China Art Museum
A national-level art museum converted from the China Pavilion "Oriental Crown" of Expo 2010 Shanghai, opened in 2012: its great red dougong-bracket form rises in stacked, outward-reaching tiers, evoking "a flourishing China, the granary of the world"—a permanent landmark of the Expo site
Visitor info
- Opening hours
- 10:00-18:00 · closed Mondays
- Ticket
- Free (special exhibitions charged separately)
Price is indicative — final quote on inquiry.
A national-level art museum converted from the China Pavilion—the "Oriental Crown"—of Expo 2010 Shanghai, opened in 2012: its great red dougong (interlocking bracket) form rises in stacked, outward-reaching tiers, evoking the imagery of "a flourishing China, the granary of the world", and it stands as a permanent landmark of the Expo park. The collection features modern and contemporary Shanghai-style (Haipai) art, with systematic displays of works by Haipai masters such as Wu Changshuo, Ren Bonian, and He Tianjian. Its crown jewel, the multimedia animated version of Along the River During the Qingming Festival, is an original installation from the Expo China Pavilion (separate ticket); the extra-long animated scroll always draws dense crowds, making the museum both a hall of Haipai art history and a repository of Expo memory.
Getting there: Metro Line 8, China Art Museum Station
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