Shanghai Special Art Exhibition Highlights (January 2026)

Masterpieces from India, Iran, and the Ottoman Empire from the Louvre: "Wonders of Pattern" (Middle Eastern artifacts and European artworks, including decorative arts, manuscripts, ceramics, etc.)

Duration: December 13, 2025–May 6, 2026

Venue: Museum of Art Pudong, Shanghai

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"Very Picasso: A New Perspective by Paul Smith" (Works and creative materials by Picasso from the Musée Picasso, Paris)

Duration: December 22, 2025 – May 3, 2026

Venue: Museum of Art Pudong

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"Image and Painting—Sheng Tianhong Exhibition," "In Life—Liu Weijian Solo Exhibition," "The Hidden One/Glimmers, Spots/Green—Li Jikai Solo Exhibition" (Contemporary painting)

Duration: December 28, 2025 – January 25, 2026

Venue: Chun Art Museum, 655 Fuzhou Road, Shanghai

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"Roma Roma: From Olympus to the Capitoline" (Western classical art, sculpture)

Duration: November 11, 2025 – May 5, 2026

Venue: World Expo Museum, Shanghai

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15th Shanghai Biennale: "Did the Flowers Hear the Bees?" (Installation art, contemporary art)

Duration: November 7, 2025 – March 31, 2026

Venue: Power Station of Art, Shanghai

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"Casting the Past, Forging the Future: Revival and Innovation in Bronze Vessels from the Song to Qing Dynasties" (In collaboration with The Metropolitan Museum of Art; bronzes, paintings, calligraphy, and ceramics from Song, Yuan, Ming, and Qing dynasties)

Duration: November 12, 2025 – March 16, 2026

Venue: Shanghai Museum East

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"The Art of the Fan: A Hundred Masterpieces of Painting and Calligraphy from the Shanghai Museum Collection" (Ancient and modern Chinese painting and calligraphy)

Duration: October 2025 – February 2026

Venue: Shanghai Museum, People's Square, Gallery 1

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"Candy House in Recursion—Tian Changze Solo Exhibition" (Contemporary painting)

Duration: December 27, 2025 – January 25, 2026

Venue: Meibo Art Museum, 88 Liming Road, Minhang District, Shanghai

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"Gazing North Across the Great 'River'—Wang Jiafang Art Exhibition (Contemporary Chinese painting)

Duration: December 23, 2025 – January 25, 2026

Venue: Shanghai Haipai Art Museum

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Wandering Between Panels—Swiss Contemporary Comics Art Exhibition (Contemporary comics)

Duration: December 20, 2025 – April 6, 2026

Venue: Shanghai Minsheng Art Museum

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"Athena"—Gu Tianyu Solo Exhibition (Contemporary installation art)

Duration: December 19, 2025 – January 18, 2026

Venue: Aurora Museum, Shanghai

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"Where the Light Comes "In"—Stefan Jerowski Solo Exhibition (Contemporary painting)

Duration: December 19, 2025 – January 18, 2026

Venue: Fosun Foundation, Shanghai

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"Patterns as the 'Path'—Forbidden City Immersive Digital Experience" (Digital presentation of ancient patterns)

Duration: December 9, 2025–March 1, 2026

Venue: Fosun Foundation, Shanghai

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Liangtu Xuan Painting and Calligraphy Exhibition: Donated by the Zhuang Wanli Family (Ancient Chinese painting and calligraphy)

Duration: August 20, 2025 – April 19, 2026

Venue: Shanghai Museum, People's Square, 3rd Floor, Liangtu Xuan Gallery

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"By Chance! Fluxus!" – One of the Most Avant-Garde and Subversive Art Movements of the 20th Century (Contemporary avant-garde art)

Duration: September 26, 2025 – February 22, 2026

Venue: West Bund Museum, Gallery 3

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"Reshaping the Landscape"—Collection Exhibition from Centre Pompidou (Fauvism, Cubism, Surrealism, Abstract Art, Conceptual Art, etc.)

Duration: April 29, 2025 – October 18, 2026

Venue: West Bund Museum

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"Clay Rhymes and Ink Fragrance: Painting, Calligraphy, and Yixing Zisha by Modern Chinese Masters" (Traditional Chinese art)

Duration: October 1, 2025 – March 1, 2026

Venue: Long Museum (West Bund)

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"Across the Clouds and Seas: Yungang Grottoes Art Exhibition" (Yungang Grottoes artifacts, 3D reconstructions, and digital presentations)

Duration: October 10, 2025 – March 26, 2026

Venue: Qukan Art Museum, L6, Bingang Jinchao Lane 8

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"Echoes of "Dunhuang"—Dunhuang Cultural Art Exhibition (Replicas of classic cave murals)

Duration: October 23, 2025–March 31, 2026

Venue: Yifeng Center, 19 Xianxia Road, Changning District, Shanghai

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Notes: The information above is sourced from the official introductions provided by the respective art galleries.