MOCA Shanghai is devoted to promoting Chinese and international contemporary art and often hosts solo shows and art lectures. On display in May are photographic works and installations by Italian artists.

Visitors can obtain a free art map at the reception of the museum, for information on important exhibitions and addresses of the major cultural and art venues in Shanghai.

Opening hours: 10:00-18:00 daily except for Wednesday and Friday; 10:00-22:00 Wednesday; closed on Friday

Entrance fee: RMB 20 for a regular ticket.

Transport: Buses No. 18, 37 and 123 to the Renmin Square Stop or Xizang Central Road Stop; Subway Line 1, 2 and 8 to the Renmin Square Stop

Others

The Shanghai Postal Museum at 276 North Suzhou Road is an architectural artifact from the 1920s combining British, Roman and Italian styles. The museum showcases Chinese postal history through documents, artifacts, and a large collection of stamps from different periods.

The Liu Haisu Art Museum in Shanghai’s Hongqiao Development Zone, 1660 Hongqiao Road, is named after the famous Shanghai artist. It is a combination art gallery, miniature museum and memorial to the artist. The museum’s collection is built around donations by Liu Haisu, including his calligraphic, oil and Chinese painting masterpieces and his collection of works by famous artists and calligraphers of various periods.

The Bridge No. 8 Creative Art Center, at Nos. 8-10 Central Jianguo Road, is a conversion of an old factory district. The center incorporates seven buildings, whose bulky walls and pipeworks remind visitors of the industrial phases of lively human settlements. Most of the art shops here specialize in interior decoration and sculpture. The No. 8 Bridge itself is also converted from old factory facilities – a combination of original industrial practicality and new aesthetics.

Tianzifang at 210 Alleyway on Taikang Road is a haunt for arts and crafts lovers. In the late 1990s, prominent artists Chen Yifei, Er Dongqiang and Wang Jiajun set up their studios here and were followed by a mass convergence of artists as well as arts and crafts shops, changing the once quiet alley into stimulating platform for artistic ideas and deals.