Design exhibitions

Two design-themed exhibitions, “Minding the Digital” (until June 3, 2018) and “Values of Design” (until Aug. 4, 2019), are being held. Drawing from the V&A’s extensive collection in London, “Values of Design” features over 250 objects from year 900 to the present. “Minding the Digital” brings visitors into a novel world of immersive experiences shaped by digital technologies.

Tickets: 40-80 yuan

Venue: Design Society|Sea World Culture and Arts Center, 1187 Wanghai Road, Shekou, Nanshan District (南山区蛇口望海路1187号设计互联|海上世界文化艺术中心)

Metro: Line 2, Sea World Station (海上世界站), Exit A

Eating Design

Dutch designer Marije Vogelzang is exhibiting her eating-related installations at the “Eating Design” exhibition.

Dates: Until March 4, 2018

Tickets: 8-15 yuan, free Tuesdays

Venue: OCT Art & Design Gallery, 9009 Shennan Boulevard, Nanshan District (南山区深南大道9009号华•美术馆)

Metro: Line 1, OCT Station (华侨城站), Exit C

Fields of Communion

Fifteen artists are exhibiting 15 installations at the fourth Shenzhen Public Sculpture Exhibition with the theme of “Fields of Communion.”

Dates: Until Jan. 11, 2018

Venue: E Zone, Shenzhen Central Park, Futian District (福田区深圳中心公园E区)

Metro: Line 3, Huaxin Station (华新站), Exit D

Art and technology

At “The Ecstasy of Time: Reshaping the Medium of Knowing” exhibition, 11 artists offer unique interfaces for understanding the way technology alters our perceptions of nature.

Dates: Until March 31, 2018

Venue: He Xiangning Art Museum, Overseas Chinese Town, 9013 Shennan Boulevard, Nanshan District (南山区深南大道9013号华侨城何香凝美术馆)

Metro: Line 1, OCT Station (华侨城站), Exit C

New media art

International artists are exhibiting their videos, installations and graphics at the exhibition “The Imagined Future Is Not the Future.”

Dates: Until March 8, 2018

Venues: C2, North Area, OCT-LOFT, Nanshan District (南山区华侨城创意文化园北区C2)

Metro: Line 2, Qiaocheng North Station (侨城北站), Exit B

Modernist calligraphy

Writing his undecipherable calligraphy on bamboo stalks, artist Wang Dongling attempts to offer a fascinating contemporary twist on a classic form.

Dates: Until Dec. 31

Venue: OCAT Shenzhen, South Area, OCT-LOFT, Nanshan District (南山区华侨城创意文化园南区OCAT深圳馆)

Metro: Line 1, Qiaocheng East Station (侨城东站), Exit A

Museum exhibitions

More than 100 ancient wood, porcelain or copper-gilt Guanyin statues and paintings on loan from Capital Museum in Beijing are on display at Shenzhen Museum until Feb. 28, 2018. Meanwhile, a new exhibition of ancient Italian ceramics will open Friday. The ceramics are on loan from the International Museum of Ceramics in Faenza.

Venue: Shenzhen Museum, Block A, Civic Center, Futian District (福田区市民中心A区深圳博物馆新馆)

Metro: Line 2 or 3, Civic Center Station (市民中心站), Exit B

UABB in Nanshan

Themed “Cities, Grow in Difference,” the 2017 Bi-City Biennale of UrbanismArchitecture (UABB) includes a three-month exhibition in Nantou Old Town that fuses architecture, art and design.

Dates: Until March 17, 2018

Tickets: Follow WeChat account “UABB-SZ” and send “T” via the chat window to receive a free e-ticket.

Venue: Nantou Old Town, Nanshan District (南山区南头古城)

Metro: Line 1, Taoyuan Station (桃园站), Exit A/B

UABB in Yantian

Themed “Village As Kitchen,” the UABB’s Yantian subvenue exhibition features 18 groups of contemporary artists’ paintings, videos and installations.

Dates: Until March 3, 2018

Venue: Dameisha Village, Yantian District (盐田区大梅沙村)

Metro: Line 2 or 5, Huangbeiling Station (黄贝岭站), Exit D, then take bus 387 and get off at Haibin Yuchang Station (海滨浴场站)

(SD News)