The Cultural Oasis

The cultural sector in the Greater Bay Area is growing at enormous speed, thanks to a new generation of gallerists and art museum professionals injecting creative possibilities and vision into the region

By Zabrina Lo. With additional reporting by Elise Yau

When the He Art Museum opened in 2020 in Foshan, it caused quite a stir in the Greater Bay Area’s (GBA) art scene. Not only does it boast an impressive design, by award-winning Japanese architect Tadao Ando; it also features world-class exhibitions with a unique perspective: as well as showcasing local historical research and the museum director He Jianfeng’s family collection, the 86,000 sq ft private museum has also been the stage for local and global contemporary artists. On top of this, it houses Pablo Picasso’s 1968 painting Homme et Femme Nus and Bernar Venet’s 1974 sculpture Three Indeterminate Lines. He Art Museum is one of a slew of state-of-the-art galleries, museums and art centres popping up in the GBA since the 2010s, including Guangzhou’s Bai’etan GBA Art Center in…

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Tatler Hong Kong (Digital) - 1 Issue, October 2024

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