Modern landmark · SHANGHAI
M50 Art District
M50创意园 · M50 Chuàngyì Yuán
About
Contemporary art galleries in former textile mill warehouses on Moganshan Road. Shanghai's longest-running independent gallery cluster.
M50 (50 Moganshan Road) is a complex of converted 1930s textile-mill warehouses occupied by contemporary art galleries since around 2000. Less polished than 798 in Beijing; more independent. The ShanghART, BANK, M97 Gallery, Eastlink galleries are the established names. Walking the canal-side back streets adds atmospheric context.
How to get there
Metro Line 13 to Jiangning Road, walk 10 min.
When to visit
Weekend afternoons for openings; weekdays for quiet.
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