天目里美术馆

BY ART MATTERS is the contemporary art museum inside the OōEli complex at 398 Tianmushan Road, Xihu District, Hangzhou, in Building No. 1 at the centre of the site. It opened to the public on 25 December 2021 and is described as Hangzhou's first contemporary art museum. OōEli was designed by Pritzker laureate Renzo Piano and his Building Workshop; the 230,000-square-metre complex consists of 17 buildings arranged around a central plaza, a water-mirror square and gardens. The museum occupies the central building, built to international gallery standards, and its inaugural exhibition, “A Show About Nothing”, was curated by director Francesco Bonami with more than thirty Chinese and international artists. Its programme runs across exhibitions, residencies, public events and public art: permanent commissions by Richard Long and Rirkrit Tiravanija sit in the landscape and on the roof terrace, and activities spill into the bridges, streets and public spaces of the complex. Inside are galleries, a library, an archive and residency spaces, with an emphasis on the relationship between art, work and daily life. Opening hours are Tuesday to Sunday, 12:00-20:00, with last entry at 19:30; it closes on Mondays but opens on public holidays. Tickets are required, and buses stop at Tianmushan Road Gudun Road Junction and Fuyuan Xincun.