ABOUT CRUX ART FOUNDATION
Our Mission
Our art foundation is committed to promoting painting on a global scale, with a special focus on works that can touch hearts and evoke emotional resonance. We firmly believe that painting is a form of expression that transcends language, capable of conveying thoughts, emotions, and cultures in a unique way. Therefore, we dedicate ourselves to discovering and supporting outstanding painters from around the world, particularly those with exceptional talent who have not yet been recognized by the mainstream art market.
The foundation believes that the true value of art comes from the depths of the heart, capable of touching the souls of viewers and helping them find resonance and inspiration in the works. Through our initiatives, we hope to bring these emotionally moving artworks to the global stage, garnering the attention and appreciation they deserve.
Main Activities:
“Sowing Hope: World Tour”
We will fully support the “Sowing Hope” world tour exhibition by renowned contemporary artist Cen Long, showcasing how art, through its ability to move hearts, can spread hope across different cultures and stir deep emotional responses in viewers.“Sowing Hope” Award
The foundation has established the “Sowing Hope” Award, aimed at providing outstanding painters worldwide with an international exhibition platform during the Venice Biennale. We particularly seek works that can touch the heart through painting. Through an open call, we will select artists with profound artistic insight and help their works shine on the global stage, building emotional connections with audiences around the world.
Through these activities, we hope to offer more opportunities for artists around the world to showcase their creative power, while allowing art to continuously sow seeds of hope and emotion on a global scale.
I just want to be someone who is helpful to the world.
——Founder of the Foundation, Metra Lin
I have always been fond of art, but it was in 2006 when I was profoundly moved by art, leading me to develop a life vision of serving art and artists. One of the most influential artists for me is Cen Long. Both his character and his art have become my spiritual guide, subtly inspiring my reflections on life and the values I aspire to create.
I am an ordinary person, from an ordinary family, but I have always set the expectation for myself to 'be someone who is helpful to the world.' I don’t know exactly how to become such a person, but over the past decade, through the process of establishing Han Art Brokerage to promote the works of Master Cen Long, I have done my best to assist the artists I have been fortunate enough to encounter. I have worked hard to introduce art through words and language, diligently promoting artworks that embody the 'original spirit of truth, goodness, and beauty,' because I believe that in a chaotic world, this is the most vital light of humanity.
In 2009, I established Han Art Brokerage Co., Ltd., and in 2021, I founded Southern Cross Bookhouse. I have been steadily pursuing the things I want to do, step by step. Although I am involved in commercial activities, I have never forgotten my original intention: to become someone who is helpful to the world. But with only two hands and two feet, I can only do what is within my ability and help those I am capable of helping.
The Southern Cross Art Foundation, a vision I have long aspired to but have been unable to achieve until now, will finally come to fruition in 2024-2025, with its base in New York. I hope to leverage the foundation’s influence to promote art events that help uplift and purify the human spirit. This includes the long-term international plan to host Master Cen Long's solo exhibition, 'SEMINARE SPERANZA' and we also plan to support more artists from around the world whom I endorse.
The Southern Cross Art Foundation will gather more positive forces from around the world, becoming a small star that contributes to both art and the world. Although I don’t know the full extent of what I can achieve, I intend to keep trying and doing my best, for as long as I can, into eternity.
Founding Origins
