Museum of Contemporary Art Chengdu
{{Short description|Contemporary art museum in Chengdu, China}}
{{Confuse|Chengdu Museum of Contemporary Art|}}
{{Infobox museum
| name = Museum of Contemporary Art Chengdu (MoCA)
| native_name = 成都当代美术馆
| native_name_lang = zh
| image = Museum of Contemporary Art Chengdu.jpg
| image_size = 270px
| caption = A Stitch in Time, an artwork by Michael Pinsky being assembled at the museum
| map_caption = Location of MoCA in Chengdu
| coordinates = {{Coord|||display=inline,title}}
| established = {{start date and age|2011}}
| location = C1, Tianfu Software Park, Tianfu Avenue, Gaoxin District, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
| website = [https://web.archive.org/web/20130622054821/http://www.chengdumoca.org/en/index.html Museum of Contemporary Art official website] (archived)
}}
The Museum of Contemporary Art Chengdu (abbreviated MoCA, {{lang-zh|成都当代美术馆}}) in Chengdu, China{{cite web| url=http://hyperallergic.com/264969/a-chinese-performance-artist-who-balances-politics-and-poetics/ | title=A Chinese Performance Artist Who Balances Politics and Poetics | work=Hyperallergenic | first=R. Orion | last=Martin | date=December 30, 2015 }} exhibits contemporary art, both from China and around the world. MoCA is located at the Chengdu Tianfu Software Park.[http://italy.exibart.com/news/articolo.php?id_cat=42&id_news=1013 "China: In the spotlight-Chengdu Museum of Contemporary Art"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181027222125/http://italy.exibart.com/news/articolo.php?id_cat=42&id_news=1013 |date=2018-10-27 }}. Exibart, Italy, July 27, 2011.{{cite web| url=https://internchina.com/modern-art-in-china-the-moca-chengdu/ | title=Modern Art in China? The MOCA Chengdu | first=Sebastian | last=Schrade | date=April 21, 2014 }}{{cite news| url=https://www.ft.com/content/3fe88606-37c7-11e6-a780-b48ed7b6126f | title=Chengdu's Museum of Contemporary Art fights for survival | newspaper=Financial Times | accessdate=14 November 2021 }}
History
The museum opened in 2011, in a building designed by the architect Liu Jiakun.{{cite news| url=http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/regional/2011-07/03/content_12824868.htmChengdu | title=Museum of Contemporary Art opens | author=Huang Zhiling | newspaper=China Daily |location=(Sichuan Bureau) | date=2011-07-03 }} Construction of the museum was funded by Chengdu High-Tech Zone Investment Co. Ltd., a state-owned company.{{cite web| url=http://hyperallergic.com/306057/despite-scandals-and-slashed-funding-an-art-museum-perseveres-in-china/ | title=Despite Scandals and Slashed Funding, an Art Museum Perseveres in China | work=Hyperallergenic | first=R. Orion | last=Martin | date=June 20, 2016 }}{{cite web| url=http://www.archdaily.com/199671/moma-chengdu-studio-ramoprimo | title=MoMA Chengdu / Wande Wenmai International | work=ArchDaily | accessdate=14 November 2021 }} The museum's first director was the art historian, critic and curator Lü Peng.{{fact|date=November 2021}}
By 2014,{{update-inline|date=March 2025}} the museum still did not have a display of its permanent collection, but had opened its gallery for temporary exhibitions of modern art and photographic art.{{cite web| url=http://www.loeildelaphotographie.com/en/2016/09/30/article/159920995/xiao-quan-our-generation/ | title=Xiao Quan, Our Generation | work=The Eye of Photography | date=September 30, 2016 | first=Jean | last=Loh }}
The museum has hosted exhibitions from Asian artists and retrospectives of Western artists{{cite book| first=Thomas J. | last=Berghuis | title=Performance Art in China | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mRmppyhh9W0C&pg=PA266|year=2006 | publisher=Timezone 8 Limited | isbn=978-988-99265-9-5 | pages=266–}} including: Tony Cragg, Michael Pinsky{{cite web| url=http://www.artlinkart.com/en/exhibition/overview/7aadutup | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250119185313/https://www.artlinkart.com/en/exhibition/overview/7aadutup | url-status=dead | archive-date=January 19, 2025 | title=www.artlinkart.com }} and Picasso. The museum collaborated with the Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris to show the works of Dominique Gonzalez–Foerster, Douglas Gordon, Pierre Huyghe, Ange Leccia and Philippe Parreno.{{cn|date=March 2025}}
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20130622054821/http://www.chengdumoca.org/en/index.html Museum of Contemporary Art official website] at the Internet Archive
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Category:2011 establishments in China
Category:Art museums and galleries established in 2011
Category:Art museums and galleries in Chengdu