Overview

National Art Museum of China donates pair of statues to Greece for Greece-China Year of Culture & Tourism

Commitment Year•2021Country of Activity•GreeceDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•GreeceSector•Other Social Infrastructure And ServicesFlow Type•Grant

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date: Sep 16, 2021

Start (actual): Sep 16, 2021

End (actual): Sep 16, 2021

Stakeholders

Organizations involved in projects and activities supported by financial and in-kind transfers from Chinese government and state-owned entities

Funding agencies

Government Agencies

China Ministry of Culture

Receiving agencies

Government Agencies

Government of Greece

Loan description

National Art Museum of China donates pair of statues to Greece for Greece-China Year of Culture & Tourism

Narrative

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Project narrative

On September 16, 2021, the National Art Museum of China (NAMOC) donated a pair of life-sized bronze statues of Confucius and Socrates to Greece as part of the Greece-China Year of Culture & Tourism 2021. The artwork, entitled “Confucius & Socrates: a Meeting”, stands at the archaeological site of the Ancient Agora of Athens. Wu Weishan, director of NAMOC, was the sculptor of the artwork. The Prime Minister of Greece Kyriakos Mitsotakis and Chinese Premier Li Keqiang sent video messages on occasion of the donation

Staff comments

1. The National Art Museum of China is under the purview of the Chinese Ministry of Culture and Tourism, so it has been coded as the funding agency.