He Xiangning Art Museum

He Xiangning Art Museum
何香凝美术馆

He Xiangning Art Museum
Established 1997 (1997)
Location 9013 Shennan Road, Nanshan District, Shenzhen, China
Coordinates 22°32′21″N 113°59′17″E / 22.539281°N 113.988121°E / 22.539281; 113.988121
Type Art museum
Owner Shenzhen government
Website www.hxnart.com
He Xiangning in 1909, holding her son Liao Chengzhi

He Xiangning Art Museum (Chinese: 何香凝美术馆) is an art museum in Nanshan, Shenzhen, China.

Construction of the museum started in 1995 and was opened in 1997. The museum is named after He Xiangning, a renowned artist and national leader. It is the first national art museum in China to be named after a person. Its collections are mostly artworks by He Xiangning herself and holds regular exhibitions and display of various contemporary art. It is closed for renovation in 2015 and is due to reopen in 2016.[1]

Nearby

The museum is located in the Oversea Chinese Town area and is in proximity of a number of tourist sites:

Selected paintings

References

  1. "Introduction" (in Chinese). He Xiangning Art Museum. Retrieved 27 February 2016.
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