Visitors wait in a line in front the Bund One Art Museum in downtown Shanghai for the exhibition, Impression Sunrise.  CHINA DAILY

Bund One Art Museum was initially supposed to host the exhibition of Monet and other impressionist masters in March 2020, but the event was postponed because of the COVID-19 pandemic. When the epidemic came under control in China, Xie learned that the iconic painting, Impression Sunrise, was available for international exhibition for a short period of time－from mid-September to the end of the year.

Knowing that this opportunity was too good to be missed, Tix-Media joined hands with Xinhua Distribution Group to bring the painting to Shanghai.

The old building at No 1 on the Bund was built in 1916. Originally named the McBain Building, the seven-story structure was later known as the Asiatic Petroleum Co Building. The building was taken over by the East China Petroleum Co after 1949 and underwent a major restoration in 2009. Today, it is an important heritage site under State protection.

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If you go

10 am-6 pm (last entry before 5:30 pm), Sept 17-Jan 3, 2021. Bund One Art Museum, 3F, Jiushi Art Center. No 1 Zhongshan No 1 Road East, Huangpu district, Shanghai.