He advised the curators of the 1989 Magiciens de la Terre exhibit at the Centre Pompidou in Paris, introducing the organizer Jean-Hubert Martin to Chinese artists for the event.
[1] He was also involved in organizing the 1989 China/Avant-Garde exhibition at the National Art Museum of China in Beijing, along with Li Xianting and Gao Minglu.
[1] He moved permanently to France after being awarded a Chercheur Libre research grant by the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1989.
[2] He curated the Chine Demain pour Hier exhibition in Pourrieres, France in 1990, where Cai Guoqiang, Huang Yong Ping, Chen Zhen, Yan Pei Ming, Gu Wenda, and Yang Jie Chang were represented.
[6][7] Various book reviews show appreciation especially to the parts of Huang Yong Ping and Xiamen Dada