Walking along the banks of Huangpu River and Suzhou Creek of Shanghai is an immersive exploration of the city's artistic pulse.

1. Fotografiska Shanghai

Address: No 127 Guangfu Road, Jing'an district

Located in the center of Shanghai and overlooking Suzhou Creek, Fotografiska Shanghai is an ideal destination for a relaxed discovery of this new emerging Shanghai art district.

It is known as a space for exciting visual art, a forum for discourse, and a destination for world-class food and beverage experiences.

Currently, it is showcasing Inflorescences, an art project by Canadian artist Sabrina Ratté, and an exhibition Go with the Flow.

Sabrina Ratté -Inflorescences

Duration: until June 23

Go with the Flow

Duration: until June 23

2. Suhe Haus

Address: No 30 Wen'an Road, Jing'an district

Located in a historical building decorated with an art style, Suhe Haus was a warehouse of the China Industry Bank built in 1931. It serves as an art and creative hub, fostering a boundless, interdisciplinary, and forward-thinking platform for global art institutions, galleries, and creatives.

Longlati, an art center on the fourth floor of Suhe Haus, is currently hosting the dual solo exhibitions of Tomasz Krecicki: Light as A Feather and Pol Taburet: Anamorphosis.

The public art project Skyline in Haus, located on the rooftop, also unveils its new installation, featuring artist Jing Ao's project Theory of Emotion.

Tomasz Krecicki: Light as a Feather

Duration: until May 22

Pol Taburet: Anamorphosis

Duration: until Aug 16

Jing Ao: Theory of Emotion

Duration: until June 2

3. Uart SPACE

Address: Building 2, Shenyuli, Suhewan MIXC World, Jing'an district

Uart SPACE is a commercial gallery that selectively exhibits and sells artworks of modern and contemporary artists. It is currently hosting the art exhibition Break Through curated by artist Lao Jiahui.

This exhibition features the works of 11 young artists with over 30 pieces, inviting visitors on a journey to transcend the conventional life in the springtime.

Break Through

Duration: until April 30

4. Rockbund Art Museum

Address: No 20 Huqiu Road, Huangpu district

The museum is currently presenting a series of research and art projects under the theme Complex Geography, including exhibitions, public projects, and publications.

Hu Yun: Mount Analogue

Duration: until Aug 25

Shanghai Palimpsest: Restaging the R.A.S. Library

Duration: until Aug 25

AUUUUDITORIUM

Duration: ongoing project

5. Shanghai Jiushi Art Museum

Address: 6F, No 27 East Zhongshan Road Number One, Huangpu district

The new exhibition at Shanghai Jiushi Art Museum, titled Mountain Water Wandering delves into contemporary art's inheritance and transformation of the traditional Chinese philosophy of "mountain and water".

Mountain Water Wandering

Duration: until June 2

6. Bund One Art Museum

Address: No 1 East Zhongshan Road Number One, Huangpu district

The museum is currently hosting Titian's Flora - Venetian Painting from the Uffizi Galleries in collaboration with the Uffizi Galleries in Italy, marking the third major exhibition under the strategic cooperation between the two institutions.

The museum is also presenting the exhibition of The Last Aristocrats - 18th Century European Master Paintings from the Uffizi Collection.

Titian's Flora - Venetian Painting from the Uffizi Galleries

Duration: until July 28

The Last Aristocrats - 18th Century European Master Paintings from the Uffizi Collection

Duration: until Aug 25

7. Power Station of Art

Address: No 678 Miaojiang Road, Huangpu district

The Power Station of Art (PSA) is presenting Asking Every Day, the largest solo exhibition of Chinese artist Hu Xiangcheng in recent years.

The exhibition not only features a selection of the artist's paintings, videos, sculptures, and archives from the 1970s to the present day but also highlights several large-scale installations realized in adaptation to PSA's architectural history and spatial characteristics.

Asking Every Day

Duration: until June 9

8. Long Museum (West Bund)

Address: No 3398 Longteng Avenue, Xuhui district

Curated by Wang Wei, Portraits serves as the fourth significant exhibition in the Long Museum's 10th anniversary special exhibition series. It features a selection of around 300 portrait-themed artworks created by Chinese and global artists, spanning over 130 years from the late 19th century to the present.

Portraits: The Tenth Anniversary of Long Museum

Duration: until May 7

9. West Bund Museum

Address: No 2600 Longteng Avenue, Xuhui district

In collaboration with the Center Pompidou, the museum is launching the heavyweight exhibition Mirrors of the Portrait - Highlights of the Centre Pompidou Collection vol. III.

Mirrors of the Portrait - Highlights of the Centre Pompidou Collection vol. III

Duration: until Nov 5

10. TANK Shanghai

Address: No 2380 Longteng Avenue, Xuhui district

TANK Shanghai is a non-profit art institution, a groundbreaking and multi-functional art center where the public can get close to art, architecture, the city, nature, and the outstanding Huangpu River landscape through contemporary art exhibitions, events, and activities.

It presents three new exhibitions, unfolding fantastic narratives through images and colors.

Octopus Mountain by Rebekka Steiger

Duration: until June 2

Parallel Circus by Sun Xun

Duration: until June 9

Eight Vows by Rose Salane

Duration: until May 5

11. The Museum of Art Pudong

Address: No 2777 Binjiang Avenue, Pudong New Area

The museum is currently hosting the exhibition Fantastic Visions: 100 Years of Surrealism from the National Galleries of Scotland, featuring over 100 works by over 50 surrealism pioneers and avant-garde masters such as Salvador Dali, Max Ernst, and Joan Miro.

It is also presenting the exhibition of Ages of Splendor: A History of Spain in the Museo del Prado, co-organized with Museo Nacional del Prado of Spain, showcasing 70 authentic oil painting masterpieces from the museum's collection.

Fantastic Visions: 100 Years of Surrealism from the National Galleries of Scotland

Duration: until Aug 31

Ages of Splendor: A History of Spain in the Museo del Prado

Duration: until Sept 1

12. Modern Art Museum

Address: No 4777 Binjiang Avenue, Pudong New Area

Modern Art Museum is kicking off its 2024 exhibition program with two exhibitions: the solo exhibition Robyn Ward: Walking in the Dark and the group exhibition MULTIPLY!!!: Power in Numbers in Contemporary Chinese Art.

Robyn Ward: Walking in the Dark

Duration: until May 26

MULTIPLY!!!: Power in Numbers in Contemporary Chinese Art

Duration: until May 26

 

Sources: venues mentioned above, "shanghaitourism" "jaxwzx" "westbund_sh" WeChat accounts