Shanghai

The Shanghai exhibition, on view at the Asian Art Museum from February 12 - September 5, 2010, explores, through the mirror of its art, the tumultuous history that has resulted in one of Asia’s most dynamic and cosmopolitan cities of today. An American poet once wrote that “The artist is the antenna of the race.” For more than a century and half Shanghai artists have not only been documenting the city's many changes but also leading its way into the future. It is impossible to understand one of the world’s most intriguing cities without an awareness of its artists, or to understand its art without an awareness of the city’s history. The exhibition features more than 130 oil paintings, Shanghai Deco furniture and rugs, revolutionary posters, works of fashion, movie clips, and contemporary installations. These artworks, drawn mainly from the collections of the Shanghai Museum, the Shanghai Art Museum, the Shanghai City History Museum, and the Lu Xun Museum, include the most significant visual documents of the city’s rich and ever-changing culture. Shanghai is divided into four sections: Beginnings (1850–1912), High Times (1912–1937), Revolution (1920–1976), and Shanghai Today (1980–present).

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Shanghai and Globalization: A Case Study (1/22/2010) - Part I

Michael Knight, Asian Art Museum

11-12
48:15

Shanghai and Globalization: A Case Study (1/22/2010) - Part II

Michael Knight, Asian Art Museum

11-12
43:00

Shanghai and Globalization: A Case Study Cont'd (2/26/2010) - Part I

Michael Knight, Asian Art Museum

11-09
43:36

Shanghai and Globalization: A Case Study Cont'd (2/26/2010) - Part II

Michael Knight, Asian Art Museum

11-09
39:04

Diplomatic Rescue: Shanghai as a Means of Escape from the Holocaust (8/29/2010) - Part III

Ho Manli speaks about her father, Dr. Ho Feng Shan, a Chinese diplomat in Vienna from 1937 to 1940. As Hitler marched into the city and anti-Semitism erupted, Dr. Ho took decisive action to save Jewish lives by issuing visas to Shanghai. Also joining in the discussion are Dr. Lotte Marcus, psychologist, who received a visa from Dr. Ho, and Rene Willdorf, who escaped from Berlin.

09-07
34:39

Diplomatic Rescue: Shanghai as a Means of Escape from the Holocaust (8/29/2010) - Part I

Ho Manli speaks about her father, Dr. Ho Feng Shan, a Chinese diplomat in Vienna from 1937 to 1940. As Hitler marched into the city and anti-Semitism erupted, Dr. Ho took decisive action to save Jewish lives by issuing visas to Shanghai. Also joining in the discussion are Dr. Lotte Marcus, psychologist, who received a visa from Dr. Ho, and Rene Willdorf, who escaped from Berlin.

09-07
29:22

Diplomatic Rescue: Shanghai as a Means of Escape from the Holocaust (8/29/2010) - Part IV

Ho Manli speaks about her father, Dr. Ho Feng Shan, a Chinese diplomat in Vienna from 1937 to 1940. As Hitler marched into the city and anti-Semitism erupted, Dr. Ho took decisive action to save Jewish lives by issuing visas to Shanghai. Also joining in the discussion are Dr. Lotte Marcus, psychologist, who received a visa from Dr. Ho, and Rene Willdorf, who escaped from Berlin.

09-07
22:35

Diplomatic Rescue: Shanghai as a Means of Escape from the Holocaust (8/29/2010) - Part II

Ho Manli speaks about her father, Dr. Ho Feng Shan, a Chinese diplomat in Vienna from 1937 to 1940. As Hitler marched into the city and anti-Semitism erupted, Dr. Ho took decisive action to save Jewish lives by issuing visas to Shanghai. Also joining in the discussion are Dr. Lotte Marcus, psychologist, who received a visa from Dr. Ho, and Rene Willdorf, who escaped from Berlin.

09-07
16:33

Voices on Shanghai: Art of the City

The [Un]Observed - A Radio Magazine

08-25
14:46

Art Speak Audio Tour - It Often Begins with a Smile

Art Speak Youth

07-02
01:34

Art Speak Audio Tour - Chinese Dresses

Art Speak Youth

07-02
01:38

The Birth of Jazz in Asia (4/1/2010)

Cory Combs, SF Jazz

04-29
50:22

Shanghai Spectacular: Visions of the New Urban Order (4/20/2010) - Part I

Wen-hsin Yeh, UC Berkeley

04-22
59:16

Shanghai Spectacular: Visions of the New Urban Order (4/20/2010) - Part II

Wen-hsin Yeh, UC Berkeley

04-22
26:20

Shanghai's Jews: Art, Architecture, and Survival (3/6/2010)

Nancy Berliner, Peabody Essex Museum

03-22
26:34

The American Club, The Columbia Country Club and the Creation of an American Ambiance in Shanghai, 1920-1943 (3/6/2010)

Ellen Johnston Laing, University of Michigan

03-22
24:34

Everyday Life and the Lilong of Shanghai (3/6/2010)

Renee Y. Chow, UC Berkeley

03-22
18:11

Introductory Remarks - Modern and Modernity: Visual Narratives of Interwar Shanghai (3/6/2010)

Wen-hsin Yeh, UC Berkeley

03-22
12:45

Welcome Remarks - Modern and Modernity: Visual Narratives of Interwar Shanghai (3/6/2010)

Lucinda Barnes, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive

03-22
04:43

Guides to a Global Paradise (3/6/2010)

Catherine Vance Yeh, Boston University

03-22
26:08
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