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8 days ago

Goldfish Theatre: A Thousand Years of Goldfish, Now With More Neon

Goldfish have been hanging around China for about a thousand years. They started as regular carp,...

12 days ago

Shanghai Grand Opera House Opens This October: What You Need to Know

The “Chinese Fan” Is Finally Ready for Its Debut

25 days ago

KFC’s Oreo Chicken Burger Is Here. Is It Actually Good?

KFC has dropped its latest collab: an Oreo Chicken Burger. The limited-time burger comes with a...

1 month ago

Johnny Depp’s First Museum Show in China Is Now in Shanghai

Forget Jack Sparrow for a minute.Figures of the Fringe is the Shanghai museum debut of Johnny...

1 month ago

Guilin Park Is Back: Shanghai’s Quiet Little Jiangnan Corner Gets a Makeover

After a year-long renovation, Guilin Park is back, cleaner and brighter, but still keeping its...

2 months ago

Lina Bo Bardi Built Places to Live, Not Buildings to Admire

What is itWhat makes a building feel alive? For Lina Bo Bardi, it was never about creating a...

2 months 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...

2 months 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...

2 months 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...

3 months 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...

3 months 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...

4 months 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...

4 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...

4 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...

4 months ago

Bernard Faucon’s Constructed Childhood, at SIGMA

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

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