The Shanghai Pudong New District 3723 Art Museum is a privately run non-enterprise institution established on June 21, 2023. Its registered address is located on the 2nd floor of 66 Yincheng Road, Pudong New District, Shanghai. Its legal representative is Teng Haiming, and its scope of business includes art collection, preservation, research, exhibition, and display, as well as public art outreach and cultural exchange activities. The above is the official venue introduction.

The Shanghai Fosun Arts Center is a non-profit arts institution founded by Fosun Group and the Fosun Foundation in 2016, located at 600 Zhongshan East 2nd Road, Huangpu District, Shanghai. The building was co-designed by Foster + Partners and Heatherwick Studio, its three floors of golden rotating fringe curtains forming a distinctive facade that has earned it the nickname "the dancing house." The Fosun Arts Center is currently hosting "A Star That Never Changes—MOLLY's 20th

The Shanghai Duolun Museum of Modern Art was founded in 2003 by the Hongkou District Bureau of Culture and Tourism (formerly the Hongkou District Bureau of Culture). It is the first public museum on the Chinese mainland dedicated to contemporary art and the first professionally run modern art museum established on a government platform in China. Located at No. 27 Duolun Road, Hongkou District, the museum was planned and built with a modern, multi-functional vision. As a non-p

Shanghai Jiushi Art Museum is a non-profit art museum located on the 6th floor of 27 Zhongshan East First Road, Huangpu District, Shanghai. The Bund venue opened on September 30, 2018, within the historic Jardine Matheson Building, a protected heritage structure. It belongs to the Jiushi Art Museum cluster, which also includes Jiushi Art Space at Bund 18 and Jiushi Art Salon at 230 Beijing East Road. On 31 March 2026, the new wing of Shanghai Jiushi Art Museum officially open

The Nanjing Golden Eagle Art Museum is located on the 52nd floor of Tower A, Golden Eagle World, Hexi, Nanjing. Founded in 2020, this museum keeps such a low profile that finding the direct elevator to the entrance requires some effort. During today's visit, a small solo exhibition was on display: "Rehearsal in the Mist"—a solo art exhibition by Chen Wei . According to public information, this contemporary artist, who focuses on photography, installation, and video art, typic

The Shanghai Rockbund Art Museum is a contemporary art museum located in the Waitanyuan (Bund Source) area, at the confluence of the Huangpu River and Suzhou Creek. It is housed in the Royal Asiatic Society Building, constructed in 1932 in the Art Deco style — a historically protected landmark that was once one of China's earliest natural history museums. As mentioned in a previous blog post, the Waitanyuan area is surrounded by a cluster of historic foreign-built architectur

Last weekend, I had planned to visit the Aurora Art Museum, only to observe upon arrival that no exhibitions were on. Glancing across the street, I noticed the Aurora Museum was open, with several permanent collections covering ancient Chinese ceramics, jade, porcelain, and Buddhist sculptures. Since I was already there, I bought a ticket and wandered in. In the jade research gallery, one display case stopped me in my tracks. It held an array of both natural and man-made ston

I had originally planned to visit the Aurora Art Museum today, only to find upon arrival that there were no exhibitions on. Across the street, however, the Aurora Museum was running several permanent exhibitions covering ancient Chinese ceramic sculpture, jade, porcelain, and Buddhist statuary. As it happened, I had visited a few galleries at the Shanghai Museum East Bund just the previous week—covering much the same ground—so it seemed intriguing to see how this institution,

Have you ever felt puzzled while wandering through a museum? The jade artifacts in the display cases—warm, lustrous, and archaic in form—look nothing like the vivid, dripping-green jadeite bracelets in the jewelry shops outside, yet both are called "jade" ( yù ). Were the jade pendants worn at the waist by ancient scholars truly the same thing as the jadeite bracelet on your grandmother's wrist today? The answer is no. The question sounds simple, but behind it lies thousands

On the third floor of the Shanghai Museum's East Building, there is an exhibition hall worth a special visit—the Ancient Chinese Ceramics Gallery. The exhibition unfolds along a timeline, from the first lump of clay shaped by prehistoric hands to the gossamer-thin glazed wares crafted by Qing Dynasty artisans. Each of these objects encapsulates thousands of years of civilizational warmth. After walking through the gallery, many visitors find a quiet question forming in their

The Shanghai Museum East Hall (abbreviated as "SMEH") is positioned as a museum of ancient Chinese art. Located at No. 1952 Century Avenue, Pudong New Area, Shanghai, covers a land area of approximately 46,000 square meters and has a total floor area of 113,200 square meters. The building comprises six above-ground floors and two below-ground floors. The total exhibition and display area spans approximately 33,600 square meters, housing 20 galleries and interactive experience

A Paradox Begins Recently I ran an experiment using an algorithm to extract the dominant hues from digital images of various classical oil paintings. To my surprise, whether it was Jan van Huysum's still-life flowers, Botticelli’s The Birth of Venus, Monet’s Water Lilies, Van Gogh’s Sunflowers, or Piero della Francesca’s Spring, the four to six most concentrated dominant colors extracted were invariably low-saturation hues, differing mainly in brightness. The colors that appe

The Nanjing Yunjin Museum is China's only museum dedicated exclusively to cloud brocade. It primarily showcases Chinese ethnic brocade weaving arts, with Nanjing cloud brocade as its centerpiece, and is listed among the "New Forty-Eight Scenic Spots of Jinling." The museum displays cloud brocade weaving techniques, authentic Ming and Qing dynasty cloud brocade masterpieces, and replicas of ancient Chinese silk textile artifacts. With over 1,500 years of handweaving history, N

"Miracles of Pattern: Masterpieces of Indian, Iranian, and Ottoman Art from the Louvre" is the title of the recent blockbuster exhibition at the Shanghai Pudong Art Museum. Many articles and videos introducing the exhibits are available online for those interested. Before this, many readers may have been puzzled when seeing the exhibition title: Why these three countries? Didn't the Ottoman Empire collapse over a hundred years ago? After seeing the map at the exhibition entra

"Shifting perspectives" ( yíbù huànjǐng , 移步换景) is a unique spatial composition principle in traditional Chinese painting and a key to appreciating Chinese art. It stands in stark contrast to the "linear perspective" of Western painting, embodying the distinctive Chinese way of observing the world and its underlying philosophical thought. I. What Is "Shifting Perspectives"? Core concept: Rather than observing a scene from a single fixed viewpoint, the artist moves through th

Such a shocking statement naturally comes from an artist who defies convention. He is called Pablo Picasso. I recently saw the special exhibition "Extraordinary Picasso" at the Pudong Art Museum. One exhibition hall was particularly interesting, as it featured Picasso's variations on The Luncheon on the Grass, which was created in the 1960s. According to reports, this Cubist pioneer created over 27 oil paintings and numerous sketches inspired by The Luncheon on the Grass. Thi

Deji Art Museum is a non-profit art institution established by Deji Group on September 26, 2017, located on the 8th floor of Deji Plaza Phase II in Xuanwu District, Nanjing, Jiangsu Province. Covering an area of 9,000 square meters, the museum's collection spans ancient Chinese ceramics, calligraphy and painting, Buddhist sculptures, and modern and contemporary art. The current director is Eileen. Distinguished as "the world's only museum open until midnight," the museum has

The Pudong Art Museum (MAP) is an international-level art venue located in the core area of Lujiazui, Shanghai. Pritzker Prize-winning architect Jean Nouvel designed it, setting it apart by hosting world-class art exhibitions. Presently, the museum is showcasing two significant international exhibitions: "The Wonders of Pattern" and "Concordance: Picasso & Paul Smith." The museum has also innovatively introduced the official Doubao AI guided tour service, offering visitor

Sinan Timezone Gallery is a multifunctional art space that integrates a gallery, museum-style art and creative merchandise store, aesthetic communication, and cultural exchange. Located in the Sinan Mansions area of Shanghai, the gallery sits within a historically protected cluster of garden villas in Huangpu District—a neighborhood that also serves as a hub for nighttime cultural and tourism activities. From November 22, 2025, to January 22, 2026, the Sinan Timezone Gallery

I've visited quite a few art galleries recently. Today, let's turn our attention to architecture. Compared with other ancient Chinese capitals, Shanghai is a relatively "young" city. However, due to its long-standing role as China's gateway for foreign trade and exchange since modern times, much of its architecture bears the hallmark of "fusion." The Bund Source Architectural Complex is a prime example. The Bund Source is located at the confluence of the Huangpu River and Suz