ART021 Shanghai
Shanghai’s Jing’an contemporary fair returns to the Exhibition Center as the twin autumn appointment to West Bund Art & Design.
2026 dates
- Venue
- Shanghai Exhibition Center
- Where to plan around
- Jing’an, 1000 Middle Yan’an Road, with citywide programmes during Shanghai art week
- Access
- Tickets and preview access are released by the fair. West Bund and museum programmes require separate admission.
- Official information
- Visit ART021 ↗
The Banquet note
ART021 was founded in 2013 by Bao Yifeng, Kelly Ying and David Chau, taking its name from Shanghai’s telephone area code and a 21st-century contemporary brief. After early Bund-area editions, the fair settled at the Shanghai Exhibition Center in Jing’an, and the 2026 edition is scheduled for 12 to 15 November. Recent editions have mixed Main Galleries with Approach, Detour, Beyond and special projects, bringing Chinese and international galleries into a single Soviet-neoclassical hall during Shanghai’s autumn art week. The 2026 exhibitor list will tell you which booths to walk first.
Jing’an and the West Bund are not a casual hop. Stay near Jing’an Temple station for the Exhibition Center, then give Longteng Avenue its own half-day. The two fairs overlap in mid-November and do not share a badge. WeChat is how tickets and reservations actually move; do not arrive expecting a walk-up English box office. If you only have one Shanghai art day, choose the river (West Bund) or the hall (ART021) on purpose. Trying both after a delayed Hongqiao lunch is how the week turns into traffic.
Plan it well
Book Jing’an lodging for ART021 and a Xuhui or French Concession base for West Bund. Confirm ART021 ticket release on official WeChat and art021.org channels; leave buffer for cross-city traffic between the two fair districts.