Shanghai Contemporary Art Zone - M50

M50 Creative Garden is the art zone in Shanghai. It is a composition of galleries and workshops of artists from different countries, and also architect firms, design institutes, film and movie production houses and cafes.




The name M50, is coming from the location of the Chunming Roving factory, which is located at no.50 Moganshan road on the south bank of Suhe Creek. At the very beginning, domestic artists gathered in this obsolescent factories. Few years later, more than 130 foregin and domestic artists established their galleries and workshops here because of the intervention of Shanghai Municiple Economic Committee. The new establishment makes M50 a reputated area of cultural and innovation industry. I cannot say it is a good change or not because such change reallly introduces the local artists to the world (like 798 art zone). But the autonomy of their artworks should be grown inversely with the chance to be known/ promoted.


This environment is quite familiar because it looks like the corridor of Fotan. But personally, I don't want Fotan becomes another tourist attraction.

M50 official website:
http://www.m50.com.cn/en/about_m50.asp