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The National Museum of Asian Art consists of the Smithsonian Institution’s two Asian art galleries, the Freer Gallery of Art and the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, [1] which are situated in connecting buildings on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. The galleries are operated by the same board of trustees and share a budget.
2010 Super-America, Kunstlicht Gallery, Shanghai, China [34] 2010 American Vernacular, Irvine Contemporary, Washington, DC [35] 2012 Consumed, SALT Gallery, Portland, ME [36] 2015 The Invisible Wall, Spagnuolo Gallery, Georgetown University, Washington, DC [2] 2016 East of the River, Honfleur Gallery, Washington, DC [37]
The Arthur M. Sackler Gallery is an art museum of the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C., focusing on Asian art. The Sackler Gallery and the Freer Gallery of Art together form the National Museum of Asian Art in the United States. [1] The Freer and Sackler galleries house the largest Asian art research library in the country.
Construction of the gallery began in 1916 and was completed in 1921, after a delay due to World War I. [7] On May 9, 1923, the Freer Gallery of Art was opened to the public. Designed by American architect and landscape planner Charles A. Platt , the Freer is an Italian Renaissance-style building inspired by Freer's visits to palazzos in Italy ...
The gallery's first space opened in 2010 and was designed by the Office for Metropolitan Architecture Asia (Hong Kong), [44] led by the architect Rem Koolhaas. In January 2015, the gallery expanded twice in size and moved to a new space, occupying an entire floor, designed by the Hong Kong–based firm BEAU Architects. [ 45 ]
The gallery initially opened in M50 (short for 50 Moganshan Road), the site of a former textile mill that is now a well-known Shanghai art district. Formerly Xinhe Cotton Mill, later renamed Shanghai Chunming Roving Factory, [1] [2] this area began attracting artists and galleries in 1999.
In the early 2000s, ShanghART Gallery started to move into the emerging art district at 50 Moganshan Road where many of their artists have rented studios at. [9] [10] The gallery finally moved into its newly renovated permanent space in 2006, after renting a separate warehouse, H-Space, in 2004 to exhibit large-scale works.
Pages in category "Art museums and galleries in Shanghai" The following 14 pages are in this category, out of 14 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .