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3 days ago

Wonder Dolls Is Making Doll Art Way More Serious Than You’d Expect

What is it?Duo Yun Xuan Art Museum is hosting Wonder Dolls 2026, a doll art biennale organized by...

5 days ago

Zhangyuan Finally Opens a Way Through — and Gives You a Reason to Walk It

If you've tried cutting through Zhangyuan anytime in the past few years, you probably hit a...

10 days ago

Shanghai Museum’s Next Mega Exhibition Is Here, But Maybe Don’t Rush In Yet

What is it?If you survived Shanghai Museum's blockbuster Egypt exhibition, you already know what...

1 month ago

Blue-and-White Porcelain, Rewritten at Liu Haisu Art Museum

What is itYou think you know blue-and-white porcelain until a show like this expands what that...

1 month ago

Where You Can Hit Tennis Balls Alone in the Middle of Jing’an

Just off the café stretch of Wuding Lu, Union Square Tennis occupies a restored century-old brick...

1 month ago

A 17-Meter-Tall Blue Bookstore Is Hiding Next to Shanghai University of Sport

Just outside the west gate of Shanghai University of Sport in Yangpu is University Sport Book...

2 months ago

Nearly 200 Illustrators and Art Brands Take Over the Shanghai Exhibition Center This Weekend

A new illustration fair is taking over the Shanghai Exhibition Centre this weekend. Running May...

2 months ago

Inside Shanghai’s Relocated Former School Building, Two New Exhibitions Open

Hidden behind the shopping blocks around Xintiandi sits the former Lagena Primary School, a 1935...

2 months ago

Bernard Faucon’s Constructed Childhood, at SIGMA

At SIGMA in Columbia Circle, the new exhibition by French photographer Bernard Faucon runs...

2 months ago

Shanghai Then and Now: One Photographer’s Long-Term Record of a Disappearing City

In 2019, photographer ZWEI returned to Shanghai after finishing his studies abroad. Around the...

2 months ago

PALACE Lands in Shanghai With a City-Exclusive Drop

PALACE 26 SHANGHAI Limited Edition Released!British skate label Palace is officially landing in...

2 months ago

Yanqing Lane Is Becoming Shanghai’s New Style Circuit

The new Yanqing Lane on Yanqing Lu is a newly opened lifestyle street project that is quietly...

2 months ago

Shanghai’s Underground Time Capsule Hides Beneath Fengxian

A Cold War-era bunker turned surreal suburban underground maze.

3 months ago

Sheshan's Hilltop Observatory Is a Quiet Half-Day Out

On top of Xisheshan Hill, inside Sheshan National Forest Park, there's a small astronomical...

3 months ago

GAF Shanghai International Illustration Art Expo 2026 Returns to SNIEC This May

GAF's annual illustration mega-fest is back for 2026, taking over the Shanghai New International...

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