M WOODS, A Beijing Trendsetter Museum

Into the M WOODS, a Beijing trendsetter museum

 When a young museum manages to bring the first Andy Warhol exhibition to China and its founders are constantly featured in the influential media like Forbes, the hot talk in the art world does not go silent for a minute. And it’s for a good reason: M WOODS, a private, not-for-profit art museum opened its doors in 2014, and quickly became the trendy star beyond Beijing’s 798 Art District.

The prmanent collection, which now comprises hundreds of works, started with the founder Lin Han’s first purchase of the painting by Zeng Fanzhi, which crowned the cover of Sotheby’s 40th anniversary day auction. The collection, available to the growing audience of M WOODS includes the works of Ai Weiwei, Lucas Arruda, Luis Chan, George Condo, Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot, Gao Ludi, Saco Kojima and many others.

In addition, each year the museum presents major single-artist and group exhibitions. Lin Han and Wanwan Lei founded the place in a spirit of focused commitment to artists and continue fostering the new names in art scene through the studio-style artist residency and massive curatorial platform.

Andy Warhol: Contact will start on August 6th, lasting until January, which makes a good reason to make a trip to Beijing. If you catch it when the weather is still warm, you’d have a chance to make a green event of it too: M WOODS actively promotes “Cycling to art”, an initiative, promoting green commute to museums.

年轻的博物馆带来了中国第一个安迪·沃霍尔展，它的创始人不断出现在诸如福布斯等有影响力的媒体上，艺术界的热门话题不曾冷却。这是一个很好的理由：木木美术馆开业于2014年，是一个私人的，不以营利为目的的艺术博物馆，并迅速超越北京798艺术区。

美术馆包含成百上千的的经典收藏，创始人林瀚在最开始买下了曾梵志为苏富比四十周年纪念日拍卖会画的封面。艾未未、Lucas Arruda、Luis Chan,、George Condo、Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot、 Gao Ludi、Saco Kojima等艺术家的作品为木木美术馆增加了客流量。

此外，美术馆每年举办主要的艺术家个人和团体展览。林瀚和雷晚晚通过工作室风格的艺术家住所和大规模的策展，创立了一个集中致力于发扬艺术家的精神和继续培养艺术界新人的平台。

安迪沃霍尔：展览将在8月6日开始，持续到一月，这是去北京旅行一个很好的理由。如果去的时候天气仍然是温暖的，你会有机会参加一个环保活动：木木美术馆积极促进“向艺术骑行”，倡议通过环保的方式到美术馆。