One of the more popular exhibitions at the James Cohan Gallery has six young Chinese artists: Chen Wei, more ›

Notebook and art lovers, take note: Esteemed Italian brand, Moleskine has approached a long list of creative types--world renowned artists, architects, film directors, graphic designers, illustrators, and writers--to decorate, draw and doodle on their notebooks. The collective result is a traveling art exhibition now showing on the ground floor of Bund 18. more ›

Just a stone’s throw away South Shaanxi Station (Line 1), and hidden behind the hustle and bustle of Huaihai Lu is, ‘ART in Capitals’. China’s only Spanish art gallery, ‘ART in Capitals’ focuses on modern and contemporary Spanish and Western art. The gallery is a light, open, airy space where you can really absorb the art around you. With long opening hours (12 - 8pm Monday - Saturday), no cover charge and friendly staff who are willing to engage in conversation about the pieces displayed; ‘ART in Capitals’ is a cultural ‘must’. more ›

1918 Art Space on Changping Lu (a refuge from the sometimes overpowering art gallery street Moganshan Lu) is a must-see for those in search of up-and-coming, young Chinese or foreign artists who yearn for a little more recognition within the cruel world of the culture media. Its mere cubic space, inherited from this warehouse storefront-space building, gives on-lookers the best approach to appreciate all the different works of art (paintings, sculptures…) that are being exhibited. And the impressive bay windows also attract the eyes of many a passer-by. more ›

Okay, so we've all seen people writing with their feet, but have you seen anyone doing calligraphy with their HEAD? Hell, eversince we received our first computer, we've barely been able to hold a pen! We can't be too sure where this amputee-calligrapher-busker is exactly because the guy who uploaded this video did not give more information, but from a few comments we gather he is somewhere out there on the streets of Guangzhou. Okay,... more ›

With Christmas just around the corner, there are plenty of parties to attend, plus more wine tastings and other opportunities to get thoroughly blotto. Here's what Winopete has heard about so far: Nov 29 Oriented Happy Hour at MoCA art gallery in People's Park. Please visit www.oriented.com for details. Nov 29-Dec 1 Italian wine exhibition at the Shanghai Exhibition Centre (Tongren and Yan'an Roads) hosted by the Institiute of Fine Italian Wine. No other details... more ›

The JazzArt concert series got off to a fantastic start with a packed house enjoying two sets of Lawrence Ku's original music on this past Sunday. His group of seven musicians featured the cream of the crop on the Shanghai jazz scene, nearly all of whom are also faculty at the JZ school — including EJ Parker, Alec Haavik, Andy Hunter, Chris Trzcinski, the author of this post, Lawrence himself, as well as the amazing Beijing-based pianist XiaJia. The concert was held at the TwoCities art gallery on Moganshan Lu, and was a perfect room for the band to play in. It's just the right size for that kind of ensemble, because there was no need to use microphones at all. In fact the only amplification used was for the bass and guitar, and it was minimal. more ›

As part of the ongoing "Twocities in Tune" concert series, tonight there will be a duo concert by Steve Sweeting and Coco Zhao at 7:30 pm. These two have done a few of these concerts together already, some of which we reported on previously, also at the last minute. All of the concerts in this series are held at the Twocities Gallery at M50 on Moganshan Lu, and each one features Steve's masterful piano skills together with a talented vocalist. This particular duo has recently recorded an album, which is still in the production process. We'll be sure to let you know when the CD release (party) is when we catch word of it. more ›

On a recent stroll near the Bund, Shanghaiist chanced upon a curious joint that was billing itself as a restaurant, design house, hair studio, live music joint, and art gallery. Ma.Design, it was called. We were intrigued. more ›

Canadian born photographer Greg Girard has been shooting in Asia for quite a while and in Shanghai for the last six years. Some of the fruits of his labors were on display at the opening of his Studio Rouge show Downtown on Sunday. Much of Girard's work focuses on homes. Many of the pictures at the show were exteriors of run-down, slated-for-destruction buildings. Often shot at dusk or at night, the very studiously composed shots show an incredible amount of detail, things you see all the time but perhaps never notice. more ›

We in China all rely on guanxi to get by every now and then. So imagine Shanghaiist's panic last week when the SMS version of Guanxi left us hanging. What the hell are we talking about? Since around May 2003, if you wanted to know the location or phone number of a restaurant, bar, art gallery -- almost anything -- in Shanghai, all you needed to do was send a text message containing all or part of the place's name to 885074. Seconds later, the info would arrive on your mobile phone. If you wanted the information in Chinese, all you had to do was reply with a "C," and like magic you had what you needed. It was a great idea. No more having to lug around one of those English-language city magazines. more ›