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Art worth making time for

Current and forthcoming shows on the West Bund and near the Bund.

Current and forthcoming shows on the West Bund and near the Bund. Choose a starting point from our growing Shanghai selection, then follow its official sources to plan your visit.

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Reinventing Landscape

A last-chance autumn look at how artists picture landscapes, with works from the Centre Pompidou collection at West Bund Museum.

Today · 11:00CN¥100
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Computer Worlds

A West Bund exhibition follows the computer into art, design and architecture. Pair the gallery with a walk along the Huangpu.

Today · 11:00Check price
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Transient Possession, Lasting Delight

Ming and Qing porcelain from the Zande Lou donation makes a focused stop inside Shanghai Museum East’s ceramics galleries.

Today · 10:00Check price
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Pearls Returned Home: Phase II

Painting and calligraphy from the Ching Banlee family’s Liangtuxuan collection, shown in Shanghai Museum East’s second-floor gallery.

Today · 10:00Free
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Estelle Hanania: We Deem We Dream

Forty-four photographs take viewers into contemporary dance rehearsals, performances and backstage moments.

Wed 14 OctCheck price
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Terra Nova at TANK Shanghai

Digital installations, AI moving images and real-time interaction meet in the first X-TRA exhibition.

Fri 30 OctCheck price
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ART021 Shanghai 2026

International galleries return to Shanghai Exhibition Centre for ART021’s contemporary art fair.

Thu 12 NovCheck price
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Ponder Slowly Swallow Slowly

A group exhibition models its visitor route on the mouth and digestive system, making eating a way to think.

Fri 23 OctCheck price
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Chen Junkai: L’OuLiPo du Media

Sound, moving light and AI become active materials in Chen Junkai’s exhibition about machine-assisted creation.

Fri 23 OctCheck price
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Skate of the Art

Skateboarding becomes a way to read cities in a photography and video exhibition at Fotografiska Shanghai.

Until 25 OctCheck price
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Thomas Sauvin: Beijing Silvermine

Discarded photographic negatives become a portrait of everyday life in Thomas Sauvin’s Beijing Silvermine project.

Until 18 OctCheck price
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Robert Zhao Renhui at Fotografiska

Robert Zhao Renhui uses photography and moving image to look closely at human relationships with the natural world.

Until 6 NovCheck price
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Yangyun Donum Art Festival

Contemporary art moves through courtyards, gardens and interior spaces at Amanyangyun in Minhang.

Today · See programme for timesCheck price
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Zhang Meng: I Lost Half My Soul Here

Zhang Meng brings drawing, artist books, sound and textiles together in a presentation spanning ten years of work.

Until 31 OctCheck price
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Xu Lishuang: Passing, gnissaP

Xu Lishuang turns everyday actions, industrial objects and spatial movement into an exhibition at ShanghART M50.

Until 31 OctCheck price
Art worth making time for | Shanghai · POPROAM