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Shanghai Shows to See During West Bund and ART021 2023

Feature Shanghai Shows to See During West Bund and ART021 2023 By Shanyu Zhong, Shanghai, 8 November 2023 Must-see exhibitions range from the long-awaited 14th Shanghai Biennale at the Power Station of Art to Liu Chuang's new film at Antenna Space.

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Power Collectors Wang Wei and Liu Yiqian to Sell 50 Works

News Power Collectors Wang Wei and Liu Yiqian to Sell 50 Works By Sam Gaskin, Shanghai, 23 August 2023 Sotheby's will auction off paintings by Amadeo Modigliani, René Magritte, and Matthew Wong, among others, in Hong Kong this fall.

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Shanghai Lowdown: Exhibitions to See this Autumn

Feature Shanghai Lowdown: Exhibitions to See this Autumn By Elaine YJ Zheng, Shanghai, 11 November 2021 Ocula Magazine presents a list of must-see exhibitions across Shanghai this autumn.

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Loie Hollowell's Shanghai Recalibration

Insight Loie Hollowell's Shanghai Recalibration By Hutch Wilco, Shanghai, 26 May 2021 Loie Hollowell's geometric compositions use a personal lexicon of symbolic forms derived from religious iconography and architecture.

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Tomokazu Matsuyama's Fragmented Harmonies at Long Museum

Insight Tomokazu Matsuyama's Fragmented Harmonies at Long Museum By Sherry Paik, Shanghai, 20 January 2021 Tomokazu Matsuyama brings his eclectic palette to Long Museum West Bund.

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Shanghai Art Week: Exhibitions to See in 2020

Feature Shanghai Art Week: Exhibitions to See in 2020 By Tessa Moldan, Shanghai, 10 November 2020 With Art021 and West Bund Art & Design taking place in November, we recommend 17 shows to see in Shanghai this winter.

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Mark Bradford’s Call for Unity at Shanghai’s Long Museum

Insight Mark Bradford’s Call for Unity at Shanghai’s Long Museum By Sherry Paik, 16 August 2019 In this Ocula video, Mark Bradford and curator Diana Nami talk through the artist's 2019 exhibition at the Long Museum West Bund in Shanghai, his largest exhibition to date in China.

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Shanghai Art Exhibitions to See: 2018 Lowdown

Feature Shanghai Art Exhibitions to See: 2018 Lowdown By Sam Gaskin, Shanghai, 2 November 2018 With the West Bund Art & Design and ART021 art fairs opening next week along with the launch of the 12th Shanghai Biennale, here is a selection of exhibitions to see around Shanghai.

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The scene of a crime: Shanghai art week 2016

Feature The scene of a crime: Shanghai art week 2016 By Elliat Albrecht, Shanghai, 6 December 2016 Frankly though, I couldn't concentrate: a trade fair seemed trivial as social and political progress seemed on the brink of a steep and painful descent.

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The West Bund Art & Design fair seals Shanghai art's gentrification

Feature The West Bund Art & Design fair seals Shanghai art's gentrification By Sam Gaskin, Shanghai, 22 November 2016 As the strength of global galleries attending has increased, the proportion of participating galleries with a base in Shanghai has decreased.

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Ten Private Museums in China You Should Know

Feature Ten Private Museums in China You Should Know By Sam Gaskin, Shanghai, 3 July 2015 Private companies and individuals increasingly have not only the means to establish these museums but the knowhow to keep them going, often to a higher standard than China’s public institutions.

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Shanghai’S Year Of The Art Fair

Feature Shanghai’S Year Of The Art Fair By Sam Gaskin, Shanghai, 2 October 2014 For a couple of weeks every autumn, the unsavory smells that squat up and down Shanghai’s streets are joined, and sometimes overwhelmed, by the perfume of Osmanthus. It started here a few days ago, giving shelter from the usual olfactory harassment to those who pause under the trees. The city’s art scene has a similarly brief but...

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