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Wuhan Art Museum
Wuhan Art Museum ( zh, 武漢美術館) is a publicly-run art museum in Wuhan, Hubei, China, covering Chinese contemporary art and modern art. (Updated 11 June 2021.) Overview Wuhan Art Museum was founded on 12 December 1986. In 2008, it moved to the new museum site where the former Kincheng Bank building was situated between Zhongshan Avenue and Baohua Street in the Hankou area of the city. The new museum building has five stories and a total area of 12,139m2. The atrium on the first (ground-level) floor has a ring corridor structure, forming the architectural hub of the building. The second and the third floors provide the main exhibition areas, including seven exhibition halls, with an area of around 4,230m2. The fourth and the fifth floors respectively include offices and a lecture hall. There are also a reading room, repair room, training classroom, and space to preserve artworks and undertake academic research, art education, etc. Collections The museum maintains collections ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jiang'an District
Jiang'an District () forms part of the urban core of and is one of 13 urban districts of the prefecture-level city of Wuhan, the capital of Hubei Province, China. Jiang'an District is located on the Yangtze's left (northwestern) shore, and includes the northeastern half of the former Hankou city (northeast, i.e. downstream, of Jianghan Rd.). On the left bank of the Yangtze, it borders Huangpi to the north, Jianghan to the southwest, and Dongxihu to the west; on the opposite bank it borders Hongshan, Wuchang, and Qingshan. History The Congressional-Executive Commission on China included Jiang Yanchun (), a 46 year old native of Huarong District, Ezhou, in their Political Prisoner Database from November 5, 2017. Jiang was a petitioner who was contesting demolition and resettlement in Jiang'an District when she was detained in Beijing at around 4 PM on Sunday, November 13, 2016 for disrupting order in the Tian'anmen area. She was returned to Wuhan on November 14, 2016 where s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |