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19 hours 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 days 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...

5 days ago

Bernard Faucon’s Constructed Childhood, at SIGMA

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

8 days 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...

9 days ago

PALACE Lands in Shanghai With a City-Exclusive Drop

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

11 days 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...

17 days ago

Shanghai’s Underground Time Capsule Hides Beneath Fengxian

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

1 month 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...

1 month 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...

1 month ago

Soft Power: Two Fiber Artists Take Over West Bund Museum

Large color meets quiet texture in contrasting fiber installations.

1 month ago

In Focus: The Shanghai API Adult Expo 2026

The Yearly Adult Expo is back this weekend. We sent our editor to report back with some pictures.

1 month ago

A New Foster + Partners–Designed Museum, Somehow Still Under the Radar

Big name architecture, quiet first impression.

2 months ago

Green Station Puts a Minty Refresh on a Familiar Changle Lu Compound

Just off Changle Lu, a small creative compound longtime Shanghai wanderers might remember has...

2 months ago

A Floating Book Haven on Suzhou Creek

Books, river views, and a surprisingly peaceful new hangout.

2 months ago

Shanghai’s Secret Prop Warehouse

Wander through rows of vintage furniture, props, and cinematic surprises.

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