On the evening of November 29th, 2023, the Guangzhou Art Museum's (Guangzhou Museum of Art) new pavilion held its opening ceremony. The highly anticipated new pavilion and exhibition officially opened to the public on November 30.

The opening ceremony was attended by a distinguished audience, including officials, guests, artists, and experts from the art and museum communities. Guests participated in the inauguration of the new pavilion with a seal-imprinting ceremony. With the guests as witnesses, the glass curtain wall of the new pavilion lit up simultaneously with the Canton Tower.

Themed "Cotton Flower Blooming in Water", the new pavilion highlights the Lingnan style and the regional characteristics of Guangzhou. This blooming “cotton flower” is the world's first public building to adopt photovoltaic technology on all five facades. The petal-like exterior curtain wall is constructed with solar photovoltaic glass, consisting of 21,008 fish-scale-shaped photovoltaic glass panels assembled with a precision error control within 2 millimeters, a patented technology. The "flower core" is an array of six-colored photovoltaic components, and the "cotton flower" interior includes five above-ground floors and two underground floors.

Upon its inauguration, 120 artists generously donated 133 artworks, enriching the art museum's collection. The opening ceremony was attended by officials from 27 consulates in Guangzhou, representing countries such as Colombia, Belgium, Turkey, the United States, Vietnam, and Russia.

To coincide with the new pavilion's opening, the Guangzhou Art Museum (Guangzhou Museum of Art) also hosted the "Showcasing Our Collection" grand exhibition. With 21 exhibition halls (zones) and nearly 20,000 square meters of display space, the exhibition featured over 1,100 pieces from the museum's collection, more than 200 loaned artworks, and over 500 literary exhibits.

The exhibition showcased 455 items (physical objects), involving 166 calligraphers and painters, with over 30% making their first appearance and over 70% being precious artifacts.

In a special collaboration, the exhibition featured over 80 works by contemporary art masters from Guangdong, combining the collections of the Guangdong Museum of Art, the Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts Art Museum, and the Guan Shanyue Art Museum in Shenzhen.

A highlight of the Guangzhou Museum of Art is the integration of multimedia and digitization. The fourth-floor digital exhibition hall, centered around Ming and Qing dynasty's flower and bird paintings, features interactive games to convey the fascinating knowledge and stories behind the artworks, presenting a new combination of traditional art and contemporary technology.

Source:Yangcheng Evening News

广州艺术博物院（广州美术馆）新馆新展汇聚名家名作

2023年11月29日晚，广州艺术博物院（广州美术馆）新馆举办开馆仪式。本次新馆新展备受瞩目，于11月30日正式对公众开放。

开馆现场高朋满座，众多领导、嘉宾、艺术家和全国各地美术界、博物馆界专家学者欢聚一堂，共同参与新馆开馆仪式。嘉宾们以钤印方式为新馆启动开馆。在全场见证下，新馆外立面玻璃幕墙与广州塔同步亮灯。

新馆以“水中盛放的木棉花”理念为主题，突出岭南风格和广州地域特色。这朵冉冉绽放的“木棉花”是全球首个五个立面均采用光伏技术的公共建筑。其中，“花瓣”一般的外立面幕墙全部采用太阳能光伏玻璃建造，21008片鱼鳞状的光伏玻璃人工拼装误差控制在2毫米内，该项技术已获得专利；“花蕊”由六种色彩的光伏组件组成的阵列构成；“木棉花”的内部包括地上5层、地下2层。

新馆启用之际，有120位艺术家无偿捐赠133件作品，让艺博院的“家底”更加丰厚。当晚出席开馆仪式的还有来自哥伦比亚、比利时、土耳其、美国、越南、俄罗斯等27个国家驻广州总领事馆的官员。

新馆启用之际，广州艺术博物院（广州美术馆）同步举办“亮家底式盛会”大展。展览以实物展陈和数字化展示为形式，通过21个展厅（展区）、近两万平方米展示面积，集聚1100余件院藏精品、200余件借展精品和500余件文献类展品。

记者在现场看到，展览展出展品455件（实物），涉及166名书画家，其中，三成以上为首次亮相，七成以上为珍贵文物。

本次开馆展还特别联合广东美术馆、广州美术学院美术馆、深圳关山月美术馆的馆藏力量，展出广东当代艺术名家名作80余件。

多媒体与数字化融合运用是广州美术馆的一大亮点。四楼数字化展厅以馆藏的明清花鸟绘画名作为中心，设计互动游戏，传递画作背后的趣味知识和故事，呈现传统艺术与当代科技的全新结合。

文 | 记者 朱绍杰 通讯员 李偲毓
图 | 记者 邓勃 钟振彬
译 | 刘佳慧