Pauline J. Yao , lead curator for Visual Arts of M+ in Hong Kong, was formerly Assistant Curator of Chinese Art at the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco. She co-founded Arrow, an alternative space in Beijing and was the inaugural recipient of the Chinese Contemporary Art  Award’s Art Critic Award. she is a regular contributor to Artforum, e-flux Journal, and Yishu Journal of Contemporary Chinese Art. Ms Yao will be speaking about M+ as well as her curatorial projects