Shanghai Himalayas Museum

Shanghai Himalayas Museum
上海喜玛拉雅美术馆
Former name
Shanghai Zendai MoMA
LocationPudong, Shanghai, China
TypePrivate art museum
DirectorYongwoo Lee
ArchitectArata Isozaki
Websitewww.himalayasmuseum.org
Filling the City with Dreams (2008), performance art, Shanghai Zendai MoMA

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]

  1. ^ "About". Shanghai Himalayas Museum. Retrieved 24 August 2016.
  2. ^ "A bridge to culture — before the deluge". Financial Times. 25 March 2016.
  3. ^ "About". Shanghai Himalayas Museum. Retrieved 24 August 2016.
  4. ^ "randian - Zendai Contemporary Art Space". www.randian-online.com. Retrieved 2018-03-26.
  5. ^ "上海喜玛拉雅美术馆". www.himalayasart.cn. Retrieved 2018-03-26.
  6. ^ "About". Shanghai Himalayas Museum.
  7. ^ "John Moores Painting Prize (China) Exhibition Inaugurated at the Zendai Himalayas Center". Central Academy of Fine Arts. CAFA Info. 22 Apr 2014.
  8. ^ "Sean Scully Readies His First Major Exhibition in China". The Wall Street Journal. 7 November 2014.
  9. ^ "Michael Craig-Martin To Present His First Major Museum Show In Asia". artlyst. 28 Jan 2015.

External links[edit]

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