Shanghai Art Collection Museum - Takashimaya Art Space is established through the collaboration of Shanghai Art Collection Museum and Shanghai Takashimaya Department Store, combining Takashimaya's 186 years of brand success in Japan with the museum's rich experiences and resources in art.
The Art Space features artworks from many countries worldwide including China and Japan, with a wide range of forms including art and craft, painting and calligraphy; it aims to further promote cultural and art exchanges among nations, especially between China and Japan, through collaboration with Shanghai Art Collection Museum as well as Takashimaya's over 20 art galleries in its global stores.
The Art Space will hold various art exhibitions, art lectures, gallery discussion sessions as well as cultural activities of tea ceremony, flower arrangement, pottery, metalwork, calligraphy, etc., in order to provide an art exchange platform where all customers can experience high-level art from around the world.
Based on the abundant artistic resources of Shanghai Art Collection Museum from its previous six "Chinese-Japanese-South Korean Art Exhibitions" as well as multiple other international art exhibitions, the Art Space aims to provide professional service in artistic appreciation, purchase, and collection.
The Changning District Government has long been actively searching for new means of collaboration between cultural and economic development. With the strong support of related departments, the Shanghai Art Collection Museum - Takashimaya Art Space has been made possible with the joint effort of Shanghai Art Collection Museum and Shanghai Takashimaya Department Store. The Art Space is the first art gallery in Shanghai jointly established by a non-profit museum and a business corporation, marking a new step in the collaboration between culture and business.
Since establishment, Shanghai Art Collection Museum has been dedicated to the promotion of international culture exchange, especially between China and Japan. The museum has held six "Chinese-Japanese-South Korean Art Exhibitions", four "Intangible Cultural Heritage Protection Forums", and two "Chinese-Japanese-South Korean Cultural Tourism Project Promotion Conferences", thus having abundant artistic resources from worldwide.
The Takashimaya Company has a history of 186 years; its fine arts department has a history of over 110 years and owns over 20 galleries in its global stores featuring exhibitions of wide variety and high quality. As Takashimaya's first art gallery overseas cooperating with an outside party, the Art Space has received strong support from the fine arts department of Takashimaya Company. The Art Space aims to provide all customers with professional service with the strong support of Takashimaya's abundant artistic resources and management experience.
The opening exhibition "Wares Refined - the Beauty of Chinese and Japanese Ceramic Art" will feature the top-level ceramic artworks in China and Japan, as well as artists' works and daily necessities with artistic beauty from China's Jingdezhen as well as Japan's Kyo ware (Kyo-yaki), Kutani ware (Kutani-yaki) and Arita ware (Arita-yaki).