West Bund Art & Design
Shanghai’s principal international art-and-design fair anchors a wider week of museum exhibitions, gallery programmes and collecting along the West Bund.
2026 dates
- Venue
- West Bund Art Center
- Where to plan around
- West Bund, Xuhui District
- Access
- Ticketing and detailed daily hours are released by the fair. Museum and gallery programmes along the West Bund require separate admission.
- Official information
- Visit West Bund Art & Design ↗
The Banquet note
West Bund Art & Design returns to the West Bund Art Center on Longteng Avenue in Xuhui from 10 to 15 November 2026. Since 2014 the fair has anchored Shanghai’s autumn art week as a platform where international and Chinese galleries show contemporary work beside the riverfront museum strip. The official site frames the week as citywide: museum exhibitions and gallery programmes make the West Bund useful beyond a single hall, especially when paired with nearby institutions along the Huangpu.
Stay near the former French Concession or Xuhui and treat the riverfront museums as a continuous walking route rather than taxi hops. Confirm ticket windows and daily hours on westbundshanghai.com closer to November, because public days and VIP access can shift. International galleries arrive into a Chinese institutional setting with its own collecting tempo; read booth conversations against Power Station of Art and other West Bund venues instead of treating the fair as a sealed import.
Plan it well
Stay near the former French Concession or Xuhui and treat the riverfront museums as a continuous route. Confirm ticket windows close to travel, as detailed public access is published later than the fair dates. Pair mid-November with ART021 at Shanghai Exhibition Center in Jing’an; the two fairs overlap and need separate tickets.