NYU Shanghai and AIAF Encouraged to Collaborate

Coming together on November 7 to exchange opinions on original concepts and development strategies, Eitan Zemel, NYU Shanghai’s Associate Vice Chancellor for Strategy met with Yong Fan, founder of Asia Institute of Art and Finance--an independent art and finance training institution based in the China (Shanghai) Pilot Free Trade Zone.

Zemel, also the Vice Dean of Global and Executive Education at NYU Stern, was encouraged to visit following the successful collaboration with the AIAF Global Art Financier Program--its first New York module held in October, at the NYU Stern Business School. The program offered resources in art finance with a “global vision, humanistic values and pragmatic methodologies” in the form of lectures, field trips and case studies.

“It was a great honor to host AIAF's group in New York,” Zemel said. “We very much enjoyed spending time with experienced Chinese practitioners and professionals.”

With the module’s success at NYU Stern, Zemel and Fan discussed possible future joint efforts of AIAF with NYU Shanghai -- its Lujiazui neighbor -- with the two institutions an ideal match given NYU Shanghai’s strength in liberal arts and China-related knowledge and research, as well as its offering of the Business and Finance major.  

As a private-run non-degree granting higher education institution, Asia Institute of Art and Finance (AIAF) is registered with the Civil Affairs Bureau of Shanghai Municipality and has obtained approval from the Shanghai Government to operate a non-degree granting higher education training business.