和美术馆

He Art Museum (HEM) stands at 6 Yixing Road, Beijiao New Town, Shunde District, Foshan, Guangdong. Initiated by the He family behind Midea Group and funded for operations by the He Foundation, it is a non-profit private museum that opened in October 2020. The building was designed by Japanese architect and Pritzker laureate Tadao Ando and covers about 16,000 square metres, with roughly 8,000 square metres of galleries. Fair-faced concrete, light, water and air are its basic vocabulary, and the classical “round heaven, square earth” geometry is translated into stacked circular volumes: the five-storey atrium is hollowed out, with the world’s first fair-faced concrete double-helix staircase spiralling down it, and daylight from the oculus travels across the steps, making it the museum’s most recognisable space. The collection of more than 800 works spans modern and contemporary Chinese art and Western modern and contemporary art; exhibitions are developed through invitations, in-house research and external touring, with each show tailored to the architecture. Its opening exhibition was “Things of the World”, followed by “Beyond: Tadao Ando’s Art Life”, Bernar Venet’s “Single-Meaning Game” and Roni Horn’s “a dream dreamt in a dream”. Located in Beijiao New Town at the heart of the Greater Bay Area beside Midea’s headquarters and reachable from Midea station on metro line 7, it suits large contemporary exhibitions, brand launches, dinners and cross-sector collaborations; open Tuesday to Sunday 10:00-18:00, last entry 17:30, closed Mondays, telephone +86 757 2667 0666.