Today Art Museum 今日美术馆

Contemporary Chinese art within the city centre
Noteworthy for: The museum is recognizable by Yue Minjun's crowd of silver statues with bold expressions outside the front.

Word to the wise: Behind the museum, the pedestrian street Baiziwan road 百子湾路 has some nice boutiques and pricey yet charming little cafes.
In the middle of what is planned to be a thriving arts community called Pingguo, Today Art Museum is China's first non-profit art museum. It's also the country's most successful platform for contemporary art, offering regularly changing exhibitions in a wide variety of mediums including installation, sculpture, painting and print.

The museum is always one step ahead of the game when it comes to showing the hottest art talent. It has its own creative center as well as a research department and periodical, making it a frequent hangout for art buffs. The emphasis is on home-grown artists but there are some international works too.