EventExhibitions
ART021 Shanghai 2026
International galleries return to Shanghai Exhibition Centre for ART021’s contemporary art fair.
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Shanghai Dramatic Arts Centre
Anfu Road’s theatre address adds a performance-led reason to spend an evening in this walkable part of Xuhui.
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Marc Coppey and François Dumont
Cello and piano trace French music from Romantic writing toward modernism in a duo recital.
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An Everlasting Life
A Yue opera family confronts ambition, old wounds and forgiveness in an adaptation of Ai Wei’s novella.
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Gate M West Bund Dream Centre
Reused industrial space, riverside walking and occasional performance programmes share a West Bund address.
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Ola Maciejewska: Loïe Fuller, Research
Ola Maciejewska revisits Loïe Fuller’s legacy through an experimental study of movement, image and illusion.
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Garden: Dance Theatre
A reworking of R.U.R. asks what an artificial being might feel when an unexpected embrace changes its world.
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Star Culture Centre
Live music fills the Yichang Road venue also known from earlier listings as Bandai Namco Shanghai Base.
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Víkingur Ólafsson Piano Recital
Beethoven’s Piano Sonata No. 30 anchors a recital linking Bach, Schubert and Beethoven.
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The Voyage of Life
Chang Hongji directs and performs a dance journey between a real world and an AI-built virtual realm.
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Fotografiska Shanghai
Photography and moving image keep this Suzhou Creek address active well beyond a conventional museum afternoon.
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Robyn Orlin: We Wear Our Wheels with Pride
Dance, song and vivid costume pay tribute to South Africa’s rickshaw pullers in Robyn Orlin’s production.
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The Assassins
Nie Yinniang’s story becomes a meeting of Peking opera, Kunqu and contemporary physical theatre.
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Reactor Shanghai
Two rooms bring electronic music and overnight programmes to C·PARK’s developing nightlife scene.
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Zhan Hongzhou: Peking Opera
Mu Guiying takes command in a revival of the Guan-school warrior-role classic.
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As If True
Performers, AI agents and audience choices shape an immersive production inspired by The Classic of Mountains and Seas.
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ShanghART M50
Contemporary art exhibitions give Building 16 a focused stop within the larger M50 gallery district.
EventConcerts
Rudolf Buchbinder: Beethoven Piano Concerto Cycle
Rudolf Buchbinder and Staatskapelle Berlin perform Beethoven’s five piano concertos across two evenings.
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Disco King
Ricky’s original songs connect concert performance, movement and digital imagery in Disco King.
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ShanghART SUHE
A smaller ShanghART address brings contemporary exhibitions into Suhe Haus on Wen’an Road.
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Nacera Belaza: La Nuée
Seven performers draw standing spectators around a close-range dance shaped by circles, sound and light.
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Beyond Bonds
Ballroom dance leaves the competition floor for a stage story about growing up and making choices.
Free entry
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ICA at NYU Shanghai
Free exhibitions and public programmes make this university art centre a cultural stop in Qiantan.
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The Family: Kunqu Opera
Ba Jin’s novel and the writer’s own life interweave in a Kunqu production about a family under pressure.