Asia Pacific Society for Consortium Museum
Asia Pacific Society for Consortium Museum (APS4CM)
Founded in 2024, the Asia Pacific Society for Consortium Museum brings together some of the most passionate patrons of contemporary art across the Asia-Pacific region. The Consortium Museum is deeply grateful to the members of APS4CM —generous collectors, cultural professionals, and entrepreneurs— whose dedication and support make possible so many of our important programs, both at the museum and beyond (hors-les murs).
Co-chaired by Seungduk Kim, Co-Director of Consortium Museum and Vanessa Guo, art advisor, collector, APS4CM proudly supports artistic independence of the Consortium Museum, accompanies artists from around the world and strengthens the museum's enduring relationship with the contemporary Asian art scene.
Since its creation, APS4CM has supported important programs, especially :
• Various Fires by Xie Fan at the Académie Conti (in partnership with the Domaine de la Romanée-Conti)
- The Grand Lobby exhibition by Chen Fei at the Consortium Museum and the upcoming publication of the Grand Lobby by Chen Fei, published by Les presses du reel (to be launched at Art Basel Paris and Asia Now in October 2025).
• The immersive installation The blood of the earth by Korakrit Arunanondchai at the Consortium Museum.
• The organization of an auction sale of a painting by Chen Fei to the benefit of Consortium Museum during the Art Singapore gala dinner (Art SG week 2025)
Joining the Asia Pacific Society for Consortium Museum
Join the Asia Pacific Society for Consortium Museum!For more information about membership, please contact:
Seungduk Kim
Co-director of Consortium Museum
seungduk.kim@gmail.com
Julia Lardy
Communication manager
Julia.lardy@leconsortium.fr
Donations and Benefits
Members of this exclusive circle enjoy privileged access to exhibitions, exclusive encounters with artists, and special events within an international network exclusively reserved for them.
Donations may qualify for tax relief under certain conditions(please contact: julia.lardy@leconsortium.fr).
Donors domiciled in the United States can support the Consortium Museum via Friends of Fondation de France, a charitable foundation 501© (3) established in New York in 2000 to facilitate secured donations of Americans toward international organizations of common interest. All donations made to the Consortium Museum through Friends of Fondation de France are eligible for tax deductions within the limits allowed by the U.S law.
In France, donations from French residents benefit from the provisions established by the 2003 law.
In Europe, the Consortium Museum is also one the institutions benefiting from Trans Giving Europe - a solution for cross-border donations that provides tax advantages in the following partner countries: Belgium, Germany Greece, Italy, Luxembourg, Spain, Switzerland and the United-Kingdom.
The Consortium Museum in Asia
Founded in 1977, in Dijon, in Burgundy, the Consortium Museum’s story is rooted in great artistic discoveries. It is known for its careful support of invited artists and for producing groundbreaking, never-see-before artworks, often by artists at the start of their career.
Since 2011, the Consortium Museum has been established in a building of 4000 m² transformed and expanded by architect Shigeru Ban, winner of the 2014 Pritzker prize. The museum offers exhibitions on two floors within an esthetically unique setting.
Since Yan-Pei Ming’s arrival in Dijon in 1980, followed by Seungduk Kim’s influential role starting in 2000, the relationships between the museum and the Asian art scene has steadily deepened. The Consortium Museum has established itself as a major player in the international promotion of Asian contemporary art, notably by initiating the extensive itinerant exhibitions of Yayoi Kusama, from 2000, across Europe, Asia and Oceania.
In 2005, the Consortium Museum organized Yan Pei-Ming ‘s first major institutional exhibition in China. Simultaneously, the significant public projects led in Korea —with figures such as Daniel Buren, Lee Bul and Rirkrit Tiravanija— as well as participation in the Venice biennials (in contemporary art as curator of Korean Pavilion with Kimsooja in 2013, and in architecture with Patrick Berger, Aristide Antonas, and Junya Ishigami in 2021) demonstrate its broad cultural influence.
The Consortium Museum also extends its reach to cinematographic production through Anna Sanders Films, which has released Cannes - recognized work such as Le Portrait interdit by Charles de Meaux featuring Fan Bingbing, and Oncle Boonmee by Apichatpong Weerasethakul, winner of the Palme d’or in 2010.
The connection between the Consortium Museum and the Asian art scene is actively evolving and growing stronger than ever.