The Power Station of Art is a
contemporary art museum in
Shanghai
Shanghai (; , , Standard Chinese, Standard Mandarin pronunciation: ) is one of the four Direct-administered municipalities of China, direct-administered municipalities of the China, People's Republic of China (PRC). The city is located on the ...
. Housed in a former power station, it is China's first state-run contemporary art museum.
Converting the building cost $64 million which was paid for by the Shanghai government.
The museum is on the site of the
Expo 2010
Expo 2010, officially the Expo 2010 Shanghai China, was held on both banks of the Huangpu River in Shanghai, China, from 1 May to 31 October 2010. It was a major World Expo registered by the Bureau International des Expositions (BIE), in the t ...
and on the left bank of the
Huangpu River
The Huangpu (), formerly romanized as Whangpoo, is a river flowing north through Shanghai. The Bund and Lujiazui are located along the Huangpu River.
The Huangpu is the biggest river in central Shanghai, with the Suzhou Creek being its maj ...
. It opened in 2012 with an exhibition of contemporary art from
Centre Pompidou
The Centre Pompidou (), more fully the Centre national d'art et de culture Georges-Pompidou ( en, National Georges Pompidou Centre of Art and Culture), also known as the Pompidou Centre in English, is a complex building in the Beaubourg area of ...
, Paris's best-known contemporary art museum, entitled Electric Fields, Surrealism and Beyond.
The director is Li Xu. The deputy director is Gong Yan, who was formerly the editor in chief of the Chinese-language magazine ''Art World.''
See also
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50 Moganshan Road
50 Moganshan Road () or "M50" is a contemporary art district in Shanghai, China, that houses a community of more than a hundred artists whose studios are open to the public. It is often compared with New York's SoHo and Beijing's 798 Art Zone.
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West Bund Art & Design
West Bund Art & Design () or the "West Bund Art & Design Fair" is an annual international contemporary art fair held Shanghai, China during November.
Location
West Bund Art & Design is located on the western side of the Huangpu River in Shang ...
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Long Museum
The Long Museum () is a private art museum in Shanghai, China, founded by Liu Yiqian and his wife Wang Wei. The museum has two locations in Shanghai: the Long Museum Pudong and Long Museum West Bund.Long Museum websiteAbout Long Museum/ref>
In ...
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China Art Museum
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Museum of Contemporary Art Shanghai
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Shanghai Museum
The Shanghai Museum is a museum of ancient Chinese art, situated on the People's Square in the Huangpu District of Shanghai, China. Rebuilt at its current location in 1996, it is considered one of China's first world-class modern museums and fa ...
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Tianzifang
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Xintiandi
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798 Art Zone
798 Art Zone (), or Dashanzi Art District, is a complex of 50-year-old decommissioned military factory buildings boasting a unique architectural style that houses a thriving artistic community in Dashanzi, Chaoyang District, Beijing. The area is ...
References
* NRC, Oscar Garschagen on Chinese museums and collectors. Page C4. 10 July 2014
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Art museums established in 2012
Museums in Shanghai
2012 establishments in China
Contemporary art galleries in China