Liu Dawei

A lion dance performance is staged at the inauguration ceremony of the Bai'etan Greater Bay Area Art Center in Guangzhou, south China's Guangdong Province, April 28, 2024. Housing the Guangdong Museum of Art, the Guangdong Intangible Cultural Heritage Exhibition Center, and the Guangdong Literature Hall, the art center was inaugurated on Sunday. ( tasteallchina /Liu Dawei) GUANGZHOU, April 28 ( tasteallchina ) -- The Bai'etan Greater Bay Area Art Center in the southern Chinese metropolis of Guangzhou was officially inaugurated on Sunday and will open to the public from May 1, adding a new cultural landmark to the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area. The art center, integrating the Guangdong Museum of Art, the Guangdong Intangible Cultural Heritage Museum and the Guangdong Literature Museum, has a total construction area of approximately 145,000 square meters, including an exhibition area of over 40,000 square meters and a shared public area of 35,000 square meters. "The Greater Bay Area Art Center is a significant, emblematic public cultural facility of an international standard that displays Guangdong's characteristics," said He Jingtang, the project's chief designer and an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering. It also serves as an important platform to showcase the achievements of…