The new naked Stables Private Reserve luxury retreat, located an hour's drive north-west of Hangzhou on Mount Mogan, stands in stark contrast to the naked Home Village's more humble collection of eight distinctive lodges. Instead of repeating themselves by going rustic with the new resort, naked has opted to attempt combining the diverging notions of luxury and sustainability with its new Stables Private Reserve. more ›

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This last weekend, new Shanghaiist intern Kirsti Jönson trekked with a group of friends to the idyllic forests of Moganshan, a mountain located in Zhejiang Province, about 200km from Shanghai. She came back with a load of pretty pictures and a run down of how she spent her time. more ›

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 more ›

By Benjamin Cohen more ›