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Overview

The Art Museum of Pudong (MAP) is located in the core area of Shanghai's Lujiazui riverfront, starting construction on September 26, 2017, and officially opening to the public in July 2021.

The MAP is invested, built, and operated by the Lujiazui Group and designed by Jean Nouvel (AJN), with international art exhibition and exchange as the main focus and domestic art exhibition as well, highlighting the four major functions of exhibition, aesthetic education, cultural creation and international exchange, dedicated to building a new landmark of international cultural venues and an important platform for international art exchange in Shanghai.

Venues

The material used in the MAP, Shandong white marble, outlines the white territory, whether it is the exterior walls, rooftops, bridges, gardens, or interior floors and walls, this stone is used, but through different polishing methods to build a different texture.

When entering the interior of the museum, "suprematism" is always present. The white walls are like paper, creating pure geometric forms, black straight lines, diagonal lines, and cross lines.

MAP is a 39,724-square-meter building with four floors above ground and two underground, including 13 exhibition halls of various sizes. In addition to the two "mirror halls" facing the Bund, the "X Gallery", which runs 30 meters across the four floors, is also a feature.

Exhibitions & Events

Starting from June 19th this summer, the exhibition “Paths to Modernity: Masterpieces from the Musée d'Orsay, Paris” will arrive at the Pudong Art Museum. Pudong Art Museum. This is the largest exhibition of Orsay in China to date, and as the only stop in the world, it will exclusively present hundreds of authentic works from the Orsay's collection, with an unprecedented line-up of exhibits, and many representative masterpieces coming to China for the first time.

That enterprising era of change gave birth to countless art masters that are unrivaled in the history of Western art: Van Gogh, the master of Post-Impressionism; Monet, the founder of Impressionism; Miller, the giant of Realism; Cézanne, the father of Modernism; Gauguin, the pioneer of Symbolism; Manet, the father of Impressionism; Degas, the explorer of the “New Paintings”; Renoir, the core figure of the Impressionists; Renoir, the master of Pointillism; and the masters of the “New Paintings” school. Renoir, Seurat, the leader of Pointillism, and Bonnard, the representative of the Nabis, are among them. These art giants will gather in this exhibition to paint a magnificent picture of the era of change, comprehensively presenting the competing and diversified parallelism of art ideas in the past decades, and the creative gestures of those who broke through the tradition and explored the relationship between themselves and the times, which not only responded to the issue of modernity at that time, but also reflected the light of the times in the latter half of the 19th century and the early part of the 20th century. They not only responded to the issue of “modernity” at the time, but also reflected the light of the times in the second half of the 19th century and the early 20th century.

On April 26, 2025, Museum of Art Pudong launched this year's latest blockbuster exhibition, CHEN YIFEI: A RETROSPECTIVE ON ART AND LEGACY. Commemorating the 80th anniversary of Chen Yifei's birth, this retrospective stands as the most comprehensive showcase of his career to date, offering a panoramic view of his artistic evolution across different phases and highlighting his groundbreaking achievements in diverse fields. The exhibition will run until October 12, 2025, and is poised to become a landmark event in Shanghai's cultural calendar.

Chen Yifei (1946–2005) was a trailblazing figure in contemporary Chinese art, a torchbearer and visionary of Shanghai’s cultural legacy, a champion of “Total Art” and immersive visual culture, a guardian and innovator of Red Culture, a devoted contributor to urban cultural development, and a cultural envoy between China and the world.

On 30 September 2024, El Anatsui: After the Red Moon embarks upon its inaugural global tour commencing at Museum of Art Pudong (MAP), Shanghai. This exhibition is one of MAP's latest collaborative projects with Tate. Ghanaian artist El Anatsui is one of the most influential artists today, and was awarded the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement at the 56th Venice Biennale in 2015. This monumental installation was originally conceived and commissioned as the Hyundai Commission: El Anatsui: Behind the Red Moon for Tate Modern, London in 2023-2024.