Beatrice Leanza

Beatrice Leanza is a cultural strategist, museum director and critic with a background in Asian studies who was based in Beijing for 17 years. She was director of maat – Museum of Art, Architecture and Technology, Lisbon, director of mudac – Museum of Contemporary Design and Applied Arts, Lausanne, Switzerland, creative director of Beijing Design Week and co-founded The Global School, the first independent institute for interdisciplinary creative research established in China.