紅磚美術館地處北京市朝陽區東北部一號地國際藝術區，園區占地面積約二萬平方米，展館面積近一萬平方米，由收藏家閆士杰和曹梅夫婦創立，于2012年年底開館試運營。美術館建筑及園林設計統一由北京大學建筑研究中心教授董豫贛擔綱，采用紅色磚塊作為基本建筑元素，努力在建造砌筑過程中不切割、盡量保證每一塊磚體的完整性從而構成了獨特的建筑語言，打造出一座于生長于喧囂之外、懷擁自然的園林式當代美術館。

紅磚美術館主體建筑分為地上兩層及局部地下一層，其中包括9個展覽空間、2個公共休閑空間、1個藝術衍生品空間。作為紅磚美術館與其他美術館在建筑構成上的最大不同——一座采用中國傳統園林意象精心打造的現代園林，構成了參觀體驗和建筑結構上的雙重延伸，而美術館的學術報告廳、餐廳、咖啡廳和會員俱樂部等配套設施也正散落于此。
未來，紅磚美術館將通過有序且高質量的系列展覽，結合收藏、研究、教育、出版和公共活動，推動中國當代藝術的發展、參與國際當代藝術家（項目）交流，展開學術領域突出問題和現象研究，為中國當代民營美術館的運營及發展模式，提供可行性參考。
Red Brick Art Museum is located in No.1 International Art District in the northeast of Beijing. As the landmark of this region, the facilities of Red Brick cover a total area of 20,000 square meters, with nearly 10,000 square meters exhibition space. Red Brick Art Museum was founded by the couple YAN Shijie and CAO Mei. It will officially open on May 23rd, 2014. The architectural design of the museum was conducted in person by Professor DONG Yugan of Architecture Research Center of Peking University. Employing red bricks as the basic architectural element, Professor Dong maintained the integrity of each brick, created a suburban-based, garden-owning contemporary art museum.
In the future, through a series of orderly and high-quality exhibitions along with collections, research, education, publications and public activities, Red Brick Art Museum will dedicate to boost the development of Chinese contemporary art, to participate in the international contemporary artists’ programs communication, and to carry out research about distinctive problems and phenomenon in academic field, offering a feasible reference for the operation and development mode for private museums of Chineses Contemporary Art.