西海美术馆

TAG Art Museum stands at 1111 Yinshatan Road in Qingdao’s West Coast New Area, on the southern bank of Tangdao Bay facing the Yellow Sea, and is the core venue of the TAG Art Bay arts community; it opened to the public on 12 August 2021. Designed by French architect and Pritzker laureate Jean Nouvel, it occupies a 5,837.5-square-metre site with a 17,000-square-metre main building made up of twelve interconnected yet relatively independent galleries arranged along the coastline. Anodised aluminium panels and giant glass curtain walls reflect the sea and sky, while inside, adjustable daylight and dark exhibition walls shape the route; an outdoor garden of about 80,000 square metres was designed with French landscape architect Gilles Clément. The opening exhibition, “Beyond”, curated by Fan Dian and Zhang Zikang, brought together fourteen Chinese and international artists including Xu Bing, Sui Jianguo and David Hockney, most with works shown in China for the first time. The institution is non-profit and programmes classical and contemporary art alongside fashion, design, music and performance; while operating it hosted brand events for Louis Vuitton and IWC and served as a live-action location for the film The Wandering Earth II. It should be noted that the museum announced on 28 June 2025 that it would close from 1 July 2025 until further notice, with refunds for unused tickets, so the venue should not currently be programmed as an operating museum without confirming its status; telephone +86 532 8667 1111.