Biography:

Liu Xiaochun (b. 1941, Luoyang, Henan Province) is an art critic and co-founder of the 1980s newspaper Fine Arts in China (Zhongguo meishubao).

Liu graduated from the Department of Art History at the Central Academy of Fine Arts in 1966. In 1979 he began studying for his postgraduate degree at the Chinese National Academy of Arts and received his M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in 1981 and 1985, respectively. In 1985, together with other art historians including Zhang Qiang, Liu founded Fine Arts in China (Zhongguo meishubao) and engaged Li Xianting as a fulltime editor.

Liu has published over 200 books, articles and critical writings on art. Some of his significant works include ‘From Animal Pleasure to Human Aesthetics’ (Cong dongwu kuaigan dao ren de meigan) (doctoral dissertation, 1986) and Deconstruction and Reconstruction: About Chinese Contemporary Art (1996).