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EXP RES S WAY JI U XIAN Q I AO B E I LU 798 Art District BRAVE NEW WORLDS
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0 7 0 7 S T 7 0 6 S T 5 1985 marked the arrival of the avant
garde in Chinese art, with controversial
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6 audience. Today, China’s art market is
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UCCA 7
The Ullens Center
for Contemporary Art
(UCCA) is the largest
single venue in the 798
area (right). Among the
many artists showing
here is Fang Lijun. UCCA
has an auditorium for
lectures and films, a
store, and a restaurant.
Beijing
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Commune
This Bauhaus-style brick
building has been pro-
moting aspiring Chinese
artists since 2004. It
primarily focuses on
solo performances.
Pace
AT Café
6 9 Magician
This glamorous
A fashionable café global gallery in the 798
Space
whose notable feature is Art District showcases the 0
a bare-brick dividing wall upper echelon of Chinese This small avant-garde
punctured by massive and Western contemporary gallery with a pioneering
holes, AT serves as the art, and it also hosts spirit has hosted a
unofficial canteen for the Beijing Voice, an annual solo exhibition by the
artists and gallery staff East-West art discussion controversial Chinese
who work in the area. between industry elites. artist Ai Weiwei.
NEED TO KNOW Tue–Sun; www.galleria­ Magician Space: 5978
4 Jiu Xian Qiao Lu, Chaoyang continua.com 9635; open 10:30am–
District, northeast of the UCCA: 5780 0200; open 6:30pm Tue–Sun; www.
Metro Park Lido complex 10am–7pm Tue–Sun; adm magician­space.com
• Subway: Jiangtai, then ¥60 (free on Thu); www.
walk north for 15 min ucca.org.cn • The Ullens Center
• Bus: 401, 402, 405, 445, Beijing Commune: 8456 for Contemporary Art
909, 955, 973, 988, 991 2862; open 10am–6pm provides free maps of the
To Caochangdi: Bus 418 Tue–Sat; www.beijing entire 798 area. Most
from Dong Zhi Men commune.com galleries are open from
Galleria Continua: 5978 Pace: 5978 9781; www. around 11am to 7pm,
9505; open 11am–6pm pacegallery.com closed on Mondays.
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