Paris Meets Shanghai: Centre Pompidou x West Bund

In November 2019, France's Centre Pompidou planted a flag in China, opening a five-year museum partnership on Shanghai's fast-rising West Bund arts district.

The collaboration brought masterpieces of 20th- and 21st-century art from the Pompidou's world-class collection to Chinese audiences, while showcasing Chinese artists in dialogue with them.

Part of a wave of Western institutions building bridges to China's booming art scene, the venture set modern European art beside the Huangpu River in one of the world's most dynamic cities.

Image: “West Bund Museum, Shanghai, Jun 2020” — Lcsun, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.