Museum of Contemporary Art Shanghai

Founded in 2005, the Museum of Contemporary Art Shanghai (MoCA Shanghai) is the first non-profit, independently-operated contemporary art institution in Shanghai. Endorsed by the Shanghai Municipal Government and funded by the Samuel Kung Foundation, MOCA Shanghai is devoted to the promotion of Chinese and international contemporary art. 

With the vision of housing the finest art assets of the century, MoCA is committed to building a platform for artists worldwide to display their works while being a window for the domestic public to appreciate the avant-garde art and design at home and abroad. As a platform fountaining young artists as well as an exhibition space promoted by the museum, MoCA Pavilion was founded in 2015 as a joint force to make MoCA the real People’s Art Museum, devoting to an air of unparalleled and inclusive cultural climate across Nanjing West Road—the prime location of central Shanghai—and an image of the metropolitan human landscape of the modern city.

MoCA keeps nurturing the art into all works of life, acts on the development concept of “An Art Museum without Wall”. Collaborated with communities, the museum leads ARTS MOMENTUM and other public programmes like urban landscaping, art workshops, and non-profit lectures connecting historical background and cultural landscape to enlighten the public appreciating and practicing the art and design. Simultaneously, various educational programmes are provided onsite while in-depth collaboration with experts in different areas is celebrated. People from different fields are invited in line with related exhibitions to advance the subjects. Undertaking the responsibility of art, MoCA powers the society with positivity; centering around the city, the museum deepens the engagement between the art museum and students and schools by bringing the museum to the campus, making MoCA “An Art Museum without Wall”.