“社会转型与美术演进——纪念中国美术馆建馆40周年学术研讨会”于2003年7月23日至25日在装修一新的中国美术馆五楼学术报告厅举行。与会者有来自文化部、中国美术家协会、中国艺术研究院、中央美院、清华大学美术学院、中国画研究院、北京画院、北京大学、人民美术出版社、中国美术馆的专家,也有来自上海、广东、广西、江苏、浙江、四川、重庆、深圳等地的美术理论家与美术馆长。提交此次研讨会的论文近五十篇,内容按照“美术馆事业的回 “Social Transformation and Art Evolution - Symposium for the 40th Anniversary of the Founding of the National Art Museum of China” was held in the renovated academic hall of the National Art Museum of China from July 23 to July 25, 2003. The participants included experts from the Ministry of Culture, China Artists Association, China Academy of Art, Central Academy of Fine Arts, Academy of Fine Arts of Tsinghua University, Chinese Painting Institute, Beijing Art Academy, Peking University, People’s Fine Arts Publishing House and China Art Museum. , Art theoreticians and art curators in Guangdong, Guangxi, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Sichuan, Chongqing and Shenzhen. Nearly 50 papers were submitted for the symposium, according to "Return of Art Museum