From May 30 to August 30, 2026, the Long Museum (West Bund) will present a major retrospective, Wang Chuan: Four Decades of Abstraction. Curated by Li Guohua, this exhibition brings together nearly 70 seminal works that chart Wang’s profound journey into abstraction.

Wang Chuan’s career spans the entire transformative arc of the nation’s art scene over the past forty years.This exhibition offers the first systematic overview of his abstract work since 1985, positioning him not only as a witness to the emergence of Chinese abstraction, but as one of its essential architects. Through sustained and profound investigation, he constructed the intrinsic spiritual system of Chinese abstract art. It resonates as deeply personal yet is inextricably woven into the fabric of Chinese contemporary abstract art.