Museum Art Of Pudong

Located at the heart of Xiao Lujiazui, Museum of Art Pudong (MAP) broke ground on September 26, 2017 and opened to the public in July, 2021.

Invested, built, and managed by the Lujiazui Group and designed by Ateliers Jean Nouvel (AJN), MAP is primarily set out to present world-class exhibitions to its audience as well as showcasing domestic artists. The four major functions of MAP include: to hold exhibitions, to promote art education, to develop cultural merchandises, and to advocate for international exchange. MAP aims to become a new cultural landmark of Shanghai and an important platform for international cultural exchange.

Current Exhibitions

Ages of Splendor: A History of Spain in the Museo del Prado

2024-04-23 - 2024-09-01

About the Exhibition

Ages of Splendor: A History of Spain in the Museo del Prado, co-organized by Museo Nacional del Prado and Museum of Art Pudong (MAP), opens to the public on April 23, 2024. The exhibition marks the largest presentation of Museo del Prado's collection in China in terms of scale. It is also one-of-a-kind in terms of content, as MAP stands to be the only institution in the whole world to hold this special project. The exhibition runs through September 1, 2024.

The exhibition features a selection of 70 masterpieces from the collection of Museo del Prado, among which 16 pieces have never been on view outside of Spain, and 9 have never been loaned out from the museum before. Over half of the works are shown for the very first time in Asia. Spanning from the 16th to 20th centuries, Ages of Splendorputs on view masterpieces by nearly 50 remarkable artists in the history of European art, including works by Titian, Veronés, El Greco, Rubens, Zurbarán, Velázquez, Murillo, Ribera, Goya, Fortuny and Sorolla.

Structured around different accounts, the exhibition consists of one special section entitled "In Focus" and 10 complementary themed rooms. "In Focus" features one of the most significant works of Museo del Prado – the Prado's Mona Lisa, which is believed to be the earliest known studio copy of Leonardo's masterpiece. Complemented by multimedia installations and archival materials, "In Focus" sheds light on the intricate interconnections between the Prado's Mona Lisa and the original at the Louvre. Through the 10 complementary themes such as "The Celebrations in the Spanish Court", "The Nobility, the Bourgeoisie and the Royalty in the Spanish Territories", "Thought and Spirituality", "Sacred Images as Everyday Images" and "The Beauty of Everyday Objects: The Still Life", visitors are introduced to Spain's social, political and historical evolution over nearly 500 years, from the reign of Charles V to the start of the 20th century. There is also a particular focus on the evolution of specific artistic genres such as mythology, dwarf, still life and religious painting, each of them the subject of specific rooms, of which the space devoted to mythology is particularly striking as it evokes the "Sala Reservada" (private room) that existed in the Prado during its early years. It's also worth noting that there are in total 8 masterpieces by Goya on view, making him the artist with the largest number of works in this exhibition.

Ages of Splendor: A History of Spain in the Museo del Prado is produced by Shanghai Lujiazui Development (Group) Company Limited, and co-organized by Museo Nacional del Prado and Museum of Art Pudong. The exhibition is curated by Dr. Pedro J. Martínez Plaza from 19th Century Painting Conservation Area at the Museo del Prado.

Get more information, please link to https://www.museumofartpd.org.cn/en/index

Fantastic Visions: 100 Years of Surrealism from the National Galleries of Scotland

2024-02-02 - 2024-08-31

About the National Galleries of Scotland

We are the National Galleries of Scotland and our three Edinburgh galleries are the National, Modern and Portrait. We house and look after Scotland's amazing world-class art collection. Step inside and explore treasures from Botticelli and Titian to the very best modern art to contemporary portraits of pop culture icons. And, as you'd expect, the world's greatest collection of Scottish art.

We're a space for thinking, dreaming, doing and playing. Soak up the art. Meet friends in the cafés. Have a family picnic surrounded by the sculptures in the Modern grounds. Be inspired by our amazing art films. Choose your own experience. There is no one way to enjoy Scotland's national collection. We are yours to discover.

About the Exhibition

2024 marks the 100th anniversary of the publication of the Surrealist Manifesto, written by poet André Breton. Fantastic Visions: 100 Years of Surrealism from the National Galleries of Scotland, organized by Museum of Art Pudong (MAP) with the National Galleries of Scotland, will open to the public on February 2, 2024. 

This exhibition, drawn entirely from the collection of the National Galleries of Scotland, contains over 100 major works by over 50 artists, including some of the world's most important surrealists like Salvador Dalí, René Magritte, Max Ernst, Joan Miró, Leonora Carrington, and Dorothea Tanning. All the artworks on display, ranging from painting, sculpture, frottage, collage, photography, manuscripts, and books, are presented in China for the first time.

Taking a journey through the history of the Surrealist movement, the exhibition guides the audience from its early origins to the centennial celebration. Divided into three sections, Fantastic Visions presents vivid pictures of the development of Surrealism throughout the 20th century. Moreover, on the 4th floor of the museum, there's a specially designed area for visitors to further interact with Surrealism and take fun pictures.

Surrealism, one of the most influential art movements of the 20th century, is known for unleashing imagination and unconventional means of expression. The fantastic visions it presented have had a profound and far-reaching impact on later generations of artists and cultures worldwide. The rise in Surrealism was a response to the horrors of war, and the ongoing threats presented by the modern world. Artists resorted to psychic automatism, emphasizing the importance of the subconscious mind in artistic creation. Inspired by the psychoanalytic writings of Sigmund Freud, Surrealist artists gave up conventional techniques and explored the subconscious. More than a resistance to conformity in the field of art, it also evoked revolutionary resonance in the wider cultural scenes. Dada and Surrealism laid a foundation for later emerging movements such as Abstract Expressionism and Pop Art. The developments of Surrealism expanded the boundaries for artistic creation, as its anti-rational attitude not only formed a profound metaphor of reality, but also enabled interpenetration between illusion and reality.

The exhibition is produced by Shanghai Lujiazui Development (Group) Co., Ltd., and co-organized by the Museum of Art Pudong and the National Galleries of Scotland.

Further more pictures please link to https://www.museumofartpd.org.cn/en/exhibitiondetail?id=149