Shanghai
Shanghai Exhibition Centre
May 2025
About
The destination for contemporary photography in China
PHOTOFAIRS Shanghai is the destination for contemporary photography in China. Established in 2014 in response to a growing enthusiasm for collecting photography, the fair has firmly embedded the medium within Shanghai’s cultural landscape, becoming an annual meeting point for the domestic art community to discover photo-based and digital work. With its cross-disciplinary approach, PHOTOFAIRS Shanghai spotlights the voices and perspectives shaping visual culture today.
2024
Programs
INSIGHTS
Launched in 2016, Insights, is an exhibition focusing on a particular theme or an important moment in the development of photography. Each year PHOTOFAIRS Shanghai commissions a curator to offer a new perspective on photography.
Culture Spaces
Launched in 2023, Culture Spaces sector further highlights the important role of museums, institutions, and cultural organisations in the development of photographic art.
Conversations
Conversations is a series of talks between artists, curators, gallerists and arts professionals that bring an in-depth look at key themes and ideas shaping photography and digital art today.
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