Dafen Art Museum

The Dafen Art Museum (Chinese: 大芬美术馆) is an art museum located in the Dafen Village suburb of Shenzhen in China. It was designed by the Chinese architectural firm Urbanus, and was completed in 2007.[1] It was built with an investment of 100 million yuan from the Chinese government with the purpose of attracting tourism and changing outside perception of Dafen as a center for low quality replica art.[2] The museum contains a mix of spaces for local vendors to sell art and gallery spaces for exhibitions.[3]

The exterior, with the English-language name of the museum
  • Dafen Art Museum interior
    Dafen Art Museum interior

References
  1. Arnold, Frances (2017-06-22). "This Village Used to Make 60% of the World's Paintings—Now Its Future Is in Jeopardy". Artsy. Retrieved 2021-06-10.
  2. Reuters Staff (2018-12-17). "China struggles to shed reputation as global capital of art copies". Reuters. Retrieved 2021-06-10. {{cite news}}: |author= has generic name (help)
  3. "Dafen Art Museum". www.architecturalrecord.com. Retrieved 2021-06-10.

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