合美术馆

United Art Museum stands at 16 Yezhihu West Road in Hongshan District, Wuhan, about 120 metres from Mahu metro station, and opened to the public in 2015. It was founded by China Electronics Optics Valley Union Holding (Optics Valley United Group) under the professional guidance of the Hubei Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism, and operates as an independent, non-profit private museum with a stated ethos of academic rigour, international outlook and experimentation, summed up in its aim of bringing contemporary art to a broad public. The building is a white stone volume floating above water, with about 10,000 square metres of gross floor area over four levels, nine galleries and, by the museum’s own figure, roughly 3,000 square metres of actual usable space; sculpture and installation plazas extend front and back, while the atrium and side courts create layered sightlines. Its programme centres on monographic research, with drawing and research exhibitions by Wang Guangyi, Fang Lijun and Xu Bing, alongside support for younger artists through the Creative City Young Artist Project and the “United · Six Solo Exhibitions” series; public education and children’s art are long-running strands, and by 2020 it had established teaching practice bases with 20 universities. It hosted the “Open Attitude” section of the 2022 Wuhan Biennale. Set inside the Creative City campus in southern Optics Valley, surrounded by offices and creative firms, it suits contemporary art shows, brand launches, forums and dinners; visiting hours should be confirmed with the museum, telephone +86 27 8715 7910.