Changning welcomes high-profile debuts and exhibitions
2025/03/11
Changning District will host high-quality, high-profile first exhibitions, premieres, and first stores from March to May as part of the 2025 "First Launch in Shanghai" series of events.
FENBAO 2025 China First Exhibition
From March 19 to March 29, FENBAO from Singapore will bring her environmental concepts to the stage at the Columbia Circle, marking her first appearance in China. The themed art exhibition will create an immersive floral experience, allowing visitors to appreciate FENBAO's art styles through animations, sculptures, prints, and paintings. There will be a photo wall and a merchandise area offering prints and figurines for visitors to take memories home.
Date: March 19 – March 29, 1pm - 8pm
Location: 1F public space, Building 10, Columbia Circle, 1262 Yan'an Road W.
"Fables of Tomorrow" Exhibition
Chen Xiaodong's solo exhibition "Fables of Tomorrow" opens at the Sun Ke Villa in the Columbia Circle. The exhibition features sculptures, video works, and digital prints, blending ancient mythical beasts with sci-fi elements to create a fantastical, metaphor-rich future world. It includes two major series: "Future Mountains and Seas" reinterprets mythical creatures with contemporary art, and "Reincarnation" expresses the philosophy of life's cycles through sculptures.
Date: until March 15
Location: Sun Ke Villa, Columbia Circle, 1262 Yan'an Road W.
2025 Autumn/Winter Shanghai Fashion Week
From March 25 to March 31, the 2025 Autumn/Winter Shanghai Fashion Week will take place at Haisu Cultural Plaza. Tube Showroom, Hyperoom, and Xin Showroom will showcase unique designs and premieres, highlighting the vibrant power of fashion trends.
Date: March 25 – March 31
Location: Haisu Cultural Plaza, 658 Zhaohua Road
IKEA Shanghai's First Inspiration Design Competition
IKEA Shanghai launches the "Kaleidoscope of Life" design festival, centered on IKEA's "democratic design" concept, featuring an "Inspiration Design Competition" and an "Offline Design Exhibition." From April 10 to May 15, the exhibition will creatively recreate winning designs, allowing consumers to experience new possibilities in home spaces. The IKEA Linkong Store will continue the "Kaleidoscope of Life" theme with a special exhibition at Shanghai Livat.
Date: April
Location: Shanghai Livat, 788 Jinzong Road
Visionnaire's First Chinese Mainland Store
Founded in 1959, Visionnaire is a leading post-luxury brand in interior design under the IPE Group, headquartered in Bologna, Italy. With stores in Milan, Los Angeles, Miami, London, Dubai, and Hong Kong, this will be its seventh global and first Chinese mainland flagship store. Located at WYSH, the site of the former Feilo Acoustics Factory, it is part of a key urban renewal project in Changning District, now a trendy lifestyle landmark.
Opening Date: May
Location: Units 105, 205, 305, WYSH, 168 Wuyi Road