Shanghai Special Art Exhibition Highlights (December 2025)
- Cathy Shen

- Dec 2
- 2 min read
Masterpieces of Indian, Iranian and Ottoman Art from the Louvre: "The Miracle of Patterns" (Middle Eastern artifacts and European artworks, including decorative arts, manuscripts, ceramics, etc.)
Exhibition Period: December 13, 2025 - May 6, 2026
Location: Museum of Art Pudong, Shanghai
"Very Picasso: A New Perspective by Paul Smith" (Picasso's creative materials and works from the Musée Picasso Paris)
Exhibition Period: December 22, 2025 - May 3, 2026
Location: Museum of Art Pudong
"Melting the Past, Shaping the Present: Revival and Innovation in Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing Bronze Vessels" (Collaborative exhibition with the Metropolitan Museum of Art, featuring Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasty bronzes, paintings, calligraphy, and ceramics)
Exhibition Period: November 12, 2025 - March 16, 2026
Location: Shanghai Museum East
"Rome, Rome: From Olympus to Capitol" (Western Classical Art, Sculpture)
Exhibition Period: 2025.11.11 ~ 2026.05.05
Location: Shanghai World Expo Museum
15th Shanghai Biennale: "Does the Flower Hear the Bee?" (Installation Art, Contemporary Art) Exhibition Period: 2025.11.07 ~ 2026.03.31 Location: Power Station of Art Shanghai
"Ultimate Fans, Ultimate Beauty—Shanghai Museum Collection of Historical Masterpiece Calligraphy and Painting on One Hundred Fans" (Ancient and Modern Chinese Calligraphy and Painting)
Exhibition Period: 2025.10 ~ 2026.02
Location: Shanghai Museum People's Square Branch, Exhibition Hall 1
"Ever New: Centennial Exhibition of Guangdong Art" (Modern and Contemporary Chinese Painting)
Exhibition Period: 2025.10.18 ~ 2026.01.18
Location: Shanghai Art Museum (China Art Museum), 8F, 10F, 12F
Zhuang Wanli Family Donation: Liangtu Studio Calligraphy and Painting Exhibition (Ancient Chinese Calligraphy and Painting)
Exhibition Period: 2025.08.20 ~ 2026.04.19
Location: Shanghai Museum People's Square Branch, 3rd Floor, Liangtu Studio Special Exhibition Room
"By Chance! Fluxus!" - One of the Most Avant-garde and Subversive Art Movements of the 20th Century (Contemporary Avant-garde Art)
Exhibition Period: 2025.9.26 ~ 2026.2.22
Location: West Bund Museum, Gallery 3
"David Hockney: Bigger & Closer" (Digital Media Art)
Exhibition Period: 2025.04.29 ~ 2025.01.03
Location: West Bund Museum
"Reshaping Landscapes" Pompidou Centre Collection Exhibition (Fauvism, Cubism, Surrealism, Abstractionism, Conceptual Art, etc.)
Exhibition Period: 2025.04.29 ~ 2026.10.18
Location: West Bund Museum
"Clay Charm and Ink Fragrance: Modern Chinese Master Paintings, Calligraphy and Purple Clay Special Exhibition" (Traditional Chinese Art)
Exhibition Period: 2025.10.01 ~ 2026.03.01
Location: Long Museum (West Bund)
"Gazing Across Cloud Seas—Yungang Grottoes Art Special Exhibition" (Yungang Grottoes Artifacts, 3D Restoration and Digital Presentation)
Exhibition Period: 2025.10.10 ~ 2026.03.26
Location: Bingang Jinchao Lane 8, L6 Qukan Art Museum
"Why Dunhuang Echoes Endlessly": Dunhuang Culture and Art Exhibition (Classic Cave Replicas)
Exhibition Period: 2025.10.23 ~ 2026.03.31
Location: Yifeng Center, 19 Xianxia Road, Changning District, Shanghai
"Magnificent China—Thirty Years Art Exhibition of the Oil Painting Society of China" (Oil Painting) Exhibition Period: 2025.09.19 ~ 2026.01.04 Location: Shanghai Art Museum (China Art Museum), 0m Level, 5m Level, B2 Exhibition Halls
Notes: The information above is sourced from the official introductions provided by the respective art galleries.



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