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YOKO ONO – FLY
Yoko Ono's first solo exhibition in China. It wasn't easy locating Ke Center for the Contemporary Arts, but once you found it, you can't miss the giant poster of Yoko Ono which flanks its exterior. I'm not s...
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Yoko Ono's first solo exhibition in China. It wasn't easy locating Ke Center for the Contemporary Arts, but once you found it, you can't miss the giant poster of Yoko Ono which flanks its exterior. I'm not s...
PLACE
Spin Shanghai is the kind of store a customer has to especially make a trip to. Hidden in the compound of nondescript industrial buildings, one has to walk past factory gates and know exactly which building to ...
PLACE
Founded in 2003 by Zhang HaiSheng, Yuyintang is no doubt one of the cornerstones in Shanghai's live music scene. Circumstances have since forced Yuyintang to move a few times, such as from a warehouse at Longca...
PEOPLE
Ms Foo Aiwei is a 29-year-old multimedia artist better known as the founder of quirky creative label, See You Tomorrow. Through the label, Ms Foo has created whimsical and one-of-a-kind artworks blending design and ar...
PLACE
With the 2008 Olympics commencing in less than a year, Beijing is working overtime in a major urban overhaul and regrettably, this has also prompted the accelerated destruction of its lovely hutongs. These ancient all...
PLACE
As most of Shanghai’s residents know better, spring and autumn typically passes so fast strictly speaking two seasons are left each year. Winter can only mean frozen fingers and bulky coats, so there really is no bett...
HAPPENING
Students holding placards in a mock protest greeted visitors as they entered the stately 1950s Soviet-designed Shanghai Exhibition Center on opening night. I had been looking forward to SH Contemporary 2007 even befor...