Opening of the Yuz Museum: “Myth/History: Yuz Collection of Contemporary Art”
By Xhingyu Chen
HUANG YONGPING, Snake Tower, 2009, aluminum, bamboo, steel,
Back in 2006, the government of Shanghai ambitiously declared their mission to build 100 new museums by decade’s end. Now, nearly ten years since, it has unsurprisingly not reached this lofty goal; yet the city has nonetheless seen a significant museum boom in recent years, thanks mainly to the proliferation of private institutions. In less than a decade, Shanghai has averaged a new museum per year, with even more to come. In May, the city welcomed its newest addition, the Yuz Museum, which houses the extensive collection of Indonesian-Chinese art collector Budi Tek.
