Long Museum

Long Museum
Location Shanghai
Public transit access Middle Longhua Road  7 
Website www.longmusem.org
'CONTINUOUS' 2012 by Bert van Loo (Long Museum West Bund)

The Long Museum (Chinese: 龙美术馆; literally: "Dragon Art Museum") is a private art museum in Shanghai, China, founded by Liu Yiqian and his wife Wang Wei. The museum has two locations in Shanghai: the Long Museum Pudong and Long Museum West Bund.[1]

In 2016, a third location was opened in Chongqing and a Wuhan branch is scheduled for 2018.[2]

'Waterfall in a distance'（～1930）Li Tiefu (Long Museum Chongqing)

History

The Long Museum Pudong was officially opened to the public on December 18, 2012.[1] The Long Museum West Bund opened on March 28, 2014 and was China's largest private museum at the time of its opening.[3]It is the second of Chinese billionaire collectors Liu Yiqian and Wang Wei's expanding empire. The architecture was designed by Liu Yichun of Atelier Deshaus.[4]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Long Museum website: About Long Museum
  2. ↑ Jiayang, Fan (November 7, 2016). "THE EMPEROR'S NEW MUSEUM". Newyorker.com. New Yorker. Retrieved November 7, 2016.
  3. ↑ Naji, Cassandra (4 April 2014). "China's largest private art museum opens on Shanghai's West Bund". Art Radar. Retrieved 27 November 2014.
  4. ↑ "Long Museum (West Bund) | SmartShanghai". www.smartshanghai.com. Retrieved 2018-04-19.
  • Official website
  • Long Museum West Bund at Google Cultural Institute
  • Adam, Georgina (9 May 2014). "Wang Wei on the second Long Museum". Financial Times. Retrieved 27 November 2014.
  • "Long Museum West Bund / Atelier Deshaus". ArchDaily. 8 October 2014. Retrieved 27 November 2014.

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