“According to multiple sources, Jean Nouvel has been selected to design a mega-sized new building for the National Art Museum of China (NAMOC) in Beijing. If reports are true, the Pritzker Prize–winning French architect has beat out Frank Gehry and Zaha Hadid to snag the highly coveted commission.…
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The National Art of Museum of China (or NAMOC) has been a long-standing favourite of Design China. Currently on show is the 2012 Chinese Oil Painting Biennale – In Time (sporting a refreshingly contemporary brand identity), calligraphy exhibitions and an exhibition of “fine folk toys” that looks especially intriguing.…
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“The travelling Culture Chanel exhibition, which swept through Shanghai earlier this year, hit the National Art Museum of China, Beijing [last] weekend. Wading through the packed house to gawk at the 400+ items on display…we felt the exhibition was remarkably well done, particularly given that it was something of a commercial enterprise at a Chinese museum.” Continue reading via Jing Daily.…
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