Since the 1980s, the family has been fascinated with Chinese art and promoting Chinese artists and their works abroad.

In 2020, the art foundation joined the pact of major foreign-funded projects initiated by Shanghai, and this marked the institution's presence into China.

According to Xu Xinjie, branding director of the Rockefeller Art Foundation in China, the institution is committed to promoting dialogue between Chinese and Western art.

With the help of Aurora Museum, a private establishment in a high-rise building on the eastern bank of Huangpu River, the art foundation will take Chinese art to global audiences, and open its own art center in Shanghai, she says.

If you go

Masters of Western Art: The Collection of the Rockefeller Art Foundation

July 8-Sept 25, 10 am-5 pm, closed on Monday, 10 am-9 pm on Friday.

Aurora Museum, 99 Fucheng Road, Lujiazui, Pudong district, Shanghai.021-58408899.