The Chengdu Art Museum ( zh, 成都美术馆) is an
art museum
An art museum or art gallery is a building or space for the display of art, usually from the museum's own Collection (artwork), collection. It might be in public or private ownership and may be accessible to all or have restrictions in place. A ...
with a collection of artworks,
based in the city of
Chengdu
Chengdu (, ; Simplified Chinese characters, simplified Chinese: 成都; pinyin: ''Chéngdū''; Sichuanese dialects, Sichuanese pronunciation: , Standard Chinese pronunciation: ), Chinese postal romanization, alternatively Romanization of Chi ...
,
Sichuan
Sichuan (; zh, c=, labels=no, ; zh, p=Sìchuān; alternatively romanized as Szechuan or Szechwan; formerly also referred to as "West China" or "Western China" by Protestant missions) is a province in Southwest China occupying most of the ...
,
China
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. It is run by the
Chengdu Art Academy
The Chengdu Art Academy ( zh, 成都画院) is an arts organization, supporting contemporary art and the Chengdu Art Museum with a collection of artworks, based in the city of Chengdu, Sichuan, China.
Overview
The academy is organized by the Chi ...
.
History
The
Chengdu Art Academy
The Chengdu Art Academy ( zh, 成都画院) is an arts organization, supporting contemporary art and the Chengdu Art Museum with a collection of artworks, based in the city of Chengdu, Sichuan, China.
Overview
The academy is organized by the Chi ...
was founded in 1980 within the
Chengdu Culture Park.
In 1983, it moved to historic buildings at 59 Zhijishi Street. The style of the buildings is a typical
quadrangle of western Sichuan
historic house
A historic house generally meets several criteria before being listed by an official body as "historic." Generally the building is at least a certain age, depending on the rules for the individual list. A second factor is that the building be in ...
s dating from the late
Qing dynasty
The Qing dynasty ( ), officially the Great Qing,, was a Manchu-led imperial dynasty of China and the last orthodox dynasty in Chinese history. It emerged from the Later Jin dynasty founded by the Jianzhou Jurchens, a Tungusic-speak ...
. In 2007, the premises were approved as a Sichuan Provincial Heritage Conservation Site. A project to protect and maintain the buildings was completed in 2008. The buildings were opened by the academy as the Chengdu Art Museum. During October to December 2020, the historic museum buildings were closed to the public for maintenance.
On 6 November 2021, at the
Tianfu Art Park and at the start of the 2021
Chengdu Biennale
The Chengdu Biennale ( zh, 成都双年展) is a contemporary art biennale event in Chengdu, China, started in 2001.
Overview
The entrepreneur Deng Hong funded the first four biennales (from 2001). From the fifth event (2011 onwards), the biennale ...
, the Chengdu Art Academy launched two new contemporary art museum buildings in the park,
namely the
Chengdu Tianfu Art Museum and the
Chengdu Museum of Contemporary Art, forming a new focus for the Chengdu Art Museum.
See also
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Chengdu Art Academy
The Chengdu Art Academy ( zh, 成都画院) is an arts organization, supporting contemporary art and the Chengdu Art Museum with a collection of artworks, based in the city of Chengdu, Sichuan, China.
Overview
The academy is organized by the Chi ...
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Chengdu Museum of Contemporary Art
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Chengdu Tianfu Art Museum
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Tianfu Art Park
References
Museums with year of establishment missing
Art museums and galleries in China
Museums in Chengdu
Arts in Chengdu
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