EventConcerts
Starry Nights: Argerich, Vengerov, Isserlis and Friends
Martha Argerich, Maxim Vengerov and Steven Isserlis lead two evenings of chamber music.
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PlaceCulture
Zikawei Library
Reading rooms, exhibitions and contemporary library design give Xujiahui a generous public cultural space.
EventExhibitions
Han Qian: Treading Paths Swelling with Soft Grass
Han Qian follows hidden histories through video, sound and objects at ShanghART SUHE.
EventActivities
Mr. Painted Hairnet: Min Opera
A late-Ming scholar’s refusal to abandon his principles becomes the centre of a Fujian Min opera.
Free entry
PlaceCulture
Century Park
Lawns, woodland and a broad lake offer a free outdoor counterpoint to Pudong’s towers and museums.
EventExhibitions
Bvlgari Kaleidos: Colors, Cultures and Crafts
Jewellery and contemporary art meet in an exhibition about colour on the second floor of the Power Station of Art.
EventActivities
Alessandro Sciarroni: Save the Last Dance for Me
Two dancers revive the close turns and mutual support of Italy’s Polka Chinata tradition.
Free entry
PlaceCulture
Binjiang Forest Park
Forest paths and open river-edge scenery make this northern Pudong park a change of pace from central Shanghai.
EventExhibitions
Hu Jieming: The Remnants and Echoes of Image
Hu Jieming’s media-art practice becomes an exhibition of works, documents and fragments on Duolun Road.
EventConcerts
Mariinsky Theatre: Aida
Verdi’s Aida comes to the new Shanghai Grand Opera House in a Mariinsky production conducted by Gergiev.
PlaceCulture
Chenshan Botanical Garden
Specialist gardens, plant collections and the landscape around Chenshan make a substantial green escape in Songjiang.
On the house
EventExhibitions
Vitalisms II: Untimely Inheritances I
Seven artists explore painting, abstraction and value in a free exhibition at ICA at NYU Shanghai.
EventActivities
Yoann Bourgeois: He Who Falls
A tilting, rotating platform turns the search for balance into the central action of this physical performance.
PlaceCulture
Qibao Old Town
Canal-side lanes, small bridges and food stalls make Qibao an accessible introduction to Shanghai’s water-town setting.
On the house
EventActivities
Form and Content II: Painting Workshops
A free series at ICA at NYU Shanghai invites small groups to look closely at one painting and discuss what they see.
EventActivities
Dagger Society: Shanghai Opera House
Shanghai Opera House revisits a 1959 dance drama set around the city’s 1853 Small Swords Society uprising.
PlaceCulture
Wukang Mansion
A sharply pointed residential landmark marks the meeting of Wukang Road and Huaihai Middle Road.
On the house
EventActivities
After Looking: Conversations on Painting
Artists and curators bring the questions raised by ICA’s painting study groups into a free afternoon conversation.
EventActivities
Gob Squad: Creation (Pictures for Dorian)
Cameras, frames and performers of different ages put beauty and ageing under scrutiny in Gob Squad’s theatre project.
PlaceCulture
Huangpu Park
A small stretch of green marks the northern end of the Bund, close to the meeting of the Huangpu River and Suzhou Creek.
EventConcerts
Market Umbrella at Heim
How?well, Yang Bing and Jeff Chong share an overnight house session at Heim on Changle Road.
EventActivities
Red Wedding Bed: Liyuan Opera
A wedding bed becomes a space for dream, memory and theatrical play in a reworking of Chen San and Wuniang.
PlaceCulture
The Pearl
Cabaret, live music and theatrical shows fill a three-level historic performance space in Hongkou.
EventConcerts
Lost in Paradise: Mid-Autumn Rooftop at Highline
Space Panda brings house and techno to Highline’s rooftop for a Mid-Autumn evening above Huaihai Road.