Jiangsu Art Gallery, usually known as Jiangsu Provincial Art Museum, is a museum

Museum

A museum is an institution that cares for a collection of artifacts and other objects of scientific, artistic, cultural, or historical importance and makes them available for public viewing through exhibits that may be permanent or temporary. Most large museums are located in major cities...

 in Nanjing

Nanjing

' is the capital of Jiangsu province in China and has a prominent place in Chinese history and culture, having been the capital of China on several occasions...

, in Jiangsu

Jiangsu

' is a province of the People's Republic of China, located along the east coast of the country. The name comes from jiang, short for the city of Jiangning , and su, for the city of Suzhou. The abbreviation for this province is "苏" , the second character of its name...

 province in China

China

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It was founded in 1936, during the Nanjing decade

Nanjing decade

The Nanjing decade was the decade from 1927 to 1937 in the Republic of China. It began when Nationalist Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek took the city from Zhili clique warlord Sun Chuanfang halfway through the Northern Expedition in 1927. He declared it to be the national capital despite the...

, as China’s first state level museum. In 1960, it was formally renamed as the Jiangsu Provincial Art Museum.
In 2010 it will re-open in a new building designed by the German architect studio KSP Jürgen Engel Architekten. The museum hosts the Nanjing biennale

Nanjing biennale

The Nanjing Biennale is a contemporary art exhibition held every two years in the city of Nanjing, in Jiangsu province in China. In October 2010 it will open for the first time as an international event, co-hosted by Jiangsu Provincial Art Museum and Endless Contemporary Art Space...

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External links

http://www.nanjingbiennale.com/english/description2.asp
The gallery is the largest in the Jiangsu Province, presenting traditional and contemporary art

Contemporary art

Contemporary art can be defined variously as art produced at this present point in time or art produced since World War II. The definition of the word contemporary would support the first view, but museums of contemporary art commonly define their collections as consisting of art produced...

pieces of China.