One of the more 
striking new additions to the cultural landscape of Shanghai is the museum known as The Power Station of Art. It’s the first government-funded museum of contemporary art in China, and, as the name suggests, it is housed in a renovated former electrical power plant. It opened on National Day (October 1) of 2012, and appears that only a portion of the massive space is in use so far. 
On the day I visited, an extensive and first-rate Andy Warhol exhibit, courtesy of the Andy Warhol museum in Pittsburgh, was the featured show . It included many of the artist’s greatest hits (it was easy to fill up on Campbell’s Soup), as well as some of Warhol’s fascinating 16mm films and lesser-known works. The space itself is quite an attraction, as the building overlooks the Huangpu River and features a 540-foot reinforced concrete smokestack outside, and massive viewing spaces inside. A power plant was first constructed on this site in 1897.
