Philippe Koutouzis

Philippe Koutouzis has been Chargé de Mission for the Musée des Arts Asiatiques-Guimet since 1997. His focus of expertise is in European and Asian, Modern and Contemporary Art. Mr. Koutouzis lived in China for 7 years (1991-1998), where he witnessed firsthand major trends of the Chinese modern art movement. He has represented museums; conceived, organized and curated exhibitions around the world. This summer, Koutouzis curated for Musée Guimet the modern part of the exhibition "China - a Arte Imperial, A Arte do Cotidiano, A Arte Contemporânea held at the FAAP’s Museum in São Paulo, Brazil, between August 18th, 2002 and November 03rd, 2002.

Mr. Koutouzis has contributed numerous articles to various Art publications; overseen, compiled and published monographs and catalogs on several artists. From 1994 to present, Philippe Koutouzis has been the administrator of the estate of the Chinese artist, T'ang Haywen, and is a member of the ADAGP in Paris. On this artist he wrote and edited three catalogs for museum exhibitions as well as one book published in 2002. He organized three museum retrospectives and two exhibitions in Monaco, Taiwan, France and Japan.

The retrospective, co-curated with Jean-Paul Desroches, general curator, was the first modern art exhibition at the Musée Guimet which will travel to Valencia (Spain) from 11/2003 to 01/2004. It is worth noting that the Guimet has decided to organize a "summer of modernity" every year, after the inauguration of this retrospective on T’ang Haywen.

T’ang Haywen (1927-1991): A Discovery in Chinese Modern Art

January 4, 2017November 22, 2002 By Philippe Koutouzis

T’ang Haywen (1927-1991) was a very important painter to Chinese Modern Art in the 21 st Century. Born in Vietnam and raised in China, he lived most of his life as a poor painter in Paris, France. Leaving Xiamen, China in his youth, T’ang wanted to escape the pressures bought upon by his family, who … Read more