Opened in 2014, the Long Museum West Bund is the second of Chinese billionaire collectors Liu Yiqian and Wang Wei's expanding empire. The architecture is stunning - right on the waterfront, it was designed by Liu Yichun of Atelier Deshaus. Inside is a veritable who's who of Chinese contemporary art as well as ancient and traditional masterpieces, all showcased in regularly rotating exhibitions.
Louise Bourgeois: The Eternal Thread is the first large-scale museum exhibition in China of work by French-American artist Louise Bourgeois. Widely regarded as one of the most important artists of the 20th and 21st centuries, Bourgeois...
The Long Museum(West Bund)presents one of China’s most celebrated female artists, Yu Hong, with a large comprehensive survey of her work, “The World of Saha”, curated by Jérôme Sans. Yu Hong's creative inspiration is known to be grounded...
Around 100 significant works from the history of Chinese contemporary art after 1978 are on display in the first-floor gallery and in the stairway gallery of the Long Museum. Artists featured includes Cai Guoqiang, Cao Fei, Zeng Fanzhi,...
"Still Moving" is the first major presentation of UK sculptor Antony Gormley’s work in China. Gormley is best known for his sculptures and public installations that investigate the relationship of the human body to space. At the center...
This looks very promising indeed: American artist James Turrell has been working with the medium of light since the 1960s, picking up accolade after accolade, and even opening his own museum in Argentina. He's best known for ongoing...
Suskita, Cynthia and Leo are celebrating World Laughter Day (yup, evidently a thing) by offering a class on #LaughterAcroYoga. What is that? We have no idea, but it sounds like a giggle. It's also a Fundraiser for the Flying Baozi Acro...
Spanning a range of media and ten centuries of art history, She features works by 105 women artists from China and abroad. The first of the exhibition's four chapters is called 'self-annihilation' and features very early, oftentimes...
Some pretty interesting stats from the state-owned media outlet 'Cultural Shanghai' (文化上海) on how public art in Shanghai has evolved. Most notably, the last six years have seen a big jump in privately owned museums , as rich benefactors push culture to the masses. In number terms, Shanghai had 89 museums by the end of 2018 (compared to just 34 in 2012), and 67 of those were...
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'The Eternal Silk' is Long Museum's most important exhibition of 2018, no doubt. Featuring the sculptures, installations, and paintings from art world heavyweight Louise Bourgeois’s 70+ year career, the show pays tribute to...
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Museums, malls, and basements are where it’s at this weekend, with two big group shows opening at West Bund and Red Town respectively; fashion plus history at K11 and...
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Riddle me this, Shanghai art lovers: When is a convenience store not a convenience store? XuZhen (the brand, not the superstar artist / businessman - more on him in just a sec) is bringing XUZHEN SUPERMARKET to Yuyuan Lu later this month. Not your average corner shop, this...
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Shanghai's newest and largest private art museum takes an almost encyclopedic approach to Chinese art through the ages. It looks cool, too.
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