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France24 reports:

The buoyant market for Chinese contemporary art over the last few years has made millionaires in the country. But the financial crisis has led to a massive slump in demand for works.

A random internet search brought us to this kinda cool poster from artist Steve Thomas. It's a retro-futuristic advert for the World's Fair in 2474 (we guess) that celebrates Shanghai's "Five Centuries of Progress." We suppose that means the 2010 thingy we're hosting goes OK. Ironically, the Pudong skyline used to represent the future in the poster is already the old Pudong skyline. The best part: Entry to the World's Fair is only four credits. And children get in for a half credit! We can't wait until 2474.

     

The guys from multi-disciplinary design studio Jellymon have done it again, this time they've rounded up 20-plus artists specialized in street art, streetwear, illustration, design and photography for a fun art show at The Source.

NYT takes a closer look at China's female contemporary artists who deserve more attention than they are currently getting as they struggle to explore art, feminism and a changing China. (Source)

Thanks to Twitter’s perpetual failures, Lu’s Fail Whale now features on t-shirts and coffee mugs while other artists create kinetic Fail Whale sculptures.

Chinese art is where it's at, especially in our own city of Shanghai, says this video featuring interviews with curators at MOCA and Moganshan. The swelling popularity of the genre is evidenced by an impressive statistic — in 2004, Sotheby’s auctioned off $3 million in Chinese art, a number that increased to $70 million last year. Respect for the burgeoning art scene doesn’t just come from abroad, but from China’s own youth, who are becoming increasingly interested in artistic expression as a means of self-expression during a time that they, and the nation, are undergoing massive and accelerated change. But don't just take their word for it — get out to some of the exhibits that are in the city this month. Our picks: World Press Photo Exhibition, a stroll in Taiking Road Art Center or a trip to MOCA’s first-ever exhibition of exclusively Shanghai-based artists. World Press: Songjiang Art Museum, No. 601, Lane 900, Sanxin Road North, Songjiang District; Taiking Road Art Center: Lane 210 Taiking Lu; MOCA: Inside People's Park, next to Barbarossa. Enter near Starbucks and Shanghai Art Museum at 231 Nanjing Xi Lu, near Huangpi Lu or Xizhang Zhong Lu 人民公园 ，南京西路231号，人民广场

Scanning The Independent the other day, we came across a piece about a gloriously named singer called 萨顶顶 (Sa Ding Ding) that caught our eye. Born to a Mongolian mother and Han Chinese father, the article calls her a 'former Mongolian nomad' who is 'poised to sweep the globe' with her blend of traditional folk sounds and dance music. Intrigued, we had a hunt on Baidu's ever-reliable MP3 search engine (not that Shanghaiist condones illegal downloading of course) and found that searching for her name in characters returns quite a few results.

It's been a while, but this Sunday will see a welcome return for the PAUSE collective, who will be bringing their heady mix of independent art, music, and creative stalls to everyone's favourite ex-Blue Ice hang out, The Shelter. Kicking off at 4pm down on Yong Fu Lu, there will be a bunch of inventive things to get excited about, featuring contributors from across the globe and, of course, the cream of Shanghai's arts scene.