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Address: 798 Art Zone, No.4 Jiuxianqiao Rd. Chaoyang District, Beijing, P. R.China PostCode：100015
Open：Everyday 10：00am - 5：00pm
Open：Everyday 10：00am - 5: 00pm
Tel: (+8610) 84572188
Fax: (+8610) 59789869
Website: www.798art.org
Beijing's 798 Art Zone is located in the former GDR-aided building of "Beijing North China Radio Combined Equipment Factory", or 718 Combined Factory. 718 Combined Factory began to be built in 1952, civil construction began in 1954, and in October 1957, production began.
718 Joint Factory is a construction agency in Dessau, Germany, responsible for the architectural design, construction, this construction agency and the Bauhaus school in the same city, the two in the spirit of the building on the level of **** common. Its main features are: focus on meeting practical requirements; play the technical performance and aesthetic performance of new materials and new structures; simple modeling, flexible and diverse composition. This school was later called the Bauhaus school.
In April 1964, the higher authorities abolished the establishment of 718 Joint Factory and set up 706 Factory, 707 Factory, 718 Factory, 797 Factory, 798 Factory and 751 Factory. in December 2000, the original 700 Factory, 706 Factory, 707 Factory, 718 Factory, 797 Factory, 798 Factory and other six units were integrated and reorganized into Beijing Seven Stars Huadian Science and Technology Group Co. Ltd. In order to cooperate with the planning and renovation of Dashanzi area, Seven Stars Group moved some of its industries out of the park, and in order to effectively utilize the spare factories moved out of the industries, Seven Stars Group rented out this part of unused factories. Because of the park's orderly planning, convenient transportation, unique style of Bauhaus architecture and other advantages, it attracted many art organizations and artists to rent unused factory buildings and carry out renovation, and gradually formed a multicultural space integrating art galleries, art studios, cultural companies, and fashion stores. Since the earliest area where art organizations and artists moved in was located in the former 798 factory, it was named Beijing 798 Art District.
Address: 798 Art Zone, No.4 Jiuxianqiao Rd., Chaoyang District, Beijing, P. R. China PostCode: 100015
Add: 798 Art Zone, No.4 Jiuxianqiao Rd.
Open: Everyday 10:00am - 5:00pm
Open: Everyday 10:00am - 5:00pm
Tel: (+8610) 84572188
Fax: (+8610) 59789869
Telephone: (8610) 84572188
Fax: (8610) 59789869
Website/Web: www.798art.org
Introduction to 798
The mottled red brick walls, staggered industrial plants, criss-crossed pipelines, and walls still retaining slogans from various eras. Workers in uniform on the road and visitors dressed in fashionable and avant-garde style contrast with each other, history and reality, industry and art perfectly fit together here, this is Beijing 798 Art Zone.
Beijing 798 Art Zone is located in the Dashanzi area of Jiuxianqiao, Chaoyang District, Beijing. It is situated in the 718 Compound owned by Beijing Seven Stars Huadian Science and Technology Group Company Limited (referred to as the Seven Stars Group), with a total construction area of 230,000 square meters. It is a collection of galleries, design studios, art exhibition spaces, artists' studios, fashion stores, restaurants and bars, and many other cultural and artistic elements. As of January 2008, there are more than 400 galleries, individual artists' studios, animation, film and media, publishing, design consulting and other kinds of cultural organizations from France, Italy, Britain, Holland, Belgium, Germany, Japan, Australia, South Korea, China, Taiwan, Hong Kong and other countries and regions in Beijing 798 Art Zone. It has become an exhibition and display center for Chinese culture and art, and a cultural and creative industry cluster with influence at home and abroad.
The current situation of 798
Beijing 798 Art Zone often organizes important international art exhibitions, art activities and fashion events, which attracts many world's political dignitaries, film and TV stars, and social celebrities to visit 798. since 2004, the Prime Minister of Sweden, the Prime Minister of Switzerland, the Chancellor of Germany (Gerhard Schr?der), the Chancellor of Austria, the President of the European Union (Jose Manuel Barroso), the Princess of Belgium, Mrs. Annan, Mrs. Jacques Chirac, the wife of the Prime Minister of Norway, the Crown Prince of Belgium, the President of France (Sarkozy), and the President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), Mr. Rogge, etc., have all visited 798 Art Zone.
In 2003, Beijing 798 Art District was named one of the 22 most culturally iconic urban art centers in the world by Time Magazine. In the same year, the U.S. "Newsweek" will be the annual selection of the world's Top 12, for the first time to Beijing, China, one of the reasons is that the existence and development of the 798 Art District, proved the ability of Beijing as the world's capital and the future potential of the city. 2004 Beijing was included in the annual selection of the U.S. "Fortune" magazine in the world's twelve cities with the development of the selected one of the reasons for the selection is 798. 798. The building's renovation program was one of twelve exhibitions of outstanding Chinese architecture in Venice, and was a key exhibit in the 2004 Beijing Bi-Decade of Excellence in Architecture.
The future of 798
In 2006, Beijing 798 Art District was listed as one of the first cultural and creative industry clusters by Chaoyang District and Beijing Municipal Government respectively; and was named as the cultural and creative industry base of Zhongguancun Electronic City by Zhongguancun Management Committee, and the ambience of 798 as a "creative area and cultural park" is being formed. The atmosphere of 798 as a "creative area and famous cultural park" is taking shape. In order to accelerate the prosperity and development of the art district, the Chaoyang District Government and the Seven Stars Group*** have set up the Beijing 798 Art District Construction Management Office, with the purpose of "coordinating, servicing, guiding and managing", to promote the development of contemporary art and cultural and creative industries in the art district.
Beijing 798 Art Zone Construction Management Office will further provide perfect services for the zone through the construction of service centers, exhibition and display centers and public **** service platforms, etc., and provide effective protection for the core area of the 798 Art Zone and the original art in accordance with the guideline of "Protection, Development, Stabilization, and Development", and strengthen the protection of the art zone. Effective protection of the core area of the 798 Art Zone, original art, strengthen the publicity and promotion of the Art Zone, further attracting many famous artists and art organizations at home and abroad, creating a platform for exhibition and display of works of art in the Park, trading and auctioning, and promoting the industrial upgrading of the Park, so as to display the charm of the Art Zone, create the brand of the 798 Art Zone, and build the 798 Art Zone into the most distinctive and influential cultural and creative industry base of Beijing and the world-famous cultural and creative industrial park. The 798 Art Zone will become the most characteristic and influential cultural and creative industry base in Beijing and a world famous cultural and creative industry park.
Art events
The art zone has several art exhibitions opening every day on average, and at the same time, in order to promote the 798 Art Zone and the concept of contemporary art, on the basis of maintaining the purity and academics of art, to innovate with artists, to promote the diversification of art, to expand the vitality and influence of the 798 Art Zone as a gathering area of cultural and creative industries, to promote the 798 Art Zone's In order to promote the development and prosperity of 798 Art Zone, 798 Art Zone has been organizing "798 Art Festival" every year since 2006.
On April 28, 2007, "2007 Beijing 798 Art Festival", organized by Beijing 798 Art Zone Construction Management Office, with the participation of many park art institutions***, kicked off in the 798 Art Zone, and the two-week-long activities of the festival included the opening ceremony, thematic exhibitions, independent exhibitions, art forums, alliance exhibitions, park exhibitions, art forums, art forums, art forums, art forums, art forums, art forums, art forums, art forums, art forums, and art forums.
The two-week festival included opening ceremonies, theme exhibitions, independent unit exhibitions, art forums, allied exhibitions, exhibitions and activities organized by the park institutions, and closing appreciation receptions and other seven parts of nearly 110 activities, attracting nearly 190,000 domestic and foreign tourists to 798, the official website of the festival in one month, the number of visits to more than 38,000, and as of May 8 **** there are nearly 100 domestic and foreign news media to do reports on the festival.
As one of the gathering areas of cultural and creative industries, Beijing 798 Art District is home to a large number of art and cultural celebrities, numerous art organizations and fashion enterprises. Beijing 798 Creative Culture Festival aims to promote the development of cultural and creative industries in 798 Art District, 798 Art District every day through different forms of art to the world to show the unique artistic atmosphere of 798, major international brands such as Sony, Motorola, France, France, Italy, DIOR, Omega, BMW, China Yahoo! The brand of 798 Art Zone has been formed, and it has become the first choice of fashionable businessmen. Welcome world-renowned artists, art organizations to participate in and *** with the creation of this event.