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ОглавлениеCHINA BEIJING
M WOODS
Contemporary art in a former factory in the 798 Art Zone
Collector:
Lin Han
Address:
D-06, 798 Art Zone
No. 2, Jiuxianqiao Road
Chaoyang District
Beijing 100015
China
Tel +86 10 83123450
Opening Hours:
Tues–Sun: 11am–6pm
And by appointment.
Youthful industrial designer Lin Han, who runs a PR agency and also works in the family-owned investment firm, has collected more than one hundred works by well-known artists thus far. In 2014, together with his wife, Wanwan Lei, and co-founder Michael Xufu Huang, he opened the M Woods Museum in a former munitions factory in the 798 Art Zone district. Even though Lin did not begin collecting art until 2013, he says it has a big impact on his life. His eclectic collection ranges from works by Tracey Emin, Zeng Fanzhi, Paul McCarthy, Kader Attia, Yoshitomo Nara, and Ólafur Elíasson, to Buddhist sculptures of the Northern Qi Dynasty, which Lin likes to display alongside one another in the expansive exhibition spaces. The museum’s name alludes to Lin’s family: The “M” is the first letter of the name of his mother, who awakened his love for art. “Woods” is the English translation of his family name, “Lin.”
HONG KONG
Hong Kong is the undisputed hub of the Asian art market. In the skyscrapers of the Central District, Hong Kong Island’s buzzing financial hub, numerous galleries have set up shop alongside international auction houses. Influential Chinese representatives like Pearl Lam Galleries and 10 Chancery Lane Gallery are found here, in addition to Western protagonists like Gagosian, White Cube, and Galerie Perrotin. In 2011, Art Basel took over the local fair Art HK, completing another step on the way to Hong Kong’s transformation into an art market giant. In 2014, the repertoire was expanded to include the fair Art Central Hong Kong. The next big event on the agenda is the planned 2019 opening of M+, a major museum for visual culture. This will host, among other treasures, the core of the collection of Uli Sigg, one of the most important collectors of Chinese contemporary art. The Herzog & de Meuron designed museum will be part of the West Kowloon Cultural District, a vibrant quarter located directly on the harbor’s waterfront. This area already enjoys several major museums, including the Hong Kong Museum of Art, which holds an excellent collection of Chinese paintings and calligraphy. The Hong Kong Arts Centre (HKAC) in Wan Chai plays a pivotal role in the local arts scene, bringing together exhibition spaces, theaters, a cinema, and artists’ studios under one roof. Just as multidisciplinary is Tai Kwun—Centre for Heritage & Art, which opened in 2018 in a former police station, also designed by Herzog & de Meuron. Other institutions worth visiting include Para Site, a non-profit art space on the northeastern section of Hong Kong Island, and the Asia Society Hong Kong Center, located further west in Admiralty. The trend towards contemporary art is rapidly expanding, seen in the rise of artistic hubs in Hong Kong’s industrial areas. Chai Wan, for example, is now home to galleries like Platform China Contemporary Art Institute; and in Wong Chuk Hang, Blindspot Gallery shows mainly contemporary photography in its 650-square-meter exhibition space.
CHINA HONG KONG
LIVING COLLECTION
Contemporary art from Hong Kong in the loft of a former industrial building
Collector:
William Lim
Address:
Hong Kong, China
By e-mail appointment only.
Since the founding of Art Basel Hong Kong, the former British colony has become a hotspot on the international art scene. But if you’re particularly interested in its local art, you should visit the imposing exhibition space of collector William Lim. In 2004, during his travels, the architect began to acquire works by Chinese artists. Two years later he decided to focus more exclusively on artists from Hong Kong. Since then, he has been collecting, among others, the works of Lee Kit, Nadim Abbas, or Tsang Kin-Wah—young artists who deal with society and their lives in Hong Kong. But here you’ll also find international positions such as Lee Bul, Hernan Bas, or Callum Innes in Lim’s nearly 400-square-meter loft. That his studio is a place of lively exchange is evidenced not least in the artists’ dinners that Lim hosts on a regular basis.
CHINA HONG KONG
Z COLLECTION
A collection of Chinese and Western contemporary art in a private home on Victoria Peak
Collector:
William Zhao
Address:
Hong Kong, China
Tel +852 97015650
Visitation permitted only occasionally. Please inquire by e-mail.
Hong Kong-based financier turned art critic, collector, and curator William Zhao discovered his passion for art at an early age, purchasing his first piece, a drawing by Pablo Picasso, twenty years ago. His art collection is on display at his home, a large house on the Peak overlooking Hong Kong, where both Chinese and Western artists are featured including established positions like Carol Rama and Joseph Beuys as well as younger artists such as Duan Jianyu and Chris Huen Sin-kan. The passionate polo player mainly collects artists he knows personally, and whose creative language he finds inspiring. Zhao advises collectors on contemporary Chinese art and curates exhibitions with major Chinese artists such as Zhang Enli and Liu Weijian for galleries and foundations including Louis Vuitton. He is also involved with Duddell’s, a Hong Kong art and cultural venue.
CHINA NANJING
SIFANG ART MUSEUM
Emerging and blue-chip artists in a building by Steven Holl
Collector:
Lu Xun
Address:
No. 9, Zhenqi Road
Pukou District
Nanjing 210031
China
Tel +86 25 58609999
Opening Hours:
Thurs–Sun: 10am–5pm
“The way art brings joy to the heart and challenges your existing perceptions is fascinating,” explains Chinese collector Lu Xun in describing the motivation behind his collecting activity, a great passion of his since 2009. The first works that Lu acquired were a sculpture by Yayoi Kusama and a watercolor by Marlene Dumas. Since then, he has collected about 200 artworks by Chinese and international artists, such as Yang Fudong, Xu Zhen, William Kentridge, and Luc Tuymans. But Lu is increasingly interested in emerging artists, particularly from China. His collection is housed in a spectacular building, designed by Steven Holl, in the middle of the Laoshan National Park, on the outskirts of Nanjing. Opened in November 2013, the museum is part of the Sifang Parkland, a versatile area that includes a conference center, a hotel, a recreation center, and artist residences—the ideal space to find peace and harmony with nature and art.
SHANGHAI
In Shanghai, where things have always been business-focused, the art scene has exploded over the past decade in the southern part of the city. Much of the most recent thrust of that growth has centered on the West Bund district, a riverside redevelopment, which is now home to two of the city’s top-notch contemporary art institutions. This being China, they are private museums and art spaces—Liu Yiqian and Wang Wei’s Long Museum and Qiao Zhibing’s Qiao Space and Tank Shanghai, where several former oil tanks were converted into a vast art center. Also part of Shanghai’s private art scene is Adrian Cheng’s K11 Art Foundation (KAF), which shows its projects in the K11 Art Mall, located on People’s Square. The nearby Museum of Contemporary Art Shanghai (MOCA Shanghai) features a wide-ranging exhibition program, spanning both contemporary art and design. While Asia’s most significant fair remains Art Basel Hong Kong, Shanghai has seen a number of exciting new additions to the calendar of art-market events. The West Bund Art & Design and Art021 Shanghai Contemporary Art Fair in November have managed, since their founding in 2013 and 2014, to attract to mainland China major international galleries like David Zwirner, Sadie Coles HQ, and Gagosian Gallery. More and more galleries are always opening up in the city. Some of the notable highlights include Antenna Space, situated along the Wusong River, Leo Xu Projects, located in the former Shanghai French Concession district, as well as Don Gallery in West Bund, all of which have attracted international attention with experimental programs. The centerpiece of the art market, however, remains the ShanghArt Gallery, which, in addition to its space in West Bund, also boasts locations in Beijing and Singapore. The fact that the gallery, which has fostered the careers of major figures like Zeng Fanzhi and Yang Fudong, has already celebrated more than twenty years of existence goes to show the level of determination driving Shanghai’s art scene. Other art world capitals would be well advised to be on the lookout.
CHINA SHANGHAI
LONG MUSEUM
An overview of Chinese art history and contemporary art
Collectors:
Liu Yiqian & Wang Wei
Address:
3398 Longteng Avenue
Xuhui District
Shanghai
China
Tel +86 21 64227636
Opening Hours:
Tues–Thurs, Sun: 10am–5:30pm
Fri–Sat: 10am–6pm
The first collectors from Mainland China to make it onto the 2012 Artnews list of the 200 top collectors were the investor Liu Yiqian and his wife, Wang Wei. In December of that same year, the billionaires opened their collection to the public at the Long Museum in Shanghai. Liu’s career began in the 1980s, with the opening of the Chinese market. First he turned his mother’s small shop into a thriving business. Then a friend introduced him to the newly created financial sector, where he grew his fortune. For over twenty years the couple has bought art from China mainly at auctions, ranging from traditional art to work by contemporary artists such as Zhou Chunya, Wang Guangyi, Zhang Xiaogang, and Yue Minjun. Meanwhile, the museum in Shanghai now occupies two locations: older works remain in Pudong while current positions are presented at West Bund, since 2014. And a third venue opened in spring 2016 in Chongqing.
CHINA SHANGHAI
QIAO SPACE
Presenting young Chinese and international artists in two locations
Collector:
Qiao Zhibing
Addresses:
2555 Longteng Avenue
Xuhui District
Shanghai
China
Tank Shanghai:
2350 Lonteng Avenue
Xuhui District
Shanghai
China
Please check the website for the most current information on opening hours.
At West Bund, one of Shanghai’s main art hubs, you’ll find Qiao Space, featuring a stellar collection of Chinese and international art. Here, Qiao Zhibing, an engaging personality who has been collecting contemporary art since 2006, showcases a variety of art genres in rotating exhibitions. His collection focuses primarily on the recent generation of Chinese artists, including Liu Wei, Zhang Enli, Yang Fudong, MadeIn Company, or Qiu Xiaofei. An additional emphasis is on international artists like Ólafur Elíasson, Sterling Ruby, Thomas Houseago, Michaël Borremans, Theaster Gates, and Danh Vo. Opening at the end of 2018, approximately one kilometer upriver, is Qiao’s second location: Tank Shanghai, where five former oil tanks in a disused industrial area have been converted into an art and cultural center and an adjoining park. Here, over sixty thousand square meters of art, urban life, and nature enter into dialog with one another.
