Exhibitions

Marvin Chan's Tin Toy Collection

Dubbed the "King of Tin Toys" in China, Hong Kong native Marvin Chan is bringing his own private collections to a solo exhibition at Réel. Chan started to collect old Chinese toys 20 years ago. He held an antique toy exhibition at the age of 26, published a book on toy collecting when he was 32, opened the first toy museum in Singapore when he was 40 and launched his own tin toy brand St. John at the age of 43. Chan's collections include vintage tin frogs, little warriors and trains.

Date: Until February 10, 10 am to 10 pm

Venue: Réel Shanghai Department Store

芮欧百货

Address: 3/F, 1601 Nanjing Road West

南京西路1601号3楼

Admission: Free

Call 2230-9788 for details

Group Exhibition: Femme Fatale

Entitled Femme Fatale, this group exhibition introduces artworks done by five artists from three different countries, including Chinese artists Sun Liang and Jing Shijian, Japanese artists Akir Ishiguro and Mika Shimauchi, and Israeli artist Gil Yefman. Shun Gallery invited Japanese curator Hiroshi Minamishima to hold this themed exhibition, discussing images of the fallen female.

Date: Until February 25, 10 am to 6 pm (closed on Mondays)

Venue: Shun Gallery

熏依社画廊

Address: Room 103/208, Bldg 3, 50 Moganshan Road

莫干山路50号3号楼103/208

Admission: Free

Call 5252-7198 for details

Bold, Beautiful and Damned

Born in 1956 in Los Angeles, well-known fashion and beauty illustrator Tony Viramontes studied fine art and photography in New York at the Fashion Institute of Technology and Parsons. When Viramontes made his debut in the late 1970s, his hard and direct style was a marked contrast to the prevailing soft pastel school of fashion illustration. He rapidly acquired prestigious editorial commissions, from Vogue in the US, The Face in Britain, as well as Jill Magazine, Marie Claire, Le Monde and City Magazine in France. Sadly, the artist died in 1988 at the age of only 33. This ongoing exhibition at Top Floor Gallery collects over 150 illustrations created by Viramontes, and a book entitled Bold, Beautiful and Damned written by fashion editor Dean Rhys Morgan is also available at the exhibition.

Date: Until February 23, 10 am to 10 pm

Venue: Top Floor Gallery

顶层画廊

Address: 1717 Nanjing Road West

南京西路1717号

Admission: Free

Call 2219-1717 for details

Zhao Shuo's Solo Exhibition

Born in 1980 in Shaanxi Province, Zhao Shuo graduated from China Central Academy of Fine Arts and specialized in oil painting. Zhao's works focus on the daily lives of ordinary citizens and reflect the impacts of urbanization. Though depicting real life, the artist tends to use bold colors and exaggerated images to reproduce ordinary scenes and express his complicated feelings about the characters featured in his paintings.

Date: Until January 20, 10 am to 10 pm

Venue: Global Harbor Art Gallery

环球港美术馆

Address: 4/F, 3000 Zhongshan Road North

中山北路3000号4楼

Admission: Free

Call 400-921-0588 for details

Michael Wolf: Real Toy Story

Made from 20,000 secondhand "made in China" toys, the photographic installation Real Toy Story is a tribute to the unnamed Chinese workers who manufacture most of the toys for kids around the world. German-born artist Michael Wolf studied at the University of California, Berkeley, and Folkwang University of the Arts. He moved to Hong Kong in 1994 where he worked for Stern magazine for eight years. Inspired by the toys he bought for his son over the past decade, Wolf realized that most of them came from hundreds of factories in southern China. He started to visit the factories and take photos of the unnamed workers.

Date: Until February 12, 10 am to 10 pm

Venue: Chi K11

Address: B3/F, 300 Huaihai Road Middle

淮海中路300号B3层

Admission: Free

Call 2310-3188 for details

Events

Movie Screening at Alliance Française de Shanghai

Peau d'âne (Donkey Skin) is a French musical starring Catherine Deneuve adapted from Charles Perrault's fairy tale about a king who tries to marry his daughter. Directed by Jacques Demy (1931-90) in 1970, the movie features splendid costumes, beautiful cinematography and a marvelous soundtrack. Demy was one of the most outstanding filmmakers to appear in the wake of the French New Wave. This 90-minute movie will be screened in French.

Date: January 17, 3:30 pm to 6 pm

Venue: Alliance Française de Shanghai

上海法语培训中心

Address: 6/F, 297 Wusong Road

吴淞路297号6楼

Admission: Free

Call 6357-5388 for details

Rabbit Lantern DIY Session

To celebrate the coming Chinese New Year, Salon des Arts is inviting local residents to come and join a rabbit lantern DIY session this week. Starting in the Tang Dynasty (618-907), Chinese families used to make and carry rabbit lanterns during the Spring Festival. However, the traditional rabbit lanterns made from bamboo sticks, white paper and candles have long been replaced by plastic and electric ones. Salon des Arts will invite local craftsman to teach participants how to make an authentic rabbit lantern. Parents can bring their kids to the session and tickets include the cost of materials.

Date: January 16, 1 pm; January 18, 12:30 pm

Venue: Salon des Arts

东篱文艺沙龙

Address: Room 101/104, No.1, Lane 1363 Fuxing Road Middle

复兴中路1363弄1号101/104室

Tickets: 59 yuan for VIP members, 69 yuan presale and 79 yuan at the door

Call 6433-0552 for details

New Book Launch: Reflections on the Self

Born of middle-class Brahmin parents in 1895, Jiddu Krishnamurti was a great thinker and has influenced millions throughout the 20th century, including Aldous Huxley, Bertrand Russell, Henry Miller and Joseph Campbell. Together with the Krishnamurti Foundation of America (KFA), East China Normal University Press has translated and introduced his book Reflections on the Self. Jaap Sluijter, executive director of KFA, will give a keynote speech at the book launch, introducing the author and his book.

Date: January 19, 2 pm to 4 pm

Venue: East China Normal University Press

华东师范大学出版社

Address: East China Normal University, 3663 Zhongshan Road North

中山北路3663号华东师范大学校内

Admission: Free

Call 5252-7198 for details

Stage

Bossa Romance by Lisa Ono

Acclaimed Japanese-Brazilian bossa nova singer Lisa Ono is joining the local concert scene for this year's Valentine's Day. Ono began singing and playing the guitar at the age of 15, and her debut as a professional bossa nova singer was in 1989. Her natural voice, rhythmic guitar playing and charming smile gained her huge popularity in Japan. Her album Dream released in 1999 sold more than 200,000 copies in Japan, and since then she has established a solid reputation in the Japanese bossa nova community.

Date: February 14, 7:30 pm to 10:30 pm

Venue: Shanghai Grand Stage

上海大舞台

Address: 1111 Caoxi Road North

漕溪北路1111号

Tickets: 280 to 1,280 yuan

Call 6126-0001 for details