Shanghai Special Art Exhibition Highlights (February 2026)
- Cathy Shen
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"Michael Najjar: Morphing Equilibrium" (Visual & Video Art Exhibition)
Dates: January 16, 2026 – May 17, 2026
Venue: Fotografiska Shanghai
"Endless Origin: The Void of "Setting"—Wang Yuqi Solo Exhibition (Installation & Video Art)
Dates: January 31, 2026 – March 1, 2026
Venue: chi K11 Art Museum
"Ascending to Another World"—Dunhuang Excavated Art from the Northern Liang to Yuan Dynasty (Artifacts, Related Videos & Installation Art)
Dates: July 18, 2025 – March 20, 2026
Venue: Dunhuang Contemporary Art Museum
"Wonders of "Pattern"—Masterpieces of Indian, Iranian & Ottoman Art from the Louvre (Middle Eastern Artifacts & European Art, including Decorative Arts, Manuscripts, Ceramics, etc.)
Dates: December 13, 2025 – May 6, 2026
Venue: Museum of Art Pudong
"Very Picasso: A Fresh Perspective by Paul Smith" (Picasso's Creative Materials from Musée Picasso Paris)
Dates: December 22, 2025 – May 3, 2026
Venue: Museum of Art Pudong
"Roma Roma: From Olympus to the Capitoline" (Western Classical Art, Sculpture)
Dates: November 11, 2025 – May 5, 2026
Venue: World Expo Museum Shanghai
The 15th Shanghai Biennale: "Can the Flower Hear the Bee?" (Installation Art, Contemporary Art)
Dates: November 7, 2025 – March 31, 2026
Venue: Power Station of Art
"Reviving the Past, Forging the Present: Revival and Innovation in Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasty Bronzes" (In collaboration with The Metropolitan Museum of Art; Bronzes, Paintings, Calligraphy, Ceramics, etc.)
Dates: November 12, 2025 – March 16, 2026
Venue: Shanghai Museum East Hall
"The Supreme Beauty of Fans: A Century of Masterpiece Fan Paintings from the Shanghai Museum Collection" (Ancient, Modern & Contemporary Chinese Painting and Calligraphy)
Dates: October 2025 – February 2026
Venue: Shanghai Museum, People's Square, Gallery 1
"Panel Wanderings: Swiss Contemporary Comic Art Exhibition" (Contemporary Comics)
Dates: December 20, 2025 – April 6, 2026
Venue: Shanghai Minsheng Art Museum
"Patterns Carry the "Way"—Palace Museum Immersive Digital Experience (Digitized Display of Ancient Patterns)
Dates: December 9, 2025 – March 1, 2026
Venue: Fosun Foundation Shanghai
Zhuang Wanli Family Donation: Liangtu Xuan Painting and Calligraphy Exhibition (Ancient Chinese Painting and Calligraphy)
Dates: August 20, 2025 – April 19, 2026
Venue: Shanghai Museum, People's Square, 3rd Floor, Liangtu Xuan Gallery
"VOGUE: Runway Chronicles" Immersive Exhibition (Fashion & Costume Exhibition)
Dates: January 31, 2026 – May 31, 2026
Venue: West Bund Museum, B1 Gallery
"Happening! Fluxus!"—One of the Most Avant-Garde and Subversive Art Movements of the 20th Century (Contemporary Avant-Garde Art)
Dates: September 26, 2025 – February 22, 2026
Venue: West Bund Museum, Gallery 3
"Reframing Landscapes"—Centre Pompidou Collection (Fauvism, Cubism, Surrealism, Abstraction, Conceptual Art, etc.)
Dates: April 29, 2025 – October 18, 2026
Venue: West Bund Museum
"Ink and Clay: Masterpieces of Modern Chinese Painting and Yixing Zisha Teapots" (Traditional Chinese Art)
Dates: October 1, 2025–March 1, 2026
Venue: Long Museum West Bund
"Gazing Across Clouds and Seas: Yungang Grottoes Art Exhibition" (Yungang Grottoes Artifacts, 3D Restoration & Digital Presentation)
Dates: October 10, 2025 – March 26, 2026
Venue: Jinchao 8 Lane, L6 QuKan Art Museum
"Echoes of "Dunhuang"—Dunhuang Cultural Art Exhibition (Replicas of Classic Caves)
Dates: October 23, 2025 – March 31, 2026
Venue: Yifeng Center, 19 Xianxia Road, Changning District, Shanghai
Notes: The information above is sourced from the official introductions provided by the respective art galleries.
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