Thanks to mention stageBACK!

2. Variety Is the Spice of Life. 
Sometimes guests just want to see it all. The best surprise of the year came from checking out the 3rd annual open studio weekend at 696 Weihai Road this April. StageBack, has the experimental feel of lower east side Manhattan. Artist Maleonn’s studio is as staged as his photography and a fascinating spectacle very much worth visiting. The third must-see of the complex is AroundSpace’s assembled gallery space. Make sure you take a look at the second floor space in a separate building from their ground floor exhibition rooms. blew me away with their assembled space.

After the grunge of 696, head over to People’s Park, where the city’s museums are situated. Shanghai Museum has a collection of traditional art forms such as jade, copper, and calligraphy. The highlight is the Chinese Minority Nationalities Gallery on the top floor where a collection of traditional minority dress showcases the superb embroidery distinctive to each tribe.

The privately-run Museum of Contemporary Art is at the northern end of the park and is a beautiful space to view what everyone is talking about in the contemporary art world right now. Duck into Barbarossa next door to relax with a hookah pipe while overlooking the lily pond. Wax poetic over the day’s finds.

696: 696 Weihai Road near Shanxi Road
Shanghai Museum: People’s Park , No. 201 Renmin Avenue near Huangpi North Road
MOCA: People's Park, 231 Nanjing West Road near Huangpi North Road 


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