Red Mansion Foundation

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A London platform for contemporary Chinese art and UK–China dialogue, best known for exhibitions and residencies that place emerging voices alongside established names. Expect compact, idea-led shows rather than blockbuster scale; programming tends to prize exchange over spectacle.

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Opening Hours

Monday: 11:00 – 16:30

Thursday: 11:00 – 16:30

Friday: 11:00 – 16:30

Saturday: 11:00 – 16:30

What's not to miss inside?

Current Exhibition

Tight curation, strong themes

Shows often pair artists across cultures to test how images travel and change meaning.

Read the wall text last: first choose one work and describe what it’s doing in one sentence.

📍 Main gallery

Residency / Prize Projects

Process on display

Residencies generate sketchbooks, tests and small works that explain how artists think.

Find a work-in-progress and note one decision the final piece kept—and one it dropped.

📍 Project space or catalogue desk

Talks & Screenings

Context you won’t get from labels alone

Short artist talks and panels add the ‘why now?’ to the ‘what is it?’

If a talk is scheduled, loop the show once before and once after to hear what changed.

📍 Programme board / evenings

🤓 Fun Facts

The foundation is best known for commissioning UK–China artist exchanges and exhibitions rather than holding a permanent collection.

Its prize and residency initiatives have showcased work from UK art schools alongside contemporary Chinese practice, building long-running networks.

Shows are often staged with partner venues as well as in-house, so checking current location and hours matters more than for a conventional museum.

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