Shanghai Curators Lab 4

Curator-in-Residence
November 03, 2025 - November 29, 2025
College of Architecture and Urban Planning, Tongji University, Shanghai

The Shanghai Curators Lab (SCL) is a forum for emerging curators to discuss the expanding role of curators, evolving from narrative-builders in art to mediators of social communities. Until now, curators have been recognized as storytellers who narrate and interpret visual art through exhibitions. However, what is demanded of curators by today's expanded social community, which encompasses art, architecture, urban planning, climate crisis, and technological revolutions, is a multifaceted practice in an expanded field. 

Shanghai Curators Lab 4 (SCL4) is organized by the College of Architecture and Urban Planning (CAUP) at Tongji University, co-organized by Tongji Architectural Design (Group), in collaboration with Shanghai Biennale (Power Station of Art, Shanghai), SUSAS (Shanghai Urban Space Art Season), TANK Shanghai, and supported by HOU Art House. The lead professors of the SCL4 are two renowned curators who have long been involved in various projects across diverse fields such as contemporary art, architecture, urbanism, design, and aesthetic discourse.