西安美术馆

Xi’an Art Museum stands in Zone 1 of the Great Tang All Day Mall in Qujiang New District, Xi’an, with the Giant Wild Goose Pagoda to the north and the Zhongnan Mountains to the south. It opened on 28 September 2009, built by the Qujiang New District administration and run under a state-owned, privately-operated model as a large public-interest art museum. The building covers 17,000 square metres over two floors, with about 2,500 square metres of gallery space and 494 metres of hanging line, a 373-square-metre lecture theatre seating 282, and an art lounge, book bar, shop, café and restaurant. Its architecture follows Tang precedents and uses reclaimed grey bricks, tying it to the Tang-themed mall outside. The programme is positioned between tradition and contemporary practice, with more than 20 exhibitions and over 30 lectures, forums and public education events a year; signature projects include “Beyond the City Wall — Xi’an Contemporary Art Exhibition”, held annually since 2017, the Xi’an Youth Painting Biennale in oil and ink, the Young Artist Project and the Xi’an Children’s Art Biennale, alongside a regular art cinema. Sitting on the busiest stretch of a pedestrian night-time district with dense retail and hotels around it, the museum suits contemporary exhibitions, brand pop-ups, launch receptions and evening cultural programming; open 10:00-22:00, last entry 21:30, closed Mondays except public holidays, telephone +86 29 8535 1880 or +86 173 1993 3138.