In midst of a new period of history, and under new global contexts, Deji Art Museum's modern art collection aims to recast unique artistic perspectives on the development of modernities in the world to rethink artistic developments and their inspirations for the future.

To begin with, the museum collects the painting by Eugène Boudin-the teacher of Claude Monet, the collection of western modern art forms the narrative of the development of its history, the core pieces of this collection comprises of the iconic masterpieces of western art from the second half of the 19th century to the mid-20th century, presenting the works by Monet, Picasso, Gauguin, Renoir, Chagall, and Morandi, forming the retrospective of the milestones that western modern art had imprinted in the context of world’s art history.