At the Long Museum in Shanghai, Jean-Michel Othoniel presents a body of work that unites two iconic elements of his visual language: monumental glass beads and blown glass bricks. Created between 2012 and today, these works reflect an “emotional geometry” that moves through spirituality, history, and the human body. The beads - far too large to be worn - evoke dance, prayer, and memory, the bricks, each slightly different, resemble luminous pixels from an architectural dream. Light, reflection, and transparency transform the museum’s Brutalist architecture into a dreamlike landscape. Each piece, handcrafted by Italian and Indian artisans, radiates a precious sensuality and a near-jewel-like allure, where luxury becomes a poetic language. From the red necklaces created for the 1997 Pride in memory of Félix González-Torres to permanent installations in Qatar and Versailles, Othoniel builds a dialogue between the intimate and the monumental. His works do not seek answers but shared desires, becoming thresholds between the visible and invisible, between reality and enchantment.
Jean Jullien turns the museum into a fantastical realm - an escape through memories, imaginary creatures, and parallel worlds, where dreaming becomes an act of freedom.
Yanis Khannoussi and the Echo of Absence: Sculpture as Living Memory
For his first solo show in China, Yanis Khannoussi unveils a series of sculptures that turn absence into form, exploring themes of memory, time, and infinity. A journey through matter and metaphysics, where loss becomes visible through poetic geometry.
Irena Haiduk transforms the Rockbund Art Museum into a participatory set where art, fiction, and reality intertwine. A film in progress that invites the public into a new narrative economy.
Light, Revolution, and Painting: Impressionism Arrives in Shanghai
Impressionism arrives in Shanghai with masterpieces by Monet, Renoir, Degas, and Van Gogh - a visual journey through the artistic revolution that invented modernity.
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