Shanghai Art Museum is a nonprofit social and cultural bodies. She is located
in the bustling Nanjing Road West, backed by the People’s Square and Shanghai Museum, Shanghai Grand Theater, Shanghai Urban Planning Exhibition Hall, adjacent to People’s Park, is a function of a sound, advanced facilities, has a certain influence in the domestic and international modern and contemporary art Museum. The building was built in 1933, was originally the old Shanghai race course is 30’s British-style buildings. Extension works completely retained its original appearance of neo-classical features, and in accordance with the functional requirements of museum undertook an internal reform, designed to inherit the traditional language of European construction, and emphasized the bright modern ambience, is a elegant, generous art. When the audience into an elegant lobby, look imposing beams, and then along the spacious staircase stairs, stroking the thirties bronze horse and visit the artist’s fine for making, will experience the old and new in Shanghai Historical change, feel the fascinating cultural charm. Shanghai Art Museum has 12 exhibition hall, exhibition area of 6,000 square meters, equipped with modern facilities for organizing various arts exhibition provides good conditions; while the-art Auditorium, conference rooms, library, art information database and art workshops, seminars and education was academic activities such as a guarantee. In addition, art bookstores, souvenir shops and art galleries, cafes, also for the audience to create a casual atmosphere filled with art. Shanghai Art Museum collection of 8000 pieces available, relying on collection, active in the Chinese modern art history, focusing on theoretical research and museum science research, and collections storage, display and exhibition, education, promotion, and foreign exchange operations create the conditions for launching. Special two session of the “Shanghai Biennale” is the most important exhibitions in China, one of the academic activities, international influence has become a brand with certain projects.