I don't think China has professional museums - not in the past, present, or near future.

The museums used to be exhibition halls for government propaganda, and now every city wants to build a museum. A few thousand are to be built in the next few years, all using taxpayer money. But there is no system, no research, no content, no good programs, no good managers.

I don't think China should care if this crazy old guy should have a show here or not. You have so many museums in the West, and so many shows, you need somebody to show the work, otherwise it's empty.

[Museums] all belongs to the cultural department, which is the biggest cultural department in the world.

In China, we don't have any contemporary art museums. Until a few years ago, we didn't even have a gallery.