Shanghai

‘Cosmos Cinema’, the 14th Shanghai Biennale at Power Station of Art, explores economic exploitation and escapism during our current Cold War

A retrospective sheds light on the ’85 New Wave movement and the shaping of art between the conservatism of past and present

A Shanghai native reflects on the catastrophe of the Chinese government’s autocratic attempts to stop the spread

From Luka Yuanyuan Yang's video project on America’s Chinatowns to Yu Ji's investigation of forgotten histories in an unoccupied apartment, these are the best shows from the city 

Prada’s latest foray into the Chinese market successfully marries art and brand development

At Shanghai’s Qiao Space, the artist’s ambitious new project raises more questions than it answers

The artist’s first large exhibition in China at Rockbund Art Museum, Shanghai, captures how hope and disappointment can co-exist in the same frame

The artist’s first large-scale exhibition in China at the Long Museum, Shanghai, sheds new light on the sublimation of personal history in her work

With President Xi and the China International Import Expo in town, taking stock of ‘progress’ seemed both a timely and complicated endeavour

From the opening of the 12th Shanghai Biennale to Miao Ying’s explorations into the ‘Chinternet’, a rundown of the best shows in town

At MadeIn Gallery, Shanghai, the Beijing-born artist blends socialist realism with conventions of lianhuanhua, palm-sized Chinese picture books

The Beijing-based artist’s films draw on the emotional strategies of pop culture to explore identity and belonging in a hyper-mediatized world

At Shanghai's Power Station of Art, a retrospective of the artist's large-scale installation work asking: why are we here? How will we be remembered?

A group show engaging with botanical histories and nonhuman futures at Edouard Malingue Gallery, Shanghai

Madeleine Thien takes a look at a celebrated painter who merged Western composition with Chinese brush-and-ink style

'Frontier' at OCAT, Shanghai traces contemporary Chinese art's geopolitical concerns and the new complexities of living in a cosmopolitan world

From Shanghai to Dubai, a new history charts the frontiers where underground scenes battle big business for electronic dance music’s soul

China’s ‘One Belt One Road’ isn’t just about infrastructure, but as a new exhibition reveals, an ambitious effort to spread Chinese values globally

ShanghART, Shanghai, China

With the ART021 and West Bund Art and Design fairs opening this week, a guide to the best gallery and museum shows in the city