Where Shanghai's rich cultural heritage meets its creative pulse, Huangpu district pulses with art at every turn, from museums and galleries to street corners and historic buildings. Explore the five art venues below and immerse yourself in the district's vibrant artistic scene.

Vin Gallery

In-house exhibition: Prism (running from Sept 1 to Oct 1)

In this group exhibition, three artists, Yu Nao, Yohei Yama, and Liang Yujue, explore the dual significance of the prism as both a material object and a philosophical metaphor through installations, paintings, and videos.

• Address: Suite C1a, Building B4-1, Surpass World Expo Park, No 376 Bansongyuan Road
• Opening hours: 10:30 am – 5:30 pm, Tuesday to Saturday
• Free admission

J7 Art

In-house exhibition: Meme to Jam 2.0 (running from Nov 12, 2025 to May 12, 2026)

The exhibition examines how information spreads, mutates, and endures. Rather than focusing on individual works, it highlights how artists navigate the balance between consensus and variation. Each piece begins with the same hand-drawn image, which is first transformed by AI and then reinterpreted by nearly 200 artists, layering parody upon mutation to create a complex, nested world of memes.

• Address: B1, No 7 South Maoming Road
• Opening hours: 10:30 am – 5:30 pm, Tuesday to Saturday
• Free admission (Reservations can be made via the official WeChat account: J7 Art)

ASE Art Space

In-house exhibition: The Book as Artistic Medium (running from April 24 to Oct 10)

Curated by Biljana Ciric, this exhibition examines the relationship between books, narrative, and artistic creations in contemporary China. It highlights the book's historical and contemporary significance as a medium, while expounding on its diverse materiality, different narrative forms, and more.

• Address: 7F, South Side of Ruijin Building, No 205 South Maoming Road
• Opening hours: 10:30 am – 4:30 pm, Tuesday to Friday
• Free admission (Reservations can be made via the official WeChat account: ASE-FOUNDATION)

Maison Wave

In-house exhibition: Between Modernism and Motion (running from July 5 to Oct 5)

The show presents an open, fluid, intimate "lounge", evoking a dialogue between art furniture and modernist classics. Each piece on display, from the improvisational experiments with materials by Gaetano Pesce to the tension-driven forms by Ron Arad, acts as a spatial language reflecting the spirit of the times, extending beyond mere functionality.

• Address: No 106 Fuzhou Road
• Opening hours: 11 am – 6 pm, Tuesday to Sunday
• Paid admission (Reservations can be made via the official WeChat account: maisonwave)

AroundSpace Gallery

In-house exhibition: A Happy Exploration (running from Sept 14 to Oct 31)

In his Carefree Wandering, Taoist philosopher Zhuangzi described a mammoth bird, Peng, that can fly thousands of miles and a colossal fish, Kun, that can swim tens of thousands of miles. These mythical creatures, beyond ordinary imagination or comprehension, exist in a state of complete freedom. The eight artists in this exhibition are like Peng and Kun, exploring the essence of life and art freely in their own imaginary world.

• Address: Suite 703, No 33 Middle Sichuan Road, near East Yan'an Road
• Opening hours: 10:30 am – 6 pm, Wednesday to Sunday
• Free admission

Sources: Huangpu district government, Shanghai Bund Art Center