[2025 Shanghai Attraction] Travel Guide for Shanghai Gallery of Art (Updated Feb)

I love seeing art exhibits, so when this new (to me) art exhibit appeared on WeChat, I had to go and see. Zheng Wenxin is the curator of this exhibit on the 3rd floor of Three on the Bund. It’s a free to visit exhibit but currently, Covid restrictions apply, and you need to register through WeChat to visit. It is small and quick to see all of the art work but it’s concept is rather interesting. At the entrance you can collect the background information on the artists and the works and why they have been included. A good place to visit if you’re around The Bund and looking to escape the heat. #passionpassport #art #exhibition #shanghai #shanghaiart

🌈Zhao Bo｜Polar Journey 📅2024/10/27 - 2024/11/30 A short-term exchange to Oslo in 2011 had a profound impact on Zhao Bo's later creations. The vast starry sky, the magical and magnificent aurora, the breathtaking fjords, the lush spruces... all of these, once seemingly out of reach, suddenly became tangible. During this period, he also gained a new understanding and appreciation of his hometown in Northeast China. As a result, most of his paintings depict scenes that resemble both Northern Europe and Northeast China. It can be said that this is his imagined version of another North, a future polar region that is neither entirely Eastern nor Western. Zhao Bo's 'Cold Wonderland' series was previously showcased in a group exhibition at SGA. Although it appears to depict an uninhabited land, it actually hints at the reality we live in or the future world that is about to come. Seeing it again this time, I like it even more. Before the opening ceremony, I arrived at the gallery. The drinks were ready, and the guests were about to enter, but I chose to avoid the crowd and continue my solo exhibition tour along the Bund.

Exhibition name: Zhao Bo Polar Solitude Time: 2024/10/27-2024/11/30 Location: SGA Shanghai Gallery of Art Free exhibition, no reservation required The artist combines the northern European style with the natural scenery of his hometown in Northeast China. Under his brush, the vast starry sky, the magical aurora, and the magnificent fjords seem to have specific influences. Everything seems no longer distant, but within reach.

Exhibition name: Lucifer Road Time: 8/22-9/22 Location: SGA Hushen Gallery Free exhibition, no reservation required Lucifer originally came from Roman mythology, referring to the messenger of light, that is, a beautiful angel. In later generations, Lucifer even became a synonym for Satan. In the artist's paintings, everyone is Lucifer, and the transformation of the devil and the angel has become the norm today. Everyone is on Lucifer Road, and everyone is Lucifer.

Exhibition Name: Lucifer Road Exhibition Venue: SGA Hu Shen Gallery (3rd Floor, No. 3 Zhongshan East 1st Road) Public Transport: Metro Line 2, 10 East Nanjing Road Station Exhibition Dates: August 22, 2024 to September 22, 2024 Exhibition Tickets: Free and no reservation required Exhibition Recommendation: Featuring works by five Chinese contemporary artists Liu Chao, Lu Pingyuan, Wang Shuo, Zhao Yang, and Zheng Haozhong. This exhibition 'Lucifer' often refers to the devil Satan before being cast out of heaven, and over time, it has even become one of Satan's synonyms. Foggy Words: Works themed on 'Lucifer' are always somewhat unappealing. The gallery has opened all the curtains, and the view of the Bund outside is the most beautiful artwork.

Art practice has never strayed from the essence of evolution, it is bound to be in the unpredictable 'beyond the boundaries'. SGA Shanghai Gallery

Exhibition Name: Xiang Fei Xiang Date: 2024/2/26-3/20 Location: Hushen Gallery The exhibition is free and no reservation is required "Xiang Fei Xiang", derived from the gatha 'Xiang Fei Xiang' which refers to a sociological imagination about the impermanence and illusoriness of the universe and everything within it. The 'Xiang' represents the external appearance, while the 'Xiang' conveys the inner essence, together constructing the 'self'. I really like a piece of flower decoration hanging in the exhibition hall, where the brilliant flowers are suspended in 'heaven', and people freely climb and walk through them, displaying the artist's imagined ideal paradise.

The current exhibition 'Form is not form' at Shanghai Shen Gallery is a group exhibition, but Turtle's gaze was drawn to the works of Ji Wenyu and Zhu Weibing, and after longing for a long time, finally got to see them. · 🐢 Viewing an exhibition is like eating sunflower seeds, after tasting a good one you want another, and if you get a bad one, you want a good one to make up for it. On the road to seeing good exhibitions, Turtle has always been persistent, feeling itchy when unable to see some artists' works.

|Dopamine Art Exhibition Free and photogenic!! The exhibition is basically centered around "Easter", focusing on universal topics such as hope and rebirth 🌟 Conveying its humanistic care as a life individual In the full picture structure, it reflects the painter's modernist color tension, various painting symbols shuttle freely on the screen, achieving an abstract and pure visual effect ❤ Especially spiritual, both romantic and poetic~ ✅ Exhibition: 'Gao Jialu: Easter' 🕙 Exhibition period: 8.19-10.08 🎫Tickets: Free (no need to make an appointment in advance 📍 Location: SGA Shanghai Gallery 📍 3rd Floor, No. 3, The Bund, Zhongshan East First Road, Huangpu District, Shanghai 🚉 Transportation: Exit 6 of Yuyuan Station on Line 14, 10mins walk