Long Museum West Bund

Located at the center of the West Bund Culture Corridor in Shanghai’s Xuhui District, the Long Museum, West Bund covers an area of 33,000 square meters. Founded by the husband-and-wife collectors Liu Yiqian and Wang Wei, the space is one of three museums that they own and, upon its opening in 2014, was the largest private museum in China. The four-story main building is a unique umbrella-vaulted structure in poured concrete, designed by the Chinese architect Liu Yichun. The collection is divided into four sections: revolutionary art, with many portraits of Chairman Mao; Chinese traditional art, with a focus on ceramics and calligraphy; modern and contemporary Chinese art, including works by Pan Yuliang and Ding Yi; and modern and contemporary foreign art, with works spanning from Amedeo Modigliani to Yayoi Kusama. The sister museum, Long Museum, Pudong, is located nearby and focuses on 20th-century and traditional Chinese art and craft, while the Long Museum, Chongqing, housed in an office building, aims for a cultural integration of art and life.