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This fall, Shanghai’s profusion of events made it almost seem like the central hub of contemporary art in China. Here is an overview of what happened—with more coverage to come later. 
 
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The opening pyrotechnics started out at 5 pm. From afar, thick green billows of smoke hung from the sky, drifting from PSA’s large smokestack. >> Read more

Xuhui Waterfront，stretching 8.4 kilometers along the west bank of the Huangpu River, is the cradle of the modern Shanghai Regional Culture. >> Read more

With money and space, the Long Museum has potential, but do they have the curatorial chops to turn a building into a museum? Despite a less-than-mind-blowing first show, it's nonetheless a good place to see a very extensive collection of Chinese art. >> Read more

About Long Museum After more than two years’ preparation, LONG MUSEUM had its opening on December 18th, 2012. LONG MUSEUM, located in No.210, Lane 2255, Luoshan Rd., Pudong New District, Shanghai, near SNIEC (Shanghai New International Expo Center), covers an area of 10,000 m2. It is designed and reconstructed by Beijing Zhong Song Design Studio. […] >> Read more

Located in Wuwei Creative Complex in northeast Shanghai and covering an area of over 3,000sqm, the 3-storeyed Zendai Contemporary Art Space consists of galleries, art studios, mini theatre, archive, terrace and square. With a focus on large-scale contemporary artwork, the space is designed to create a new platform for the display and exchange of international […] >> Read more

The Power Station of Art（PSA）is located where the Pavilion of Future of the World Expo 2010 Shanghai was; it is the first public museum of contemporary art in mainland China. >> Read more

Paul Gladston and Ge Si Di in conversation about the Shanghai Biennale, Geng Jianyi at Minsheng Museum, and Jacques Derrida's "Glas". >> Read more

In their project “Stone” Korean artists Shin Seung Back and Kim Yong Hun examine this persistent human interest in “self-improvement” through technological prostheses—applying this theory of “perception extension” to something as inert as a volcanic rock. >> Read more

As a tall man hailing from Datong in Shanxi province, Zhang Shengquan had, in the customary Chinese manner, the nickname of “Da Zhang” (lit. “Big Zhang”), and thus ended up being known as “Datong Dazhang”. He started making art in the 1980s. >> Read more