Museum of Contemporary Art/MOCA (Shanghai Dangdai Yishu Guan)
Opened in 2005, this beautiful three-story glass structure houses Shanghai's first contemporary art museum. Given the city's fledgling art scene, this museum is certainly not in the same league as better-known MOCAs around the world, but its two floors of exhibition space connected by a curving ramp are enough to showcase plenty of goofy, interesting, ridiculous, sublime, "this-is-art?" paintings, photographs, and installations by Chinese and international artists. The admission price is a bit steep for what you get, though for our money, the building itself is more interesting and can be appreciatedgratisfrom the outside or if you simply tell them at the door that you're going to the MOCA Caffe restaurant on the third floor. There you can dine on decent Italian fare or just sip your cappuccino on the rooftop terrace.
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| Hours | Daily 10am-6pm (to 10pm Wed) | |
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| Address | Nanjing Xi Lu 231 | |
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| Location | Gate 7, People's Park, Huangpu (inside People's Park/Renmin Gongyuan) | |
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| Transportation | Metro: Renmin Gongyuan/Renmin Guangchang | |
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| Phone | 021/6327-9900 | |
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| Web site | www.mocashanghai.org | |
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| Prices | Admission ¥20 ($2.50) | |