Independent Collectors

The Sifang Collection, which includes some 300 artworks and over 50 site-specific permanent projects, is located on the Sifang Parkland in Nanjing and is open to the public throughout the year. The Sifang Art Museum, designed by Steven Holl, is the result of collaborative work, with over over twenty award-winning architects and artists being commissioned over the course of a decade to build a series of functional spaces, as well as permanent and temporary art exhibition venues.

Owned by collector Lu Xun, the Sifang Art Museum is built up on a diverse collection of international and Chinese contemporary artists, with the aim to create a haven for art, architecture, design and varied range of artistic activities located in the breathtaking natural surroundings of the Loashan national park.

Together with the Sifang Art Museum, we present a selection of artworks and installation views from the collection.

DANH VO, We The People (Detail), 2011-13

ZHAO YAO, A Painting of Thought III-188a, 2014

HAEGUE YANG, Journal of Mundane and Uncertain Days, 2013

WILLIAM KENTRIDGE, The Refusal of Time, 2012 WILLIAM KENTRIDGE, The Refusal of Time, 2012 WILLIAM KENTRIDGE, The Refusal of Time, 2012

WILLIAM KENTRIDGE, The Refusal of Time, 2012

PAUL CHAN, Locus Solus by Raymond Roussel, 2014

YUTAKA SONE, Snow Leopard Garden (installation), 2014

MARIA TANIGUCHI, Untitled (Celestial Motors), 2012

The Sifang Art Museum is included in the Art Guide.

China (12)

Where a private vision becomes a cultural force.

Shanghai

Franks-Suss Collection

Initially focused on China, collectors Simon Franks and Robert Suss soon widened their purview

New York

Qiao Zhibing

Catching up with the collector behind TANK Shanghai and Qiao Space

Shanghai

Living Collection

Gary Yeh and Francesca Gavin meet with architect and collector William Lim in Hong Kong.

Hong Kong

RongRong & Inri

Co-founders RongRong and Inri have been supporting contemporary photography by hosting a full program at the Three Shadows.

Beijing

Heart of the Tin Man

Beijing’s M WOODS dedicates itself to the digital age in this exhibition.

Beijing

TANK Shanghai x WIELS

Five disused oil tanks converted as ‘TANK Shanghai’, are now the second home of Qiao Zhibing’s private collection.

Shanghai

Ongoing Process

Co-founder of the ART021 Shanghai Contemporary Art Fair, Kelly Ying is one of China’s most well known collectors of contemporary art.

Shanghai

All Means are Sacred

Beijing-based collection M WOODS presents works by artists across fifteen centuries.

Beijing

Beijing Modern

A young collector. A young collection. In the middle of Beijing’s 798 Art District Chinese collector Lin Han opened his own museum of contemporary art at just 29 years old, with his first ever artwork purchase being a Zeng Fanzhi painting in 2013.

Beijing

Shanghai Night

Located in the four-story karaoke bar Shanghai Night, in the southwest part of the city, lives a uniquely displayed collection of both Chinese and international art.

Shanghai

The Sifang Art Museum

A unique collection of contemporary art, architecture and design relevant to the time and space of the now.

China (12)

The Long Museum

Where a private vision becomes a cultural force.

Franks-Suss Collection

Initially focused on China, collectors Simon Franks and Robert Suss soon widened their purview

Qiao Zhibing

Catching up with the collector behind TANK Shanghai and Qiao Space

Living Collection

Gary Yeh and Francesca Gavin meet with architect and collector William Lim in Hong Kong.

RongRong & Inri

Co-founders RongRong and Inri have been supporting contemporary photography by hosting a full program at the Three Shadows.

Heart of the Tin Man

Beijing’s M WOODS dedicates itself to the digital age in this exhibition.

TANK Shanghai x WIELS

Five disused oil tanks converted as ‘TANK Shanghai’, are now the second home of Qiao Zhibing’s private collection.

Ongoing Process

Co-founder of the ART021 Shanghai Contemporary Art Fair, Kelly Ying is one of China’s most well known collectors of contemporary art.

All Means are Sacred

Beijing-based collection M WOODS presents works by artists across fifteen centuries.

Beijing Modern

A young collector. A young collection. In the middle of Beijing’s 798 Art District Chinese collector Lin Han opened his own museum of contemporary art at just 29 years old, with his first ever artwork purchase being a Zeng Fanzhi painting in 2013.

Shanghai Night

Located in the four-story karaoke bar Shanghai Night, in the southwest part of the city, lives a uniquely displayed collection of both Chinese and international art.