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2025-12-26
Xin Dongwang Painting Teaching Research Exhibition

Xin Dongwang Painting Teaching Research Exhibition

This exhibition takes us into the creative world of the late artist Xin Dongwang, allowing us to experience his unique artistic charm and profound teaching philosophy. Xin Dongwang is an...
Ended on Wed Feb 12, 2025 @ China Art Museum
Ongoing
Fluxus, by chance

Fluxus, by chance

West Bund Museum teams up with Centre Pompidou for Fluxus, by chance, the first major exhibition in China to systematically trace the history of the Fluxus movement. The show brings over 200 works...
Daily except Mon until Feb 22 @ West Bund Museum
Picasso Through the Eyes of Paul Smith

Picasso Through the Eyes of Paul Smith

This exhibition brings a major Pablo Picasso exhibition to the Museum of Art Pudong in collaboration with the Musée national Picasso-Paris. The show presents more than 80 works spanning the...
From Dec 22 until May 3 @ MAP
From ¥ 130
The Wonder of Patterns

The Wonder of Patterns

The Wonder of Patterns: Masterpieces of Indian, Iranian, and Ottoman Art from the Louvre marks the Louvre Museum’s first exhibition in Shanghai, presented at the Museum of Art Pudong. Drawing from...
Daily until May 6 @ MAP
From ¥ 130
Fotografiska General Entrance Ticket

Fotografiska General Entrance Ticket

This is a universal entrance ticket for Fotografiska which allows you to enjoy all exhibitions for the day. Tickets are for a single admission only. Fotografiska changes exhibitions periodically,...
Daily @ Fotografiska
From ¥ 50
The 13th Shanghai Fine Arts Exhibition

The 13th Shanghai Fine Arts Exhibition

The 13th Shanghai Fine Arts Exhibition is a biennial survey show presenting recent work by artists based in Shanghai, held this year at the China Art Museum. Founded in 2001, the exhibition has...
Daily except Mon until Jan 4 @ China Art Museum
Foto Live Wednesday Jazz & Cocktails

Foto Live Wednesday Jazz & Cocktails

Every Wednesday, Fotografska Shanghai hosts Wednesday Jazz & Cocktails Night, featuring avant-garde jazz performances on the 4F lounge stage. Enjoy an evening of live music, expertly crafted...
Wednesdays @ Fotografiska
From ¥ 50
The Beauty of Fan-Tasy: Masterpieces of Fan Painting and Calligraphy Through the Ages from the Shanghai Museum Collection

The Beauty of Fan-Tasy: Masterpieces of Fan Painting and Calligraphy Through the Ages from the Shanghai Museum Collection

Shanghai Museum’s collection of fan paintings and calligraphy spans nearly a millennium, from Northern Song silk fans to modern folding fans, covering landscapes, flowers and birds, figures, and...
Daily except Mon until Feb 22 @ Shanghai Museum
Art Shanghai European National Treasures Presents Touching Infinity: Art Beyond Time

Art Shanghai European National Treasures Presents Touching Infinity: Art Beyond Time

This exhibition "TOUCHING INFINITY: ART BEYOND TIME" is presented by ART SHANGHAI in collaboration with the world's leading authority on the art of timekeeping—the Musée international d’horlogerie,...
Dec 8 - 1 Mar (Closed on Feb 16 - 19） @ No. 1 Waitanyuan
From ¥ 150
Sony Pictures Roadshow

Sony Pictures Roadshow

Step into the world of Hollywood magic with the Sony Pictures Roadshow, showcasing the legacy of Sony Pictures and Columbia Pictures through an immersive experience. Explore over 150 authentic...
Daily until Mar 3 @ Super Brand Mall
From ¥ 88
Cho Gi-Seok 'The Coexistence of Imperfection'

Cho Gi-Seok 'The Coexistence of Imperfection'

Fotografiska Shanghai presents The Coexistence of Imperfection, the first major solo exhibition in Asia by celebrated Korean visual artist Cho Gi-Seok, opening October 12, 2025. The show features...
Daily until Mar 8 @ Fotografiska
Space: Internal Illuminations

Space: Internal Illuminations

A cosmic-scale exhibition co-curated by Johan Vikner and Iris Long lands at Fotografiska. The show takes visitors from the vastness of the universe to the depths of personal reflection, blending...
Daily until Mar 8 @ Fotografiska
Andrew Grassie - Something Or Nothing

Andrew Grassie - Something Or Nothing

Fotografiska Shanghai presents Something or Nothing, a new solo exhibition by British artist Andrew Grassie, known for transforming photographic stillness into exquisitely detailed egg-tempera...
Daily until Mar 8 @ Fotografiska
Salvador Dalí x The Bund City Hall: Comienzo

Salvador Dalí x The Bund City Hall: Comienzo

Salvador Dalí’s surreal visions meet Shanghai’s century-old architecture at the Bund City Hall, where more than 150 works—including sculptures, jewelry, glass, and prints—are on display. The...
Daily except Mon until Mar 10 @ Bund City Hall
Recasting After the Past: The Art of Chinese Bronzes, 1100-1900

Recasting After the Past: The Art of Chinese Bronzes, 1100-1900

Objects from the Song, Yuan, Ming, and Qing dynasties reveal how Chinese bronze art shifted from ritual function to aesthetic refinement over centuries. About 178 pieces are on display at Shanghai...
Daily except Tue until Mar 16 @ Shanghai Museum East Branch
15th Shanghai Biennale

15th Shanghai Biennale

The 15th Shanghai Biennale, “ Does the Flower Hear the Bee?”, has officially taken over the Power Station of Art with more than 250 works from 67 artists and collectives around the world. This...
Daily except Mon until Mar 31 @ Power Station of Art
Glamour and Modernity Beyond Shanghai

Glamour and Modernity Beyond Shanghai

The exhibition at Shanghai Museum traces over a century of Shanghai-style qipao, exploring how this iconic dress evolved alongside the city’s social and cultural shifts. Around 300 pieces are on...
From Dec 23 until May 5 @ Shanghai Museum
Reinventing Landscape: Highlights of the Centre Pompidou Collection vol. IV

Reinventing Landscape: Highlights of the Centre Pompidou Collection vol. IV

West Bund Museum kicks off a new five-year collaboration with the Centre Pompidou with Reinventing Landscapes, a major exhibition featuring nearly 70 works from the Pompidou’s world-class...
Daily except Mon @ West Bund Museum
NYE 2026: A Space Odyssey - Fotografiska X Piece of Fate

NYE 2026: A Space Odyssey - Fotografiska X Piece of Fate

Fotografiska teams up with Piece Of Face for a New Year’s Eve party that leans hard into sci-fi fantasy, inspired by SPACE: Internal Illuminations and Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey. The night...
Wed, Dec 31, 2025 @ Fotografiska
From ¥ 180
Chen Chuanduan "The Tacit Measure: Caves, Comets, and Dreams Uncollapsed

Chen Chuanduan "The Tacit Measure: Caves, Comets, and Dreams Uncollapsed

Fotografiska Shanghai will present Chen Chuanduan’s solo exhibition The Tacit Measure: Caves, Comets, and Dreams Uncollapsed from October 12, 2025, to January 11, 2026. The exhibition features his...
Daily until Jan 11 @ Fotografiska
Andrea Galvani - The Void Migrates to the Surface

Andrea Galvani - The Void Migrates to the Surface

Italian artist Andrea Galvani brings his first solo show in Asia to Fotografiska Shanghai with The Void Migrates to the Surface. Expect a hypnotic mix of super-slow-motion butterflies, immersive...
Daily until Jan 12 @ Fotografiska
Michelle Blade: The River

Michelle Blade: The River

Shanghai Powerlong Museum is hosting a solo survey of Michelle Blade’s work, exploring rivers as both physical and conceptual forces. Blade’s paintings layer translucent acrylics and ink on...
Daily except Mon until Jan 25 @ Powerlong Museum
Paradox Museum

Paradox Museum

The Paradox Museum is headquartered in Greece, with a research center and creative team in Croatia.It has already established 15 experience centers in several major cities worldwide, such as Miami...
Daily @ Paradox Museum
Sunrise from the East

Sunrise from the East

Drawing on the myth of the ten suns from The Classic of Mountains and Seas, Miao Jing’s Ten Suns in Chaos looks at how excess light once symbolized danger and how that idea translates into today’s...
Daily except Mon, Tue & Wed until Jan 18 @ E.SCAPE
10——60

10——60

Spanning nearly half a century of global contemporary art, 10——60 at Long Museum (West Bund) draws from the Liu Yiqian and Wang Wei collection to showcase around 200 works by artists born between...
Daily except Mon until Feb 23 @ Long Museum (West Bund)
Rodin: Figure Charnière vers la Modernité

Rodin: Figure Charnière vers la Modernité

The Centre d’Art Rodin (Shanghai) has launched its opening exhibition, providing a comprehensive look at Auguste Rodin’s artistic career. The show highlights his influence on both 19th-century...
Daily except Mon @ Centre d'Art Rodin
Museum of Art Pudong

Museum of Art Pudong

The Museum of Art Pudong is one of the finest museums in Shanghai developed by the Luijiazui Group: the exhibition area occupies more than 10,000 square meters with 13 halls. It’s a minimalist,...
Daily @ MAP
From ¥ 130
Lin Tianmiao: There's No Fun In It!

Lin Tianmiao: There's No Fun In It!

Power Station of Art is staging the largest-ever survey of Lin Tianmiao, one of the most influential female artists in Chinese contemporary art. There's No Fun In It! brings together more than 40...
Daily except Mon until Jan 4 @ Power Station of Art
The 30-Year Retrospective of the China Oil Painting Society

The 30-Year Retrospective of the China Oil Painting Society

Shanghai’s largest oil painting exhibition in recent years is now on view at Shanghai Art Museum, featuring over 800 works by 370 artists across 12 galleries. Divided into four thematic sections,...
Daily except Mon until Jan 4 @ China Art Museum

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