National Art Museum of China
The National Art Museum of China (NAMOC; 中国美术馆; 'China Art Museum') is the national art museum of China and one of the largest art museums in the nation. Located in Beijing and opened since 1963, it is a level-1 public welfare institution funded by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of China. The construction of the museum started in 1958, and concluded in 1962.
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The National Art Museum of China (NAMOC; 中国美术馆; 'China Art Museum') is the national art museum of China and one of the largest art museums in the nation. Located in Beijing and opened since 1963, it is a level-1 public welfare institution funded by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of China. The construction of the museum started in 1958, and concluded in 1962.
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In 2012, four high-profile architects — Frank Gehry, Zaha Hadid, Jean Nouvel and Moshe Safdie — were invited to submit designs for the new National Art Museum venue, which will be seven times larger than the current venue. The museum will be built in collaboration with the Beijing Institute of Architectural Design. Nouvel's plans were revealed on September 18, 2014 at a press conference in Paris attended by the architect and Chinese and French politicians including Laurent Fabius, the French minister of foreign affairs and international development.
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National Art Museum of China established.
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National Art Museum of China is recorded from 1963.
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It has a total land area of 30,000 square metres (320,000 sq ft). The museum was renovated between May 2004 and January 2005, and has been given an additional area of 5,375 square metres (57,860 sq ft).
Its permanent collection includes both ancient and contemporary Chinese artworks as well as notable Western artworks. Although the museum contains collection of imperial Chinese art, its main mission is to serve as a national level art museum dedicated to displaying, collecting and researching the modern and contemporary artistic works of China. It has a main building of four stories, the first three being display areas. There are 21 exhibition halls at the museum. Its collections are divided into specific categories of: traditional Chinese painting, oil painting, print, sculpture, Chinese New Year picture, traditional picture story, caricature, watercolor painting, lacquer, porcelain, and costumes
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- 1.The Art Newspaper Review. Visitor Figures 2016. 14. April 2017.
- 2.History of National Art Museum of China. 2013-05-23.
- 3.中国美术馆2023年度社会公开招聘公告 – 中华人民共和国人力资源和社会保障部 National Art Museum of China 2023 Public Recruitment Announcement – Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security of the People’s Republic of China. 中华人民共和国人力资源和社会保障部 Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security of People's Republic of China.
- 4.Chine - Dialogue franco-chinois de haut niveau sur les échanges humains (18.09.14) - France-Diplomatie - Ministère des Affaires étrangères et du Développement international.
- 5.Gareth Harris (September 20, 2014), Designs for Beijing mega-museum unveiled The Art Newspaper.
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