Programs by Type
EXHIBITS
February 1 - 28 | Contemporary Figurative Painting
February 12-15, 19-21 | Swinging Chinatown: The Golden Age of Chinese Nightclubs
February 12 - September 5 | Shanghai
February 24 - May 16 | Jews in Modern China
March 1- May 31| Elegant Needlework: Embroidery from Shanghai
March 3 - June 27 | Assignment Shanghai: Photographs on the Eve of Revolution
April 22 - July 25 | Xian Rui 2010 – O Perspective by Shuang Stella Zhang
April 30 - October 17 | Shanghai: High-rise Architecture and the Remaking of China’s Gateway to the World
May 1 - August 5 | 100th Anniversary of the U.S. Immigration Station, Angel Island
May 6 - June 5 | Sister Cities-Dreaming Alike Oceans Apart
Summer | Economica: Women and the Global Economy
June 8 - July 10 | Gold Standard: Nine Asian/American Modernist Artists
June 8 - August 27 | San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery Exhibition
June 26 - September 11 | Shanghai Lounge
July 22 - February 6, 2011 | Retro-Tech
October 28 - 31 | Chinoiserie: Rococo to Eco
PERFORMANCES
January 23 - 30 | Swan Lake
February 8 | The Shanghai and San Francisco Conservatories of Music Collide
February 27 | Chinese New Year Concert & Celebration
May 8 | Chinatown Music Festival
July 10 | East Meets West Chamber Music Concert
October 3 | Shanghai String Quartet
TALKS & DISCUSSIONS
February 4 | Preview of the Asian Art Museum’s Shanghai Exhibition: SAA First Thursday Lecture Series
February 7, March 21, April 29 | Jews in Modern China: Personal Stories and Reminiscences
February 11 | City Club Roundtable
February 11 | Shanghai's Fabric of Everyday life: A Conversation with UC Berkeley Professor Renee Chow
February 17 | Shanghai's Past/Present/Future: Historically Sensitive Development in Shanghai
February 18 | Forum featuring Shanghai
February 23 | Walk-through of the Shanghai Exhibition Galleries
February 23 | Building Green in China: A Presentation by Architect Jeff Heller
March 4 | Behind the Scenes of the Shanghai Exhibition: SAA First Thursday Lecture Series
March 4 | Shanghai’s Jews – Art, Architecture and Survival
March 6 | Moderne and Modernity: Visual Narratives of Inter-War Shanghai
March 7 | Remembering Rena
March 10 | A Young Man in Shanghai: Troubles and Triumphs
March 12 | Walk-through of the Shanghai Exhibition Galleries
March 12 - 14 | AsiaAlive: Propaganda Poster Art
March 14 | Founders of the Shanghai Jewish Community: The Sephardic Story
April 1 | The Birth of Jazz in Asia: SAA First Thursday Lecture Series
April 6 | Open Books: Anchee Min
April 10 | Pearl of China: A Book Talk by Anchee Min
April 15 | Jews of Shanghai: One Woman’s Miraculous Life
April 16 | Where is Shanghai? A View and an Understanding of Contemporary Shanghai Painting
May 12 | A Conversation with Contemporary Chinese Artist Zhang Huan
May 19 | Shanghai and Beyond: Understanding the Power of Art and Visual Culture
June 24 | ShanghaiPRIDE 2009: Shanghai’s First Gay Pride Festival
June 24 | Forbidden City: The Golden Age of Chinese Nightclubs
June 26 & 27 | AsiaAlive: Comics
July 1 - August 26 | Shanghai Stories
July 1 | Shanghai Nights: Contemporary Ink
July 8 | Shanghai Nights: Shanghai Deco
July 15 | Shanghai Nights: Zhang Jian-Jun
July 22 | Shanghai Nights: Architecture in Shanghai, Today and Tomorrow
July 21 | Angel Island: The Shanghai Connection
July 31 | Art or Propaganda? An Unconventional Look at the Posters of the Chinese Cultural Revolution
FILMS
March 7, April 4, May 2, June 6, August 1, September 5 | Shanghai Film Series
March 4, 11, 18, 25 | Thursday at Noon Film Series – Shanghai: City of the Future
March 14 | Shanghai 2010: A Documentary
March 14, 15 | Seven Intellectuals in a Bamboo Forest
May 22 | Shanghai Film Program
May 22 | Sister City Video Art Screening
August 15 | Shanghai World Expo: Documentary Screening and Q&A
SPECIAL EVENTS
February 4 | Arts of Pacific Asia Preview Reception
February 11 | Swinging Chinatown Opening Night Gala
February 13 | Lunar New Year Flower Market & Celebration
February 18 | MATCHA: Eye of the Tiger
February 20 | AsiaAlive: Shanghai Crafts
March 2 | Opening Event of the Jews in Modern China Exhibit
April 1 | MATCHA: Shanghai Jazz
May 5 | Mah Jongg!
May 9 | Spring Family Festival
May 23 | Shanghai Cultural Festival
May 28 - June 13 | AsiaAlive: Through the Artist's Lens
May 29 | Elegant Embroidery and Kesi Demonstration
June 3 | MATCHA: The Shanghai Dress
June 11 | 2010 Ethnic Dance Festival Benefit Gala
June 26 | Art Speak Exhibition Opening
July 11 | Comic Drawing Workshop with Gene Yang
August 19 | MATCHA: Drunken Dishes
Fall | Cultural Encounters: Friday Nights at the de Young
October 27 | Chinoiserie: Rococo to Eco Preview Party
