坐落在解放西路西南侧的广西省立艺术馆,是如今桂林市中心尚存的屈指可数的几座民国建筑之一。由于其南侧和西侧有许多建筑遮挡,这座无论造型还是色彩都很别致的建筑并不引人注目。然而,时间回溯70多年,这座建筑却是中国“第一个伟大戏剧建筑”。中国戏剧人对这座艺术馆的热爱,从当年西南剧展的亲历者张客1982年的回忆中可见一斑: Located at the southwest side of Jiefang West Road, the Guangxi Provincial Museum of Art is one of the few surviving Republic of China buildings in the center of Guilin nowadays. Due to the many architectural shades on its south and west sides, this architecturally elegant or colorful building does not draw much attention. However, dating back more than 70 years, this building is China’s “First Great Theater Building.” The love of the Chinese theater people in this art museum can be seen from the memory of Zhang Ke, who witnessed the Southwest play of that year in 1982: