To date there have been two unique exhibitions in China of artworks from 'The UBS Art Collection'. The first exhibition "Memories for Tomorrow - Works from the UBS Art Collection" took place in Shanghai in June 2008, the second one "Moving Horizons The UBS Art Collection: 1960s to the present days" in September and October at the National Art Museum of China in Beijing. Each exhibition showed different artworks from the collection and two different catalogues were published.

Both exhibitions were co-organized by UBS and the museums and the showings represent an important first for a corporate collection in China. The artworks shown at the both museums were a selection from the more 1,000 top-quality contemporary artworks that form 'The UBS Art Collection'. The works represent various artistic mediums such as paintings, drawings, photography and video. Works from Chinese artists were also on display.

The exhibitions have been a great success with viewing public attracting an estimated in excess of 80,000 visitors. Most were from the general public, which demonstrates UBS's social commitment apart from its business development. As good corporate citizen UBS has a desire to provide a chance for more art fans to enjoy the world-class art collections and experience the cultural convergence of different times and regions.

As part of its social and community program volunteers from UBS in conjunction with the museum also organised, the Special Olympics International (SOI) and the China Welfare Fund for the Handicapped a number of special visitors' events for students from special needs schools.

The third new exhibition will open on February 21, 2009 in Guangzhou at the Guangdong Museum of Art. It is called "Fact and Fiction" and will show some more recent works from The UBS Art Collection. It will be another unique opportunity to see art works from this outstanding collection for the first time in China. This exhibition will focus on mainly photography and videos. The participating artists come from different parts of the world such as Qiu Anxiong (China); Chen Chieh-jen (Taiwan); Qin Ga (China); Regina José Galindo(Guatemala); Daniel Guzmán (Mexico); Susan Hiller (Us); óscar Mu.oz (Colombia); Tsuyoshi Ozawa (Japan); Hiraki Sawa (Japan); Yang Zhenzhong (China).

The exhibition will also include a special display of the history of the UBS Art Collection and the Collection Shows that taken place around the world. The exhibition will be on for 6 weeks and closure date will be March 22nd 2009.Curator, The UBS Art Collection, December 2008

Venue: Guangdong Museum of Art, Halls 1-4, and time: 2009-02-20~2009-03-22