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Fotografiska Shanghai
Fotografiska Shanghai is a chain art institution dedicated to photography and visual art exhibitions, along with related merchandise. Since their official website and social media do a relatively thorough job of promotion and marketing, I won't repeat that here. You can refer to https://shanghai.fotografiska.com/en, where you'll also find detailed introductions to the current exhibitions. When I visited today, perhaps because it was a weekend, the art center was quite crowded

Cathy Shen
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Shanghai chi K11 Art Museum
The Shanghai chi K11 Art Museum is located on level B3 of the K11 Art Mall at 300 Middle Huaihai Road, Huangpu District, Shanghai. It was established in 2013, with a total area of approximately 3,000 square meters. When I visited today, the museum had only one open exhibition: "Golden Glimpses of Dunhuang — An Exhibition of Kirikane Art." The exhibition features kirikane artworks by Dou Wei, a researcher at the Dunhuang Academy and an artist. What is kirikane art? It was a te

Cathy Shen
May 232 min read


Liu Haisu Art Museum
The Liu Haisu Art Museum is located at 1609 West Yan'an Road, Changning District, Shanghai, with a total floor area of 12,540 square meters. According to the official introduction, the museum's collection is primarily based on artworks donated by Liu Haisu himself, comprising 913 pieces — including historical calligraphy and paintings by masters of various dynasties that Liu collected throughout his lifetime, as well as his own oil paintings, traditional Chinese paintings, an

Cathy Shen
May 164 min read


When Picasso Met Africa: An Artistic "Collision" Across Continents
Not long ago, I paid a visit to the Picasso Art Center in Shanghai. The exhibition had a rather poetic title, Back to the Origin: Picasso and Africa, a showcase of Sino-African art and cultural exchange. To be honest, walking in, I was skeptical: Picasso, a Spaniard... what "origin" could he possibly share with Africa? The exhibition promptly slapped me across the face with the answer. Zimbabwean woodcarvings, stone sculptures, and oil paintings on canvas stood side by side w

Cathy Shen
May 108 min read
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