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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

On the eve of the 2026 Spring Festival, February 12, the Museum of Art Pudong (MAP) marks the grand opening of the contemporary art commission Carolina Caycedo: Salute of the Whales. As a significant milestone within the long-standing collaboration between MAP and Tate, this exhibition represents the global premiere of a new work specifically designed for MAP’s Hall X. It is also the largest-scale work in the artist’s career to date.

Modeled after two living humpback whales, "Batman" and "Aria," this monumental installation recreates the whales at life size. Their epic stories are presented in MAP's Hall X, in an immersive exhibition that merges contemporary issues such as marine ecology, ocean health, and interspecies coexistence.

Celebrating the fifth anniversary since Museum of Art Pudong's inauguration, Jean Nouvel: Without the Artist, Architecture Disappears officially opens on June 27, 2026. It is the largest solo exhibition of the world-renowned architect Jean Nouvel to date, featuring the greatest number of projects designed by him. Through various media including film, architecture model, archive, and a studio space reconstruction, the exhibition paints a comprehensive picture of Jean Nouvel's extraordinary achievements across a career spanning more than fifty years.

Museum of Art Pudong's major 2026 exhibition, Giorgio Morandi. Solo, will officially open on June 17, 2026. Giorgio Morandi (1890–1964) is one of the most influential Italian painters of the 20th century. His name has become synonymous with a color system, Morandi colors. His low-saturation, serene, and balanced tones have become highly popular among mass culture in China, and are regarded as "the most sophisticated color aesthetics in the world." He hardly ever left his hometown of Bologna, living a reclusive life. Artistically, he once engaged with avant-garde art and the Metaphysical painting movement, but ultimately adhered to his own aesthetic stance, creating infinite variations with limited subjects such as bottles, flowers, and views from his window. His works transcend time through their minimalist forms and subtle hues, continuously influencing contemporary art till today.