More than 100 events accompanied two major fairs, with a vibrant and chaotic energy befitting China's financial capital

Big cultural venues will remain in riverside district, but group of buildings housing commercial galleries slated for demolition

Art021 and West Bund fairs, plus a biennial and a slew of gallery shows, were not dampened by the slowed economy and a precarious art market

Paintings by Modigliani and Kusama among the 50 works to be offered in Hong Kong—with more potentially coming to the block in New York

After a zero-Covid hiatus, the fair includes mainly Chinese galleries

Shanghai Art021, which was dramatically shut in November because of a single Covid case, is staging a two-location pop-up this month

Collectors were fewer and more local, but the moderate success of some galleries attests to the city’s enduring commercial cache

Decision came one day after authorities dramatically closed Art021 fair over a single positive case

Event's founders says the decision was made to "effectively protect the health and public health safety of the exhibitors"

Week-long hotel quarantines are still required of all international and Hong Kong arrivals to the mainland, deterring all but the most determined dealers

Limbo continues for galleries and museums closed since early March

Gao Jie has created a series of expressive drawings showing the chaos of daily life under draconian restrictions

The Chinese government's hardline approach has drawn comparisons with the Maoist era

The city's two flagship fairs, Art021 and the West Bund Art & Design Fair, saw a rise in budding collectors interested in younger and more diverse artists

As international travel restrictions continue, mainland Chinese galleries look to capitalise on local interest

Long Museum West Bund and Shanghai Minsheng Art Museum both announced they would shut indefinitely for unspecified reasons

Rather than a full fledged fair, the event will bring together works from galleries and independent design studios

Opening exhibition looks back at the global emergence of the Chinese art world at the 2000 Shanghai Biennale

Artists tackling contentious issues have found an unlikely home in the form of foreign diplomatic services such as the Goethe-Institut and consular residences

More than 100 art exhibitions and events have taken place in the Chinese city this week and galleries are reporting strong sales

Plus, Chila Kumari Singh Burman and the art work that inspired that Biden-Harris video

New Art Tower will be hub of a busy art week alongside Art021 and West Bund Art & Design Fair

Ten years on, defunct Other Gallery owes the artist almost £44,000 and has yet to return 16 works

It is the latest move by the multimedia collective whose interactive works often attract large crowds

Art021, West Bund Art & Design Fair and Art Taipei among fairs due to open in the region this autumn despite travel restrictions, shipping woes and Covid-19 fears

Move comes amidst increased official scrutiny of civil society in China

Collaboration, dubbed 2020+, will take place in late September: Christie's says it is not a reaction to easing of coronavirus lockdown in Chinese city

Temperature and health QR code checks at the entrance are still required

As museums remain on lockdown in China, we reveal the full extent of the crisis for both state and private institutions and their innovative short-term solutions

Joint exhibition programme under way between Shanghai and Los Angeles will soon involve Qatar Museums