China Art Gallery Renovation

2002/06/01

In the past five years, the average number of annual exhibitions at the China Art Gallery, currently being renovated, reached 180, but the total number of visitors in 2001 was 100,000--a comparatively small figure against other galleries.

Overall, say art observers, the gallery had little influence on the general artistic scene because structurally it could not meet the demands of major exhibitions and allegedly lacked a "gallery culture". In addition, it has been claimed, too many personal exhibitions lowered the gallery's stature. This is said to have forced major exhibitors of more general themes to turn to other galleries.



	Article featured in Beijing This Month, June 2002 Publication sponsored by Information Office of the Beijing Municipal Government, Beijing Municipal Bureau of Tourism