Shenzhen Art Museum (Shenzhen Meishuguan) [深圳美术馆]

  • Address:32 Donghu Yijie, Ai'guo Lu Luohu District, Shenzhen
    深圳市罗湖区爱国路东湖一街32号
  • Getting there: 3, 17, 320, 360
  • Contact: 0755 2542 6069   shenzhenart@126.com
  • Opening hours: 09:00-17:00 (Closed Monday)
  • Website: http://www.szam.org/
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Description

Shenzhen Art Museum was established in 1987 under the approval of the Municipal government. The museum has is 5500 square meters and houses a 2,800 sqm complex with a 1,200 sqm exhibition hall.

Since 2001, the museum has established its mission to ''pay close attention to contemporary urban native arts'' and is the venue for the annual China Theme Exhibition on Contemporary Art and Theme Exhibition on Native Art of Shenzhen.

The art museum houses 2,384 masterpieces including 713 Chinese paintings, 166 oil paintings, 17 sculptures, and much more. Its permanent collection includes contemporary and indigenous artworks. The contemporary oil paintings and the indigenous art collections of Shenzhen have been sent to countries and places such as Malaysia, Macau, and Schleswig Holstein in Germany and received with acclaim.

Shenzhen Exhibition Hall has held a series of large-scale artistic works exhibitions aiming to promote Chinese traditional art, such as ''Beijing Rongbaozhai Watercolor Woodblock Printings and Original Art and Calligraphy Exhibition'' in 1977 and ''Original Art and Calligraphy Exhibition of People's Fine Arts Press''in 1978. In 1985, it was the venue for the ''Shenzhen Art Festival''. These exhibits have helped tremendously the cultural exchange between Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan and the Mainland.

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Frodo Mikkelsen
Jan 11, 2012 13:17

Hi
I dont know if you could help, but im trying to find the Shenzhen art museums email adress....Can you help ?

Frodo Mikkelsen, Copenhagen, Denmark...

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