The west coast of Qingdao used to be a fishing village
Every spring, hundreds of women gather seafood on the beach
In August 2021, a pioneer building
TAG Art Museum opened here to the public
It took a whole decade from design, construction to opening
The designer was French architect Jean Nouvel
It's an abandoned landscape
The land extends into the sea like a forearm
Parked old boats, rusty, and old fishermen hanging around
I never imagined that we could build such a huge, complicated and precise complex
The museum covers an area of 17000 square meters
Twelve exhibition halls in various forms, connected by a "in-and-out" corridor
Windows are used a lot to introduce the scenery indoors
While walking in it, people form an interaction with the ocean, architecture and art
The largest exhibition hall is Hall 5, the cube, located at the end of the left
From the outside, it looks like a Rubik's Cube by the sea
The automatic ceiling
Meets the needs of the display of super-large works of art
The glass and perforated aluminum panels create a fascinating effect of light and shadow
Nouvel is known as the “poet of light and shadow”
Aluminum panels all over the façade of the building
Reflect the seaside scenery of different time periods and textures
When the sun first rises, it is bright silver
When the sun comes down, it's pale pink
The aluminum panels of the curtain wall can open and close under control
Different angles bring in natural light
Which generates captivating interactions with the art pieces
Gardens and vegetation were co-designed by "French garden design flag bearer" Gilles Clement
And “vertical garden maniac” Patrick Blanc
They collected local vegetation and did their best to preserve the original ecology
So that crabs by the sea could climb ashore
Migratory birds that once inhabited would also fly back
The opening exhibition “Beyond” brought together 14 top artists from home and abroad
From Xu Bing's "The Story Behind"
To the giant installation of Sui Jianguo
Then there's David Hockney's spring
Mostly new works that have never been exposed
And there are tailor-made works for the architecture of the museum
Among them, artist couple Song Dong and Yin Xiuzhen
Collected the headscarves of Qingdao women, who collected seafood on the beach outside the art museum
They were inspired by a story shared by Meng Xianwei, the museum's founder
When they finished collecting seafood, we asked them
Will you come?
They said no, I don’t understand art
It's not just young people, or the so-called elite can visit art museums
Because of this opportunity, we can invite fishermen to the museum
To see that the objects owned and used by them can be a part of art
I think the influence of art museum on a person and on a society
Is really incalculable
Qingdao has very good natural environment, and very good architectural relics
But there is a lack of a contemporary art museum as good
Hopefully it will rival any of the top art museums in the world
The Art Bay where the museum is located
Will see a growing number of cultural and art venues
Maybe we can listen to a concert after seeing the exhibition
Or walk by the see, feel the breeze, take pictures
This is where art meets life