Exhibitions

BANK 10th Anniversary Show "Birthday Party!"

10 Nov 2023 - 24 Feb 2024 Shanghai BANK was born 10 years ago out of a happy mistake. It started with the discovery of a special space, a whim, and some hutzpah. It is now a global brand. Xianggang Lu No 59 was the address that gave us our name and original vitality. It was the former... Read more

Zheng Haozhong: Indoor Enclosure, Sub-Alto Saxophone, Drum Roll, Saw, Voice Silence Turns into A Major Musical Phrase

28 Sep - 31 Oct 2023 BANK is pleased to announce that Zheng Haozhong's new solo exhibition will be held from September 28, 2023, to October 31, 2023. Titled 'Indoor Enclosure, Sub-Alto Saxophone, Drum Roll, Saw, Voice Silence Turns into A Major Musical Phrase,' the exhibition harmonizes music rhythms with brushstrokes, showcasing the diverse facets of... Read more

Behind Gesture and Speech

5 Aug - 16 Sep 2023 As an extension of the current exhibition 'Liang Hao: Gesture and Speech,' BANK has adorned the guest room with a number of works related to the theme of 'hand,' encompassing various mediums including painting, photography, sculpture, video, and tapestry, to expand the audience's visual experience of the imagery of 'hands.'... Read more

Liang Hao: Gesture and Speech

5 Aug - 16 Sep 2023 It is always the same hands, reaching out from the edge of the canvas and opening up at the center of the painting. It is the hands that are in motion, palms up and fingers clenching – stretch, grip, hold, touch, press, cut, chop. The hand appears in sync with... Read more

Anastasia Komar: ex-vivo

10 Jun - 22 Jul 2023 'ex vivo' (Latin: 'out of the living') literally means that which takes place outside an organism. In science, 'ex vivo' refers to experimentation done on tissue from an organism in an external environment with minimal alteration of natural conditions.[1] This exhibition presents a series of works by the NYC-based artist... Read more

The Threads of Destiny: Maryn Varbanov, Works from the 1970s, with Song Huai-Kuei

10 Jun - 22 Jul 2023 'The Threads of Destiny' presents the remarkable artistic partnership of Maryn Varbanov (1932-1989) and Song Huai-Kuei aka Madame Song (1937-2006), China's legendary couple whose life and work helped to transform the cultural landscape of economic reform-era China. Focusing on Varbanov's columns and installations made with a traditional Bulgarian technique -... Read more

Hito Steyerl: Mission Accomplished : Belanciege

11 Mar - 13 May 2023 For its spring exhibition, BANK proudly presents 'Mission Accomplished: Belanciege', a video installation by Berlin-based artist Hito Steyerl. This is the artist's second solo exhibition at BANK. The exhibition will be on view from 10 March 2023 until 6 May 2023, and will subsequently travel to DANGXIA Art Space in... Read more

Wenjue: Supercalifragilisticexpialidociousism and The Horn of Plenty

11 Mar - 13 May 2023 Classical mythology, personal fantasy, and collective hallucinations are carefully deconstructed then reshaped in this audacious, debut by artist, Wenjue at BANK's THE VAULT. Wenjue's grand, yet illusory narratives are embodied within the title of the show itself, a delightfully impossible word that conjures all sorts of mystic fantasies and yet... Read more

Wang Rui: Silver Grey Death

6 Nov 2022 - 20 Jan 2023 BANK is pleased to present Wang Rui’s second solo show at the gallery, “Silver Grey Death”, opening on November 6. The exhibition is titled after the debut novel by writer Yu Dafu. At the time that he wrote the story, he was in his 20’s and depressed. Through writing the... Read more