National Art Museum of China
中国美术馆
Logo of the Museum
An ornate building front stretching the width of the image, slightly tilted, against a uniformly blue sky. Its front has a projecting pavilion in the Chinese style, echoed by a similar pagoda-style top on the roof above it.
Front Gate, 2016
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Established1958
Location1 Wusi Dajie, Dongcheng District, Beijing, China
Coordinates39°55′25″N 116°24′10″E / 39.92361°N 116.40278°E / 39.92361; 116.40278
TypeArt museum
CollectionsAncient and contemporary Chinese art; some Western art
Collection size100,000+
Visitors1.05 million (2016)[1]
FounderMao Zedong
DirectorFan Di'an[2]
ArchitectDai Nianci[2]
OwnerMinistry of Culture of the People's Republic of China
Public transit access 8  National Art Museum station
 5   6  Dongsi station
Nearest parkingOn site
Websitenamoc.org
namoc.org/en

The National Art Museum of China (NAMOC; 中国美术馆; 'China Art Museum') is the national art museum of China and the largest art museum in the nation. Located in Beijing and opened since 1963, it is a level-1 public welfare institution funded by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of China.[3]

The construction of the museum started in 1958, and concluded in 1962. It has a total land area of 30,000 square metres (320,000 sq ft). The museum was renovated between May 2004 and January 2005, and has been given an additional area of 5,375 square metres (57,860 sq ft).

Collection

Circular Gallery inside museum

Its permanent collection includes both ancient and contemporary Chinese artworks as well as notable Western artworks. Although the museum contains collection of imperial Chinese art, its main mission is to serve as a national level art museum dedicated to displaying, collecting and researching the modern and contemporary artistic works of China. It has a main building of four stories, the first three being display areas. There are 21 exhibition halls at the museum.

Its collections are divided into specific categories of:

Expansion

In 2012, four high-profile architects — Frank Gehry, Zaha Hadid, Jean Nouvel and Moshe Safdie — were invited to submit designs for the new National Art Museum venue, which will be seven times larger than the current venue. The museum will be built in collaboration with the Beijing Institute of Architectural Design. Nouvel's plans were revealed on September 18, 2014 at a press conference in Paris attended by the architect and Chinese and French politicians including Laurent Fabius, the French minister of foreign affairs and international development.[4][5]

Gallery

See also

References

  1. ^ "Visitor Figures 2016" (PDF). The Art Newspaper Review. April 2017. p. 14. Archived (PDF) from the original on 3 September 2018. Retrieved 23 March 2018.
  2. ^ a b "History of National Art Museum of China". 2013-05-23. Archived from the original on 2022-11-27. Retrieved 2023-10-01.
  3. ^ "中国美术馆2023年度社会公开招聘公告 – 中华人民共和国人力资源和社会保障部 National Art Museum of China 2023 Public Recruitment Announcement – Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security of the People's Republic of China". 中华人民共和国人力资源和社会保障部 Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security of People's Republic of China. Archived from the original on 2023-10-01. Retrieved 2023-10-01.
  4. ^ "Chine - Dialogue franco-chinois de haut niveau sur les échanges humains (18.09.14) - France-Diplomatie - Ministère des Affaires étrangères et du Développement international". Archived from the original on 2015-02-27. Retrieved 2015-02-27.
  5. ^ Gareth Harris (September 20, 2014), Designs for Beijing mega-museum unveiled Archived 2014-09-24 at the Wayback Machine The Art Newspaper.

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