4, Jiuxianqiao Lu,798
酒仙桥4号,798艺术工厂
Engaging connoisseurs and the public with impressive facilities, cutting edge exhibitions and unique cultural events, the center funded by European royalty aims to be China's most comprehensive institute for contemporary arts. Its three exhibition halls show contemporary art from China and the world.
the best contemporary art gallery in china, hands down.
Fourth show I have seen and each one is better than the one before it. The Dior show is like a 'never before in Beijing' kind of thing - its like an opening ceremony 8/8 in an art gallery
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It's interesting and engaging. Sure there are some of those "is it really art" moments but with sense-assaulting installations such as the twisting "space-time tunnel" and an enormous painting depicting scenes with Mao and his comrades in Nintendo pixel-art style, it's a decent showcase for contemporary art.
The Ullens Center for Contemporary Art (UCCA) is situated in a 8,000m2 Bauhaus styled factory building in the Dashanzi Art District in Beijing. Aiming to be China's most comprehensive institute for contemporary arts, the Ullens Center plans to engage a wide audience through a variety of activities and facilities: Three exhibition halls will show cutting edge contemporary art from China and around the world; a cultural events programme will engage people with film, music, and dialogue; our contemporary art reading room will be the only one of its kind in Beijing; and an education programme will bring people into closer contact with art and artists.