1st Press release 9th Shanghai Biennale 2012

A New Beginning for the Shanghai Biennale 

The 9th Shanghai Biennale in 2012 will be the inaugural show for Shanghai Contemporary Art Museum housed in a restored industrial building that used to be a thermal power plant.  This marks a new beginning for the Shanghai Biennale in its 16 years of history.

The site of the Shanghai Biennale will move from the colonial building of Shanghai Art Museum that was part of the Shanghai Horseracing Course to a restored building that once was “Nanshi Power Plant”. As we are witnessing a shift of the nation’s attention from economic indicators to comprehensive social progress, the Shanghai Biennale has also seen transformations in its theme,

For the full press release, including mission statements by the curatorial team led by Qiu Zhijie please click here