Feast for the global senses: appetite, eyes, ears and minds
Find out what's on in Shanghai with all the latest events, exhibitions, stage performances and fun things to do.
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Portugal Premium Experience
Portugal Premium Experience - Shanghai, organized by Associação Empresarial de Portugal, Chamber of Commerce and Industry (AEP), will take place on on May 26th at Hilton Shanghai Hongqiao.
As part of the Next Challenge Asia project, this conference, with the promotion of Portuguese sectors from agri-food chains to home and construction materials to the Asian market, aims to give Chinese Business Representatives a better understanding of the Portuguese Market and its offers and solidify the commercial relations between China and Portugal.
Date
May 26, 3:45pm-6pm
Venue
Hilton Shanghai Hongqiao 丨 上海虹桥希尔顿酒店
Address
1116 Hong Song Rd E. 丨 红松东路1116号
Application
https://marketaccess-global.com/portugal-premium-experience-shanghai
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Thai Festival
A festival featuring cuisine, fruits, spas, and arts and crafts from Thailand will be held in downtown Shanghai over the weekend, to further fuel the tourism recovery of the country.
The three-day event, Thai Festival in Shanghai 2023, at the Raffles City in Changning District, will present authentic Thai elements, according to the Shanghai Office of the Tourism Authority of Thailand.
Date
May 19-21, 10am-8pm,
Venue
Raffles City Changning 丨 上海长宁来福士广场
Address
1139 Changning Road 丨 长宁路1139号
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SHSID Exhibition
More than 400 students and teachers from the Shanghai High School International Division are currently exhibiting their artwork, including fish printings, weaving work, sculptures, shadow puppets and Peking Opera figures at the Liu Haisu Art Museum.
The exhibition is a reflection of the art education performance of the division over the past three decades.
Date
Through May 21
Venue
Liu Haisu Art Museum 丨 刘海粟美术馆
Address
1609 Yan'an Rd W. 丨 延安西路1609号
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The Flying Dutchman
Famed Chinese soprano He Hui will perform Wagner's opera "Der fliegende Holländer" (The Flying Dutchman) for the first time, joining on stage with American baritone Todd Thomas in the German-language opera to be staged at the Shangyin Opera House.
This year marks the 210th anniversary of the composer's birth. A revival round of performances will be staged in Guangzhou and Hangzhou before ending in Shanghai on May 20 and 21.
Date
May 20, 21, 7:30pm
Venue
Shangyin Opera House 丨 上音歌剧院
Address
6 Fenyang Road 丨 汾阳路6号
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The Tale of Peter Rabbit
"The Tale of Peter Rabbit," a world-famous children's book, has been adapted into a Chinese puppet version, which will debut in Shanghai later this month.
Jointly presented by Harmonia Theatrical and Rockefeller Productions, the puppet play was created and produced in the United States, and the final composition completed in Shanghai. All the puppets were created by Rockefeller Productions, an official partner of Disney Theatrical.
Date
May 26, 7pm; May 27,10:30am, 2:30pm
Venue
Hongqiao Art Center 丨 虹桥艺术中心
Address
888 Tianshan Rd 丨 天山路888号
Admission
180-380 yuan
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Memory & Metamorphosis
Art+ Shanghai Gallery is hosting Sabrina Jauffret's solo exhibition "Memory & Metamorphosis," which delves into the French artist's obsession with paper, and showcases pieces made through radical, frequently unforeseen transmutation.
The exhibition displays the versatility and possibility of paper as an artistic medium that has been cut, shaped, painted, sewn, and even embroidered. Jauffret treats paper as what it is, and shows us that it can be an art form in its own right, rather than simply a material to draw or write on.
Date
Through June 1
Venue
Art+ Shanghai Gallery 丨 艺术＋上海画廊
Address
L207, 99 Beijing Rd E. 丨 北京东路99号L207
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Horizon of Khufu
People can now take a unique journey to ancient Egypt thanks the debut of virtual reality show Horizon of Khufu in the city over the weekend.
Horizon of Khufu, a 45-minute virtual and interactive show, invites visitors to take a virtual expedition to discover the Great Pyramid of Giza in Egypt.
It's on show in a 500-square-meter space in the HKRI Taikoo Hui, a shopping complex in downtown Nanjing Road W. The show hall is just upstairs through the Starbucks Reserve Roastery, the biggest Starbucks in Shanghai.
Date
May 13 to August 27
Venue
L3 Hall, HKRI Taikoo Hui 丨 兴业太古汇
Address
789 Nanjing Road W. 丨 南京西路789号
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Painting the Essential
– Surrealism and the East
The exhibition "Painting the Essential – Surrealism and the East" is currently underway at the Centre Pompidou × the West Bund Museum.
Based on the Centre Pompidou collection and enriched with loans from the Shanghai Museum, the exhibition sheds new light on surrealism, particularly on its abstract tendency and its previously unexplored dialogue with the East.
The exhibition features a group of paintings created by abstract and surrealistic masters including Joan Miro (1893-1983), André Masson (1896-1987) and Zao Wou-ki (1921-2013), plus the ancient Chinese masterpieces of Dong Qichang (1555-1636) and Bada Shanren (1626-1705).
Date
Through September 24 (closed on Mondays), 10am-5pm
Venue
West Bund Museum 丨 西岸美术馆
Address
2600 Longteng Ave 丨 龙腾大道2600号
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JS Market
JS Markets is back with a family fun market at Laowaijie on Saturday and Sunday, May 20-21.
Kids will enjoy activities guided by Awesome Kids Club on Sunday, and the LWJ bouncy pumpkin either day, as Mom and Dad browse through the artisan crafts, pantry foods, and lifestyle goods.
Date
May 20 - 11am-8pm
May 21 - 11am-6pm
Address
3338 Hongmei Rd 丨 虹梅路3338
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Shanghai Urban Digital Transformation Experience Hall
Visitors can experience Shanghai's achievements in digital transformation from 610 items covering almost all aspects of daily life at the Shanghai Urban Digital Transformation Experience Hall, which opened in April in Yangpu District.
The 7,100-square-meter exhibition space demonstrates how the utilization of technologies from artificial intelligence to 5G can improve quality of life and governance efficiency.
Date
Mondays-Fridays, 9:30-10:30am, 1:30-2:30pm, 3:30-4:30pm (closed on holidays)
Venue
Shanghai Urban Digital Transformation Experience Hall
上海城市数字化转型体验馆
Address
465 Jingxing Rd 丨 景星路465号
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Editor: Fu Rong
Designer: Shi JingyunSource: Shine