Sad news on the Shanghai gallery front this week: is being booted out of its lovely Xianggang Lu spot. It鈥檚 nothing to do with content or any of the other curveballs that come with pioneering contemporary art in the city; rather, local government is making moves to vacate all state-owned property from outside renters, apparently as part of a wider anti-corruption crusade.
In a statement released by the gallery, the BANK team said:
鈥�For two and half years we were frequently threatened with eviction but like all government policies in China we figured they鈥檇 change with the wind. The wind was good to us up till now. Sadly we have been ordered to leave. We have less than a week to vacate and are too panicked to be heartbroken鈥� but we鈥檙e still heartbroken.鈥�
Your weekend in Shanghai galleries after the jump...
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