17:00-18:00 Exhibition | "It's Not Right But It's OK" Opening Ceremony | UCCA Store

From 20 August to 30 September, UCCA Store presents "It's Not Right But It's Okay." Designed by esteemed curator and UCCA Store Art Committee member Fang Fang, the exhibition contains works from thirty-five contemporary Chinese artists. The phrase "it's not right but it's ok" is suitable for many occasions in life: to express helplessness when cornered in a position that is "not right," to admit ambivalence toward a situation that is "not right," or to declare determination in a matter perceived as "not right." It is the catch-all phrase that once uttered creates a moral vacuum in which "right" and "wrong" have no place.

17:00-23:00 Reading Time | UCCA Members Library | Lobby

Books hold the secrets of the universe. Borrowing Museum Night as a platform, UCCA publically opens its Members Library, sharing a wealth of rare catalogues and other art ephemera for a new way to encounter art.

18:00-19:00 Kids Workshop | Make Your Own Denim Pillow | Workshop

20:00-21:00 Kids Screening | Ploddy the Police Car on the Case | Auditorium

Bring your kids to Museum Night and experience something only seen in movies. First, kids can build a small and comfortable world with sponge blocks. Then after visiting the exhibitions, they design and make a denim pillow in a fabric workshop. Finally, kids can bring their pillows along to enjoy the film Ploddy the Police Car on the Case. Let’s end summer feeling happy at UCCA.

l Our kid events are ticketed (RMB 399 / Child). For booking, please call +86 10 5780 0202 from Tuesday to Friday, 10:00-18:30. Only one ticket may be reserved at a time.

18:30-23:00 Exhibitions | "Korakrit Arunanondchai: 2558" and "New Directions: Tao Hui" Opening Ceremony | Central Gallery, Nave, and Pavilion

On 20 August, UCCA provides a private view of the latest exhibitions "Korakrit Arunanondchai: 2558" and "New Directions: Tao Hui."

For his UCCA exhibition, Korakrit Arunanondchai shows a grouping of works including video, installation, and painting, expanding this presentation through on-site performance. Special treatment is given to his ongoing video trilogy, which collages fictive narratives with experiences taken from his family and artistic life, arranging them based on the interlocking themes of death, purgatory, and rebirth. The videos are a visual construction of the artist's thinking on memory, mortality, identity, and masculinity. The exhibition is produced in collaboration with MoMA PS1.

Growing up in a small mountain town overlooking the Yangtze river in Sichuan, Tao Hui (b. 1987, Yunyang) was surrounded by verbal transmissions of folklore and tales of bizarre happenings that befell his neighbors and friends. A collector of such stories and a natural raconteur, the artist transforms these anecdotes into video installations, acting as portals through which the audience can travel to a space not unlike the misty village of his childhood: a special purgatory where ghostly realms and the human world become intertwined, a reality stranger than fiction.

l The Presenting Sponsor for "Korakrit Arunanondchai: 2558" is Domus Collection. The exhibition is presented in cooperation with MoMA PS1. The new media art production partner is CP Denmark and WTi Group. Exclusive sponsorship of sound equipment comes from GENELEC. AIR CHINA has provided airline sponsorship. The exhibition catalogue is published with support from Post Wave Publishing Consulting. The Secret Timezones Trilogy is sponsored by SEDANT·ZIQUE.

l "New Directions: Tao Hui" is accompanied by a monograph supported by Post Wave Publishing Consulting. The new media art production partner is CP Denmark and WTi Group. Exclusive sponsorship of sound equipment comes from GENELEC.

19:30-20:55 Performance | Together in a room filled with people with funny names: Korakrit Arunanondchai, boychild, AJ Gvojic, Harry Bornstein and Korapat Arunanondchai | Pavilion

An extension of his exhibition "2558," here Korakrit Arunanondchai appears with his twin brother Korapat, LA-based artist boychild, and thirty volunteers in a performance incorporating dance, song, spoken word, and body painting, aimed at eliminating the barriers between audience and artist.

l The Presenting Sponsor is Domus Collection. The exhibition is presented in cooperation with MoMA PS1.

l Special thanks to Story Café for their support. Story Café makes life an art, selecting the finest coffee blends and ingredients for our baked goods. On 20 August, Story Café officially opens to the public.

21:00 until late | TIARFWPWFN—After Party | Pavilion

The performance Together in a room filled with people with funny names is followed by an after party featuring musical sets by KritBoyAJ, Chen Tianzhuo, and Bloodz Boi.

l The Presenting Sponsor is Domus Collection. The exhibition is presented in cooperation with MoMA PS1.

l Special thanks to Story Café for their support. Story Café makes life an art, selecting the finest coffee blends and ingredients for our baked goods. On 20 August, Story Café officially opens to the public.

19:30-24:00 Exhibition Tour | UCCASTORE Manager Steven Xiong on Design as Art | UCCASTORE

UCCA Store maintains China's leading program of limited editions, having collaborated with over 80 artists and 100 designers to produce specially commissioned works. It also showcases the work of cutting-edge designers, offering a wide range of original products found nowhere else. During "Museum Night", UCCA Store Manager Steven Xiong guides viewers through the artworks collected in UCCA Store.

23:00-1:40 Screening | About Elly | Auditorium

Accompanying "New Directions: Tao Hui" is a screening of the Iranian film About Elly—suggested by the artist. Similar in parts to Tao Hui's own style, the film is a psychological drama following the fate of a young woman, revealing the conflict between conservative ethics and contemporary life.

Museum Night is a new summer initiative for UCCA Public Programs aligning an array of events, from exhibition openings to live performances and film screenings, for the enjoyment of art and culture enthusiasts both young and old.

1.17:00-18:00 Exhibition | "It's Not Right But It's OK" Opening Ceremony | UCCASTORE

2.17:00-23:00 Reading Time | UCCA Members Library | Lobby

3.18:00-19:00 Kids Workshop | Make Your Own Denim Pillow | Workshop

4.18:30-23:00 Exhibitions | "Korakrit Arunanondchai: 2558" and "New Directions: Tao Hui" Opening Ceremony | Central Gallery, Nave, and Pavilion

5.19:30-20:55 Performance | Together in a room filled with people with funny names: Korakrit Arunanondchai, boychild, AJ Gvojic, Harry Bornstein and Korapat Arunanondchai | Pavilion

6.19:30-24:00 Exhibition Tour | UCCA Store Manager Steven Xiong on Design as Art | UCCA Store

7.20:00-21:00 Kids Screening | Ploddy the Police Car on the Case | Auditorium

8.21:00 until late | TIARFWPWFN—After Party | Pavilion

9.23:00-1:40 Screening | About Elly | Auditorium