, periodicals, art colleges, exhibitions, and the art market.

Contents
Acknowledgements
List of Figures 1x
VII
1 Introduction: The Hierarchy of Shanghai's Art World 1
2 Institutionalisation as Practice: Societies, Periodicals, and Colleges 28
3 The Appropriation of New Cultural Capital: Art Exhibitions u9
4 The Business of Art: The Art Market 186
5 Conclusion 260
Appendix 1 Biographical Notes 269
Appendix 2 Art Societies Established during the Years 1929- 1936 288
Appendix 3 Art Periodicals Established during the Years
1929- 1936 294
Appendix 4 Survey of Exhibitions held during the Years 1919- 1937 301
Appendix 5 Prices for 4-foot Landscape Paintings in the Hall Scroll
Format during the Years i929- 1937 322
Bibliography 328