On Monday 20 July 2026 the Beijing Guardian Art Center hosted the presentation conference of Memory and Future. Contemporary Italian Art, the exhibition devoted to modern and contemporary Italian art, open to the public from 21 July to 9 September 2026. The programme took place on the ground floor of the museum, in Chinese and English.
At 3:00 pm the curator Guicciardo Sassoli de’ Bianchi Strozzi led the press tour along the exhibition itinerary.
At 4:00 pm, in the Art Space, Maestro Jiang Yushan gave a harpsichord recital.
At 4:30 pm the opening ceremony began, with addresses by:
- Massimo Ambrosetti, Ambassador of Italy to the People’s Republic of China
- Daniele Galleni, Deputy Director of the Istituto Italiano di Cultura in Beijing
- Daniele Crippa, Director of the MU-PA Museo del Parco di Portofino
- Guicciardo Sassoli de’ Bianchi Strozzi, President of Nuova Artemarea ETS Association and curator of the exhibition
- Kou Qin, President and CEO of Guardian Investment Holdings Co., Ltd. and General Manager of the Guardian Art Center
The day closed at 6:00 pm with the gala dinner at The PuXuan Hotel and Spa in Beijing.
