About M WOODS  

M WOODS is an independent, not-for-profit art museum founded in 2014 by collectors Lin Han and Wanwan Lei. Across two museum sites, M WOODS 798, housed in a former munitions factory in Beijing’s 798 Art District, and the newly inaugurated M WOODS Hutong, inside the M WOODS Art Community, located in the city’s historic Dongcheng district, present a year-round programme of exhibitions, performances, music, education, live events and talks that situate contemporary art at the heart of the city and beyond.

In 2020, M WOODS was  formally granted official heritage museum qualifications by The National Bureau of Cultural Heritage in China (博物馆资质), allowing the museum to present and host the most important Chinese cultural artefacts and relics. 2019 M WOODS also opened its restaurant M Woods Tongue, and guī, the museum’s new hybrid space for live and time-based art, that functions both as a gallery space and as a nightclub.

Locations

In 2015, M WOODS received its official not-for-profit status in China as an acknowledgement of its cultural services to the public. The museum’s emphasis is on presenting new and historical work by Chinese and international artists, often those who have rarely or never had a solo exhibition in a Beijing institution. M WOODS has presented the first institutional solo exhibitions in Beijing by artists such as Yinka Shonibare CBE,  David Hockney, Lu Yang, Richard Tuttle, Nicolas Party, Liang Shaoji, Cristof Yvoré and Paul McCarthy, amongst others, and collaborates with international museums such as Tate Modern, London, to present unique experiences and exhibitions for a local audience.

M WOODS 798

798 Art Zone D-06,
No.2 Jiuxianqiao Rd, Chaoyang, Beijing

M WOODS Hutong
 
Qianliang Hutong 38,
Building 3,
Longfusi St 95, Dongcheng, Beijing

M TONGUE

798 Art Zone D-06,
No.2 Jiuxianqiao Rd, Chaoyang, Beijing
Behind M WOODS 798 

Guī

Qianliang Hutong 38,
Building 3,
Longfusi St 95, Dongcheng, Beijing
Underneath M WOODS Hutong

M WOODS Staff

Key names
M Lin Han: Founder
Wanwan Lei: Founder

Exihibition
M Victor Wang: Chief Curator and Artistic Director
Zhang Yuhan: Manager of Exhibition Program
M Li Xindi: Exhibition Designer and Production Manager
M Zhou Zhanxun: Exhibition Technical Adviser
Deng Yingying: Exhibition Supervisor
Zhang Wenwen: Registrar
Qi Yuanlin: Exhibition Specialist
Si Ruiqi: Exhibition Specialist
Zhou Tingyun:: Assistant to Chief Curator and Artistic Director
M Li Xu: Exhibition Specialist
Allie Wang: Event Coordinator

PR
Chen Lu: Head of PR and Communication
M Tian Yu: Head of Design
Dai Yan：Promotion Specialist
Niu Dongyue: Photographer
M Yang Dongxu: Photographer
M Zhao Yihan Photographer

Operation
Han Yachen: Operation Supervisor
M Yu Haowei: Operation Supervisor
M Hu Ercha: Operation Specialist
Liu Weiran: Operation Specialist
Shi Yumeng: Operation Specialist

Community
M Yan Shuang: Manager Director
M Wang Wenyao: Operation Manager
Lu Siwen: Operation Manager
M Zhang Wei: Operation Manager
Zheng Xiangyue: Operation Assitant
Yang Ziwei: Operation Specialist

MWOODS Shop
M Pang Zhonghuan: Director of MWOODS Shop
Wang Chun: Manager of E-commerce Operations

BD
Zhou Yue：Deputy Director of Business Development
Jia Yujing: Specialist to Business Development

Event & Educaiton
Yangzi: Manager of Education Program
Liu Chang: Specialist of Event Program

HR & Finance
Zhu Shuo: HR
Wang Chanjuan: Accountant

The M WOODS collection is dedicated to preserving, interpreting, and expanding beyond the traditional narrow definitions of art to encompass diverse cultural positions, with work by artists such as Kader Attia and Danh Võ to Buddhist sculptors from the Northern Qi Dynasty, and from contemporary work by Olafur Eliasson and Yang Fudong, for instance, to that of a “Follower of Hieronymus Bosch”.
Remaining dynamic and experimental, at the core of M WOODS is the idea that art should be ‘Free, Alchemical, and Timeless’ (FAT).

Kader Attia,  “We Want to be Modern”, 2014, Permanent installation at M WOODS 798. 


M WOODS Temple Galleries (M WOODS Art Community, LongFu Building).

M WOODS 2019 Staff Photo 

北京市朝阳区
酒仙桥路2号798艺术区，D-06
798 Art Zone D-06, No.2 Jiuxianqiao Rd, Chaoyang, Beijing

开放时间 Opening Hours：

周二-周日 Tue-Sun 11:00-19:00

（最后入场时间 Last Admission 18:00）

每周一闭馆 Close on Mondays

北京市东城区
隆福寺街95号，钱粮胡同38号，三号楼

Qianliang Hutong 38, Building 3,
Longfusi St 95, Dongcheng, Beijing


开放时间 Opening Hours：
周二-周日 Tue-Sun 10:00-19:00
（最后入场时间 Last Admission 18:00）

木木艺术社区｜隆福文化中心（隆福大厦9层）开放时间：10：30-18：00（17:00最后入场）

每周一闭馆 Close on Mondays


交通与周边：
木木艺术社区和木木胡同位于钱粮胡同内的东四北大街和美术馆东大街之间。
最近的地铁站是步行9分钟皆可到达的东四地铁站和国家美术馆站。
从东四北大街向北走，至钱粮胡同后向西走。
从美术馆东大街向北走到胡同（即大佛寺街），然后沿钱粮胡同向东走。
通过人民市场西巷也可抵达木木艺术社区位于东四西大街的另一个入口

Directions:
M WOODS Art Community and M WOODS Hutong is located between Dongsi N St and Meishuguan E St inside the Qianliang Hutong.
The closest train stations are Dongsi underground station (9min walk), and National Art Museum station (9 min walk).
From Dongsi N St walk North until you reach Qianliang Hutong and then go West.
From Meishuguan E St walk North into the Hutongs (which turns into Dafosi E St) and go East on Qianliang Hutong. 
There is also an entrance into the M WOODS Art Community located on Dongsi West Street through the Renmin Shichang West Alley. 

北京市朝阳区，酒仙桥路2号798艺术区，D-06
木木美术馆后门处
周二-周四 11:00-19:00
周五-周日 11:00-20:00
每周一关闭

798 Art Zone D-06,
No.2 Jiuxianqiao Rd, Chaoyang, Beijing
(Behing M WOODS 798 Location)
Tue-Thu 11:00-19:00
Fri-Sun 11:00-20:00
Closed on Mon

北京市东城区，隆福寺街95号，钱粮胡同38号，3号楼
木木艺术社区地下一层
开放时间即将公布

Qianliang Hutong 38, Building 3,
Longfusi St 95, Dongcheng, Beijing
(Underneath M WOODS Hutong)  Regular opening time announcing soon

What’s On

M WOODS 798  |  M WOODS HUTONG

‘Man Ray: Images, Dreams, and Love’
1 October, 2021 - 2 January, 2022
M WOODS 798
Curated by Victor Wang and Marion Meyer
“Everything can be transformed, deformed, and obliterated by light.” - Man Ray

Man Ray: Dreams, Images and Love is the first large scale museum exhibition in China, and the largest to date in Asia, of the pioneering Modernist master Man Ray (Emmanuel Radnitsky, 1890-1976). Exactly 100 years since Man Ray’s first exhibition in Paris in 1921, the exhibition features over 240 artworks by Man Ray, including paintings, sculptures, film, prints, works on paper, archival materials, and poetry, from public and private collections, giving the viewer a unique overview of his diverse artistic output.

'Italian Renaissance Drawings: A Dialogue with China'
03 Sept 2021 - 20 Feb 2022
Curated by: Victor Wang and Sarah Vowles
M WOODS Hutong

Works from the British Museum Collection by:
Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, Titian, Raphael, Polidoro da Caravaggio, Lorenzo di Credi, and more.

In dialogue with artists:  Hao Liang (郝量), Hu Xiaoyuan (胡晓媛), Jin Shangyi (靳尚谊), Kan Xuan (阚萱), Liu Xiaodong (刘小东), Liu Ye (刘野), Qiu Xiaofei (仇晓飞), Xie Nanxing (谢南星), Yu Ji (于吉), Zeng Fanzhi (曾梵志)

M WOODS and the British Museum (U.K.) are proud to present 'Italian Renaissance Drawings: A Dialogue with China’, the first collaborative exhibition between the British Museum and an independent, not-for-profit art museum in China.

M WOODS’ Artistic Director and Chief Curator Victor Wang, is working closely with the British Museum’s Smirnov Family Curator of Italian & French Prints & Drawings, Sarah Vowles, to consider what a Renaissance beyond Europe could be, and introducing a cross-cultural global perspective to these historical works on paper.

 

M WOODS Publication

M WOODS Publishing Program.

Online  Projects

Art Is Still Here: A Hypothetical Show for a Closed Museum
2020 FEB 13 – ONGOING
Online

Past Special Projects

Organs Underground

Date: 2020.10.30 — 2021.12.13
Location: GUĪ, M WOODS HUTONG

M WOODS Live

Live events, music, performances, parties
M WOODS 798 and M WOODS Hutong

M WOODS Education 

M WOODS Education Program

M WOODS Tongue

M Woods Tongue restaurant
M WOODS 798

Upcoming Exhibitions

M WOODS 798  | M WOODS HUTONG

 




Austin Lee
Coming soon! 
Human Nature

M WOODS 798

M WOODS is excited to announce the first solo museum exhibition by American artist Austin Lee (b. 1983). Titled ‘Human Nature’, the exhibition will be Lee’s largest and most comprehensive exhibition to date, and includes work in a range of media –  painting, animation, murals, and several new large-scale installations.






Salman Toor

M WOODS is delighted to announce a presentation in early 2022 of Salman Toor!
This will be the Pakistan born, New York based artist’s first museum solo exhibition in Asia.

Past Exhibitions

M WOODS 798  |  M WOODS HUTONG

Previous Projects

 

Collection

M WOODS Collection and F.A.T.  

M WOODS Hutong

Newly established in central Beijing

M WOODS Conversations

M WOODS Conversations is a new platform to the museum that brings together well-known figures in the fields of art, culture, design, ecology, and other subjects.  M WOODS 798 and M WOODS Hutong 

Guī

The museum’s new night club and hybrid space for live and time-based art, music, and dance.
M WOODS Hutong

Inaugural M WOODS Scholarship

The M WOODS Scholarship is a new fully-funded scholarship for two deserving applicants from China, or of Chinese decent, to attend a two-year program of their choice at The New Centre for Research & Practice.

Council Acknowledgement

M Woods expresses our deep gratitude to all members of the Council for their continued support of the museum, and in helping us build a modern and contemporary institution that supports artists and art enthusiasts. We sincerely thank you for your time in discussing and supervising the development of M Woods Museum. Your influence and expertise in various areas and topics have helped us grow to international prominence.

We are grateful that you have decided to take this exciting journey with us, and we look forward to sharing the growth of M Woods Museum with you in the future.


List of Councils

杜杰 Du Jie  

关东元 Guan Dongyuan

洪俊伊 Jevin Hong

洪艳霞 Hong Yanxia

李侃侃 Kevin Li

李詠能 Li Yongneng

李战豪 Li Zhanhao

林霄 Lin Xiao

罗旭东 Luo Xudong

区结萍 Sabrina Ou

欧阳昆仑 Ouyang Kunlun

孙祎 Sun Yi  &  Karen Liu

刘杨 Vincent Liu

元冰 Yuan Bing

张楠 Zhang Nan

周小波 Patrick Chou & 周秀丽 Shoe-li Chou