Sunday, April 6th, 2025

16:00 

Outside of CCT East

Art is both a product and process. By reproducing, hacking, and redistributing iconic paintings from the world’s most prestigious collections, this exhibition questions the authority of the original and the institutional framing of art history itself. What happens when the Mona Lisa is just a click away, when Las Meninas can be printed at will? What would happen when proliferation democratizes access, and when aura shifts to the act of circulation, the collective memory of an image more seen than physically encountered?

dKunst art on campus is proud to present Hack the Museum – Masterpieces – People’s Museum, a performance conceived by Spanish artist Daniel G. Andújar that challenges conventional museum structures by bringing art directly into public spaces. This intervention transforms the DKU campus into a living museum. We are looking for participants to join the procession to carry full-scale reproductions of iconic masterpieces on DKU campus and perhaps, beyond!

This edition at DKU follows previous performances in Cartagena, Santiago de Compostela, Valencia, Barcelona, Alicante, and Guangzhou. JOIN US FOR A FUN AND INSPIRING PROCESSION on 6th APRIL 2025 at 16:00 outside of CCT East.

Sign up here (also to secure the ticket for the buffet afterwards!):

Curated by Nanpu Chen, Claire Ruixiang Hu, Ludwig Dongkun Lyu, Jackie Yizhi Lyu, Ethan Mills, Nick Shenglang Nie, Sue Siyu Wang, Blake Feiyang Zhou, and Zairong Xiang

a project by dKunst Art on Campus

Artist Bio

Daniel García Andújar

Daniel García Andújar is a visual artist, theorist, and activist known for his critical and subversive take on contemporary society. Using digital media and corporate communication strategies, his work challenges power structures and social inequalities, exposing the mechanisms of control beneath the illusion of media transparency. Operating at the intersection of urban space and the digital realm, Andújar employs irony and iconographic subversion to dissect power dynamics. A pioneer of Net.art, he co-founded the influential collective irational.org and created Technologies To The People™, a platform critiquing technology’s false promises and social impact.  His internationally acclaimed career includes exhibitions at major institutions like the Reina Sofía Museum, Venice Biennale, Manifesta Frankfurt, and Documenta Kassel. Among his awards are the Madrid Regional Photography Prize, the Gold Medal for Cultural Merit from his hometown, and the Miguel Hernández Prize for Alicante’s cultural figures. 

In Spring 2025, Daniel G. Andújar is taking up an artist residency at Duke Kunshan University, organized by dKunst Art on Campus curated by professor Zairong Xiang.