Launched in 1966, the Shanghai Biennale was the first event of its kind in Mainland China. During a bustling Shanghai Art Week, the Biennale unveiled plans for its 15th edition, set to open at the Power Station of Art in November of 2025 and run through March of the following year. Titled “Does the Flower Hear the Bee?”, this edition will be helmed by Canadian curator Kitty Scott, whose impressive track record includes roles at Documenta 12, the 2018 Liverpool Biennale and the Canadian Pavilion at the 57th Venice Biennale. Scott has also served as chief curator at the National Gallery of Canada, curator of Modern and Contemporary art at the Art Gallery of Ontario and chief curator at London’s Serpentine Galleries. She will be the first woman to lead the Shanghai Biennale since its inception—a milestone that’s long overdue—but curiously, despite the breadth of her career, Scott’s involvement with the Shanghai or Chinese art scene has been limited to a few lectures in recent years.

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