Beijing Commune was founded by critic and curator Leng Lin in 2004. Since its first exhibition opened in April 2005, it has kept trying to establish a new model of promoting Contemporary art in the world, an alternative space which is between museum and gallery.
Beijing Commune is a space where various works of established and emerging Chinese contemporary artists are exhibited, including painting, drawing, sculpture, video and photography, etc. As a motor that drives Chinese contemporary art, it focuses on discovering and promoting the new power of Chinese contemporary art, realizing the special value of Chinese contemporary art in the international arena, and creating new ideas of contemporary art. It also organizes professional conferences and publishes books on Chinese contemporary art.
Since its founding, the space has been noticed by artistic professionals and institutions from all over the world. In February 2006, the previous exhibition “Only One Wall”, which was held in the space in 2005, was launched at Art Space in Sydney, Australia. The “Sublimation: A New Art Project by Zhang Dali” exhibition (held at Beijing Commune in October and November 2005) is selected to attend the coming 6th Gwangju Biennale.
北京公社由评论家与策划人冷林先生创建于2004年。自2005年4月起第一个展览以来，北京公社一直努力尝试建立起一种推动当代艺术的新模式，一种介于博物馆和画廊之间的新空间。
北京公社是展示正在成长的有突出才能的艺术家作品的空间，又致力于发现并推动新的有创造活力的艺术家。作为推动中国当代艺术的发动机，北京公社通过独特的展览策划、组织学术讨论和专业的图书出版推动中国当代艺术的发展，在国际当代艺术的领域里展现其特殊的价值。
自北京公社创立以来，它即已受到国内外艺术专业人士和机构的广泛关注。曾经在2005年举办的展览《只有一面墙》，又于2006年2月在澳大利亚悉尼的Art Space展出。《“升华”——张大力新作展》（2005年10月至11月在北京公社首次展出）被选参加即将举办的韩国第六届光州双年展。