ON THE MAP

ew art centers opened across the globe in 2019, as cities asserted their cultural ambitions. Shanghai is a prime example, as it aims to establish itself as mainland China’s most dynamic metropolis with the ongoing development of the government-initiated West Bund Cultural Corridor. There, in March, art-collector Qiao Zhibing’s converted industrial complex, , unveiled its 60,000-square-meter site repurposing former oil-storage tanks, with displays including a special project by the Japanese collective teamLab, “Universe of Water Particles in the Tank” (3/23–8/31). Just up the river from Tank, the David Chipperfield-designed, 25,000-square-meter launched during Shanghai’s Art