Situated in the north end of the famous Bund area in Shanghai, the Rockbund Art Museum is an international platform for the promotion and exchange of contemporary art.
Read MoreConsidering its mission to be the spread of humanistic values and the promotion of art, the Rockbund Art Museum dedicates its efforts to the study, exchange and promotion of contemporary visual arts. Through diverse exhibitions and educational programmes, it seeks to use artistic means to stimulate discussions of topical and social issues in contemporary spirit. It also hopes that by providing the members of the community with high-quality aesthetic and leisure resources, it contributes to social progress and improve the quality of urban life.
As the only contemporary art museum on the Bund, the Rockbund Art Museum will benefit from its rich cultural tradition and mainstream location. Thinking creatively to carry forward the cultural heritage of the Bund, it endeavors to integrate art, design and innovation into an aesthetic space for a new Shanghai lifestyle.
Ocula Feature ‘An Opera for Animals’ at Rockbund Art Museum By Penny Liu, Shanghai An Opera for Animals was first staged at Para Site in Hong Kong between 23 March and 2 June 2019, with works by over 48 artists and collectives that use opera as a metaphor for modes of contemporary, cross-disciplinary art-making. The exhibition's second iteration takes up a large portion of the Rockbund Art Museum (RAM) in Shanghai (22...
Ocula Conversation Patrizia Sandretto Re Rebaudengo By Stephanie Bailey, Turin Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo in Guarene and Turin, together with the Madrid Fundación, are creating a new constellation; mapping out a new geography that concretely embodies an idea of Europe based on reciprocity—between places, communities, fields of knowledge and cultures.
Ocula Conversation Moe Satt By Sam Gaskin, Yangon, Myanmar Sitting outside a Yangon restaurant—having first picked out a selection of dishes drenched in oil, Chinese canteen-style—I interviewed Myanmar artist Moe Satt. We had just come from his home studio, a sixth-floor walk up, on a visit in anticipation of the Hugo Boss Asia Art Award 2015, which was announced at the Rockbund Art Museum...
Ocula Conversation Larys Frogier By Laura Thomson, Shanghai Larys Frogier, curator, critic and art historian is Director of the Rockbund Art Museum (RAM) in Shanghai. He is also the Founder and Chair of HUGO BOSS ASIA ART Award for Emerging Asian Artists. Since opening in 2010, RAM has forged a unique position within China’s burgeoning contemporary art scene. Notably for presenting exhibitions by...
