![]() If it's a weeknight, you spot the clusters of coworkers who stopped by for drinks and to bitch about work. After a bit of liquid courage, you scope out the place. But for now you hang at the bar and peruse the menu. At one end, classic leather booths are there for the taking, or you might opt for a high-top adjacent to the area for dancing at the other. No, you're not in the Twilight Zone, you're at Mama Tried. When you order a serious cocktail from the list of serious cocktails, you take note that the bartender makes actual eye contact with you. Some dweebs are hogging the pool table, but that's OK because you aren't here for idle games. The lights are dim and good music is playing. You enter beneath the neon sign and through the heavy doors into a space that's dark and velvety but somehow warm and inviting. Don't know anything about art? Don't worry! Rather than a traditional museum where you're surrounded by "masterpieces" you're supposed to gaze at in ignorant awe, Superblue invites you to create your own experience. Visitors can float through the clouds, get lost in a maze of mirrors, or look up at a breathtaking floral installation that hangs from the ceiling. (It's also the art that looks really cool on your Instagram page.) Thankfully, rather than skip town after one show, Superblue opened its magical doors to the public this spring and stuck around, having chosen Miami as its first location. It seems like Miami is the newest hot spot for immersive art, with traveling experiences popping up nearly every month - many of them zeroing in on Van Gogh, but whaddayagonnado? If you're new to immersive art, think of it as an exhibition that allows visitors to view what's on display from inside it. The restaurant also hosts a number of private events and opening ceremonies.If you've ever wondered what it would be like to float through the clouds, Superblue is the place for you. ![]() Various artworks populate the space, including those by Raymond Choy, Qu Guangci, Silvia Prada, Zhang Lian xi, Freeman Lau, Raman Hui, Yan Lei, and Xiang Jing. The third floor of MoCA Shanghai is host to MoCA on the Park (formerly Art Lab), a full restaurant equipped with rooftop patio and bar. In addition to exhibitions, MoCA runs seminars, talks, and educational programs throughout the year, for both adults and children. Other international exhibitions include contemporary art from Indonesia, Hungary (in conjunction with the Shanghai Expo), Italy, and India, and an exhibition on Finnish Design in collaboration with Marimekko. Furthermore, MoCA holds a biennale, MoCA Envisage, which focuses on Chinese contemporary art and considers its recent direction and themes. More recently, MoCA collaborated with the Korea Foundation to present Nostalgia: East Asia Contemporary Art Exhibition, which included works from China, Taiwan, Japan, and Korea. ![]() Guggenheim Museum to present the contemporary works from the major survey exhibition, Art in America. In 2007, MoCA partnered with the Solomon R. In the past, MoCA has partnered with international organizations to host significant exhibitions. The museum has focused on the promotion of Chinese and international contemporary art with a set of diverse exhibitions that include both well-known and fledgling contemporary Chinese artists, as well as retrospectives for leading names of the fashion and creative world (recently including Yayui Kusama, Dior, Salvatore Ferragamo, Chanel) The Summer 2012 exhibition was one such retrospective for Van Cleef & Arpels, entitled Timeless Beauty. The glass building that houses the exhibitions is a reworking of the former People’s Park Greenhouse by Atelier Liu Yuyang Architects. The ground floor and first level of the museum have a total of 1,800 square meters (19,400 square feet) of exhibition space, with the two levels connected by a sweeping steel ramp. MOCA Shanghai was founded in 2005 by the Samuel Kung Foundation as the first non-profit, independent, contemporary art institution in Shanghai. Surrounding buildings include the Municipal Government Headquarters, the Shanghai Grand Theatre, the Shanghai Art Museum and the Shanghai Museum. It is located within People’s Park, north of People’s Square, the location of a former racecourse that now holds the central administrative building and museums of Shanghai. The Museum of Contemporary Art Shanghai (MOCA Shanghai Chinese: 上海当代艺术馆) is a contemporary art museum in the city of Shanghai, China.
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