Shanghai Museum of Contemporary Art was established on 20 12, 10, 1, which is the first public museum of contemporary art in Chinese mainland. At the same time, Shanghai Museum of Contemporary Art is also the location of Shanghai Biennale.
Located on the Huangpu River, the mother river in Shanghai, it covers an area of 42,000 square meters, with an exhibition hall area of10.5 million square meters. The chimney with a ceiling of 45 meters and a height of 1.65 meters is not only a landmark in Shanghai, but also a special exhibition space.
Shanghai Museum of Contemporary Art was transformed from the original Heather Power Plant. It not only witnessed Shanghai's urban changes from the industrial age to the information age, but also bid farewell to the past of excessive energy grabbing. Its rough and bold industrial architectural style provides rich possibilities for artists' whimsy.
As the "workshop" of new city culture, constant self-renewal and continuous progress are the source of life of this museum. Moca shanghai is committed to providing an open platform for the public to display and learn contemporary culture and art; Eliminate the gap between art and life; Promote cooperation and knowledge production between different cultural and artistic categories.
Brief introduction of venues
Moca shanghai is the first public museum of contemporary art in Chinese mainland, and it is also a symbolic cultural activity center of the city integrating the functions of contemporary art exhibition, collection, research, communication and experience education.
The reconstructed Museum of Contemporary Art has a total construction area of 4 1000 square meters, with 12 exhibition halls of different sizes and heights, and functional facilities such as library, research room and lecture hall, which will undertake the heavy responsibility of international visual cultural exchange, provide the best exhibition environment for outstanding contemporary works of art at home and abroad, and provide a good atmosphere for artistic exchange between China and foreign countries.
Through the centralized display of contemporary art in various fields, the inclusiveness of contemporary art and design, literature, film and other fields will be realized, and the Museum of Contemporary Art will be built into a cross-media and interdisciplinary art comprehensive exchange platform and an exciter of Shanghai art and creativity.
By collecting outstanding achievements of contemporary art at home and abroad, we can enrich and expand the public's cultural vision, cultivate young people's self-awareness and creative ability, bring fresh living water to the development of cultural and creative industries, and lay a solid foundation for Shanghai to become one of the centers for the dissemination, exchange, exhibition and cooperation of contemporary art in China and even the world.
Moca shanghai is located at 20 10 of Shanghai World Expo City Future Pavilion, formerly known as Heather Power Plant, built at 1897. Its main building is128m long, 70m wide and 50m high, with a building area of 31088m 2.
1.65m high reinforced concrete chimney stands erect, which is of great symbolic significance, witnessing the development of modern industry in China and showing a new round of historical opportunities and cultural creation on both sides of Pujiang. After the renovation, the building area will increase to more than 40,000 square meters, and the exhibition area will reach10.5 million square meters, with 12 exhibition hall.
The museum opened on June 0, 20 12, and is the first public museum of contemporary art in Chinese mainland. The museum is located on the Huangpu River, 4 kilometers away from People's Square, and it takes a quarter of an hour to walk from Tibet South Road Station on Metro Line 4 and Line 8.
Moca shanghai aims to build a bridge between contemporary art and the public, gather outstanding achievements of contemporary art at home and abroad, and display, collect and preserve outstanding works of contemporary art through various channels.
Attach great importance to the audience's visit experience, strive to improve the quality of exhibition planning, display design, explanation and guidance, leisure and entertainment, and create an active, innovative and open visual art learning center for the people.