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History of MAP
2023

24 January

Museum of Art Pudong launched TO MAP, the series of activities celebrating the Lunar New Year.

5 February

Museum of Art Pudong invited Shanghai Pops Orchestra to hold the Lantern Festival Concert, Light Music Comes to the Art Museum.

10 - 14 February

Museum of Art Pudong held a special indoor music festival for Valentine’s Day, Meet in MAP.

11 February

The first stop of the traveling exhibition of cultural and art merchandise, Fueling Creativity through Art was concluded.

15 February

Museum of Art Pudong won the first prize on the TOP 20 list of "The Most Popular Art Museums of 2022" by the Yiguan Annual Art List.

25 February

Museum of Art Pudong launched a series of special activities Beauty for women's month.

28 February

Museum of Art Pudong successfully held the press launch for MAP Your Art - Children Artists Learning Programme, an international and innovative learning programme initiated by the Museum of Art Pudong, in collaboration with Tate.

7 March

Museum of Art Pudong's touring exhibition Fueling Creativity through Art arrived at its next stop, the Crystal Plaza.

9 April

The exhibition A World of Beauty - Masterpieces from the National Archaeological Museum of Naples officially closed.

27 April

Museum of Art Pudong's touring exhibition Fueling Creativity through Art arrived at its last stop, L+Mall.

30 April - 2 May

Shanghai Pops Orchestra returned to the Museum of Art Pudong to hold a special encore performance for May Day.

5 May

The exhibition Design For Fun - Italian Contemporary Design officially closed.

21 May

The exhibition The Dynamic Eye: Op and Kinetic Art from the Tate Collection officially closed.

1 June

The exhibition The Shape of Time: Art and Ancestors of Oceania from The Metropolitan Museum of Art officially opened.

MAP FOR KIDS, the designated children's resting area is newly unveiled.

9 June

The exhibition Liu Heung Shing Lens · Era · People officially opened.

22 June

The exhibition The Greats of Six Centuries: Masterpieces from the Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza officially opened.

8 July

Museum of Art Pudong celebrated its second anniversary themed UP IN MAP. A series of activities were held at the Museum, including sending gifts to visitors, posting the MAP mailbox on social media, piano performance, postcard signage, and new products launch at MAP SHOP, etc.

July

MYA – Call for entries and the first round of selection successfully concluded.

Mid-to-late August

MYA – The second round of selection and collaborative painting sessions were held on site at MAP.

20 August

The exhibition The Shape of Time: Art and Ancestors of Oceania from The Metropolitan Museum of Art officially closed.

27 September

The exhibition Zeng Fanzhi: Old and New (Paintings 1988-2023) officially opened.

12 November

The exhibition The Greats of Six Centuries: Masterpieces from the Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza officially closed.

17 November

'MAP YOUR ART' Children Artists Learning Programme - "Future City" Children Artists Exhibition officially opened.

12 December

The exhibition Caravaggio. Wonders of the Italian Baroque officially opened.

17 December

The exhibition Liu Heung Shing Lens · Era · People officially closed.

20 December - 1 January (2024)

Museum of Art Pudong and Meituan "You Hua Yang" jointly created a Baroque-style bouquet. Temporary flower installations were also set up in the 1F lobby as well as in front of the 3F window looking out to the Oriental Pearl Tower. Gift bouquets were given out to audiences in a limited amount, and the event became a trending hot topic on social media.

2022

1 January

Museum of Art Pudong launched a special series of activities Hello 2022! MAP New Year Celebration.

3 January

One of the Museum's opening exhibitions, Joan Miró: Women, Birds, Stars officially closed.

9 February

Museum of Art Pudong welcomed its 500,000th visitor since opening.

28 February

The first exhibition of the year, The Territories of Water: Collections from the musée du quai Branly – Jacques Chirac and Fondation François Schneider officially opened.

2 March

The opening ceremony of the Shanghai International Antiques and Fine Art Trade Center was held at the Museum of Art Pudong.

10 March

Museum of Art Pudong temporarily closed.

1 July

Museum of Art Pudong reopened.

8 July

Museum of Art Pudong celebrated its first birthday.

The Digital Experience Center on 4F officially opened to the public.

12 August

Xu Bing’s large-scale installation Gravitational Arena, commissioned for Exhibition Hall X, was officially unveiled.

16 August

Museum of Art Pudong held its first livestream session, "Xu Bing x Wang Shouzhi: Gravitational Arena" on Chinese Tiktok.

31 August

The exhibition The Territories of Water: Collections from the musée du quai Branly – Jacques Chirac and Fondation François Schneider officially closed.

13 September

Museum of Art Pudong welcomed its 600,000th visitor since opening.

28 September

The exhibition Design For Fun - Italian Contemporary Design officially opened.

The first international communication capacity-building activity was held at the Museum of Art Pudong. Along with five other organizations, Museum of Art Pudong was assigned the title of Pudong International Communication Capacity Building Demonstration Site.

13 November

The exhibition Xu Bing: Found in Translation officially closed.

16 December

Fueling Creativity through Art, a touring exhibition of art merchandise independently designed by the Museum of Art Pudong, officially opened at the New Bund Center.

21 December

The closing exhibition of the year, A World of Beauty - Masterpieces from the National Archaeological Museum of Naples officially opened.

End of December

The first 7 MAP STARS of the Year were selected and awarded golden badges.

2021

25 January

Lujiazui Group signed a loan agreement with the Fundació Joan Miró in Spain.

25 June

Museum of Art Pudong conducted a four-day stress test trial operation, which was well received by the visitors and the media.

6 July

Museum of Art Pudong held its opening ceremony.

8 July

Museum of Art Pudong officially was open to the public.                  

The exhibition Light: Works from Tate’s Collection and an accompanying exhibition centered on Ophelia opened.

The exhibition Cai Guo - Qiang: Odyssey and Homecoming opened.                  

The exhibition Joan Miró: Women, Birds, Stars opened.

11 October

Museum of Art Pudong welcomed its 300,000th lucky visitor since opening.

31 October

Shanghaifabu officially announced the results of the "20 Most Focused Outstanding Buildings of 2021", an award hosted by Stories of Shanghai Architecture Alliance and Shanghai Architectural Society.Museum of Art Pudong was honored to be on the list.

1 November

Museum of Art Pudong extended its opening time after dark, changing it to 10:00–21:00 everyday.

14 November

The exhibition Light: Works from Tate’s Collection came to its close.

22 November

Museum of Art Pudong welcomed its 400,000th visitor since opening.

28 November

The exhibition Ophelia in Focus within Light: Works from Tate’s Collection closed.

24 December

The large-scale solo exhibition by renowned Chinese contemporary artist Xu Bing, Xu Bing: Found in Translation opened.

29 December

Museum of Art Pudong officially canceled its closing on Tuesdays and became open to public from 10:00 to 21:00 daily.

31 December

Museum of Art Pudong held its first MAP STAR awarding ceremony. 9 outstanding staff of the quarter received silver star badges.

Museum of Art Pudong officially joined Chinese Tiktok.

2020

10 January

Lujiazui Group and The Board of Trustees of the Tate Gallery officially signed the consultancy service contract and an exhibition agreement.

3 June

Lujiazui Group and Cai Guo-qiang Studio signed a memorandum of cooperation.

2019

11 June

Shanghai Lujiazui (Group) Co., Ltd. and The Board of Trustees of the Tate Gallery signed a Memorandum of Understanding on strategic cooperation, agreeing that Tate would provide training and consultancy service to Lujiazui Group’s MAP project for a period of three years.

25 July

The construction was completed.

2018

15 September

The foundation was laid.

2017

27 February

Museum of Art Pudong's project was approved.

26 September

The construction of Museum of Art Pudong started.

2016

11 September

After four rounds of evaluation, the proposal submitted by Ateliers Jean Nouvel (AJN) was selected as the winning proposal.

2015

31 August

The Museum of Art Pudong confirmed its location on Lot B6-2, south of the International Convention Center.

16 November

The kick-off meeting for the international design call for The Museum of Art project was held, which marked the official launch of the project.

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