As autumn sets in, our rice paddy transforms into a sea of gold
VISIT
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Opening Hours
Tue-Sun 9:30-17:30
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Address
39 Dazhi Rd, Jiading, Shanghai
Opened in 2024, we are a publicly funded-museum in a rural village on the outskirts of Shanghai.
Hall of Light
Ah,
let us be direct, and grow toward the very center.
With that original resolve in my heart, I ponder.
So may the Jiayuanhai Art Museum, above all, meld with the encircling woods and living green.
— Tadao Ando
啊，就这样直截了当地，
向中心发展吧，
我怀着这样的初心思考着。
所以希望嘉源海美术馆，
首先要与周边的树林、绿色融为一体。
— 安藤忠雄
Architect: Tadao Ando
Current Exhibition
THE DAY I SAW A HANDSOME CHAIR
Curator: Ricky Lau
2026.08.04-2026.10.18
While most exhibitions tell you ‘do not touch,’ our exhibition not only invites you to touch - it invites you to sit.
——Ricky Lau, Curator
We are devoted to present
art made just for here.
site-specific, experimental, and one of a kind.
Past Exhibitions
/2026 Summer
The Day I Saw A Handsome Chair
Curator: Ricky Lau
Ricky’s curatorial rationale argues that chair is the epitome of “Zeitgeist” (German for “spirit of our time”).
/2026 Spring
Jin Shan: All Begins with the Body…
Curator: Hou Hanru
Jin Shan explores the body as the origin of existence and authenticity.
/2025 Fall
15th Shanghai Biennale: Does the flower hear the bee? (Extended version)
Curator: Kitty Scott
Shanghai Biennale is China’s first international contemporary art biennial and one of the most influential in Asia.
/2025 Summer
Landscapes of Futures Past
Curator: David Elliott
The exhibition unfolds as a visual journey through the terrains and multiverses of time and space from Siberia to Australia.
/2025 Spring
Chen Zhou: A Vision of Retreat
No talking, no internet—Chen Zhou designed a ten-day retreat experiment inside the museum.
/2024 Fall
Shen Shaomin, Rice: Verses for the Hungry Soul
Curator: Wu Hung
Shen Shaomin explores its profound connections to art, history, science, and the essence of the Chinese spirit.
/2024 Summer
Tadao Ando: Dialogues
The exhibition centers around the theme of “dialogue” and unfolds in four chapters: Primitive Shapes of Light, Thinking of Place, Symbiosis with Nature, and Rethinking Time.
Hall of Light, JYH Museum
(2)
All Begins with the Body…
(3)
15th Shanghai Biennale:
(4)
Landscapes of Futures Past
(5)
Chen Zhou: A Vision of Retreat
(6)
Rice: Verses for the Hungry Soul
(7)
Tadao Ando: Dialogues
(1)
The Day I Saw A Handsome Chair
Past Exhibitions:
/2026 Spring
Jin Shan: All Begins with the Body…
Curator: Hou Hanru
Jin Shan explores the body as the origin of existence and authenticity.
/2025 Fall
15th Shanghai Biennale: Does the flower hear the bee? (Extended version)
Curator: Kitty Scott
Shanghai Biennale is China’s first international contemporary art biennial and one of the most influential in Asia.
/2025 Summer
Landscapes of Futures Past
Curator: David Elliott
The exhibition unfolds as a visual journey through the terrains and multiverses of time and space from Siberia to Australia.
/2025 Spring
Chen Zhou: A Vision of Retreat
No talking, no internet—Chen Zhou designed a ten-day retreat experiment inside the museum.
/2024 Fall
Shen Shaomin, Rice: Verses for the Hungry Soul
Curator: Wu Hung
Shen Shaomin explores its profound connections to art, history, science, and the essence of the Chinese spirit.
/2024 Summer
Tadao Ando: Dialogues
The exhibition centers around the theme of “dialogue” and unfolds in four chapters: Primitive Shapes of Light, Thinking of Place, Symbiosis with Nature, and Rethinking Time.
Experience art,
land,
and food.
A place to slow down, reconnect with the land, and experience culture in everyday life—where we explore the spirit of China and invite new ways of engaging with the world.
