Shanghai’s leading destination for art galleries and private museums for the last decade, the West Bund Cultural Corridor has displaced more than eight adjacent art spaces with its large-scale redevelopment initiatives. These exits follow the earlier departures of the Yuz Museum and the Shanghai Center of Photography from the area around Longteng Avenue, signaling a shift in the cultural landscape of the once vibrant art district.

Eviction notices were issued to the impacted galleries in March. ShanghArt Gallery said goodbye to its two-story headquarters in West Bund on June 21 and is organizing three exhibitions in a temporary space at the West Bund Commercial Park development. Qiao Space, a private exhibition venue founded by the prominent Chinese collector Qiao Zhibing, shut its doors on June 15 and was demolished shortly thereafter. Additionally, Don Gallery closed on June 28, with plans to relocate. The nonprofit art institution Pond Society marked its termination with a four-day exhibition from June 12–15 by artist Zhang Peili titled “Deadline.”