Shanghai Himalayas Museum
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上海喜玛拉雅美术馆 | |
Former name | Shanghai Zendai MoMA |
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| Location | Pudong, Shanghai, China |
| Type | Private art museum |
| Director | Yongwoo Lee |
| Architect | Arata Isozaki |
| Website | www.himalayasmuseum.org |
Shanghai Himalayas Museum (Chinese: 上海喜玛拉雅美术馆), formerly known as Shanghai Zendai MoMA (上海证大现代艺术馆), is a privately funded, non-profit art institute in Pudong, Shanghai, China, focusing on art exhibition, education, collection, research and academic exchanges, established by the Shanghai Zendai Group in 2005.[1] Shanghai Himalayas Museum is the main organizer of the inaugural edition of the Shanghai Project, a yearlong ideas platform co-directed by Yongwoo Lee and Hans-Ulrich Obrist.[2]
Shanghai Himalayas Museum
[edit]Located at the Himalayas Center, a landmark in Shanghai designed by Arata Isozaki, the new site of the museum was opened to public in 2012.[3]
Other than the main space in Pudong, the museum also has two branch spaces. Zendai Contemporary Art Space is located at Wuwei Creative Park in northeast Shanghai.[4][5] Covering an area of 2,000sqm, the space consists of galleries and artist studios, and focuses on the study and exploration of experimental and avant-garde art. Zendai Zhujiajiao Art Museum is located at Zhujiajiao town, a picturesque water-town suburb southeast of central Shanghai. Covering an area of 400sqm, the two-storey art museum consists of en-suite artist studios, galleries and a conference room. The space runs an artist-in-residence programme and organizes a variety of public art programmes targeting at local community.[6]
Exhibitions
[edit]Since 2011, the museum has presented a series of international art projects including “Designing Design / The Exhibition of Kenya Hara in China 2011”, “Tony Cragg: Sculptures and Drawings”, Ink Art Exhibition Series, “Ateliers – Ofer Lellouche Solo Exhibition” , 2014 John Moores Painting Prize (China) Exhibition,[7] solo exhibitions of Sean Scully[8] and Michael Craig-Martin,[9] and "Welcome to My Life - Moving Image from the Collection of Isabelle and Jean-Conrad Lemaître".
References
[edit]- ^ "About". Shanghai Himalayas Museum. Retrieved 24 August 2016.
- ^ "A bridge to culture — before the deluge". Financial Times. 25 March 2016.
- ^ "About". Shanghai Himalayas Museum. Retrieved 24 August 2016.
- ^ "randian - Zendai Contemporary Art Space". www.randian-online.com. Retrieved 2018-03-26.
- ^ "上海喜玛拉雅美术馆". www.himalayasart.cn. Retrieved 2018-03-26.
- ^ "About". Shanghai Himalayas Museum.
- ^ "John Moores Painting Prize (China) Exhibition Inaugurated at the Zendai Himalayas Center". Central Academy of Fine Arts. CAFA Info. 22 Apr 2014.
- ^ "Sean Scully Readies His First Major Exhibition in China". The Wall Street Journal. 7 November 2014.
- ^ "Michael Craig-Martin To Present His First Major Museum Show In Asia". artlyst. 28 Jan 2015.
External links
[edit]- Shanghai Himalayas Museum website (in English)
