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On now · until 30 May
David Hockney: Bigger & Closer — Shenzhen
The immersive David Hockney show first staged at Lightroom London, now at Shenzhen Bay MixC's new BASE Digital Art Center, with English sessions.
BASE Digital Art Center · NanshanBASE数字艺术中心
On now · until 30 May
Prehistoric Planet: Dinosaurs — Immersive Experience, Shenzhen
An hour among life-size dinosaurs from the Apple TV+ and BBC series, projected floor to ceiling at the new BASE Digital Art Center, with English sessions.
BASE Digital Art Center · NanshanBASE数字艺术中心
On now · until 29 Nov
Prix Pictet: Storm
The 12 shortlisted series from the world's big photography-and-sustainability prize, in Fotografiska Shenzhen's opening season.
Fotografiska Shenzhen · NanshanFotografiska深圳湾美术馆
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Already announced for the next few weeks.
Sat 24 Oct · 3pm
Top Hat (West End musical) — screening in Shenzhen
Nanshan Culture & Sports Center Theatre (Juchen) · Nanshan南山文体中心聚橙剧院
Sun 25 Oct · 2pm
NT Live: Les Liaisons Dangereuses — screening in Shenzhen
Nanshan Culture & Sports Center Theatre (Juchen) · Nanshan南山文体中心聚橙剧院
Sat 12 – Sun 13 Dec
Maker Faire Shenzhen 2026
Vanke Design Commune · Nanshan万科云设计公社
Where they happen
- Fotografiska Shenzhen Fotografiska深圳湾美术馆Nanshan · L2 Houhai · 5 upcoming
- BASE Digital Art Center BASE数字艺术中心Nanshan · L2/8, 11, 13 Houhai · 2 upcoming
- Nanshan Culture & Sports Center Theatre (Juchen) 南山文体中心聚橙剧院Nanshan · L12 Nantou Ancient City · 2 upcoming
- Vanke Design Commune 万科云设计公社Nanshan · L5 Liuxiandong · 1 upcoming
Who runs them
- BASE Digital Art CenterDavid Hockney: Bigger & Closer — Shenzhen, Prehistoric Planet: Dinosaurs — Immersive Experience, Shenzhen
- Fotografiska ShenzhenPrix Pictet: Storm, TOILETPAPER: ToiletFotoPaperGrafiska, Transcendent Realities: Monumental-Scale Photography, Shi Guowei: Festa, Michael Najjar: Morphing Equilibrium — Fotografiska Shenzhen
- Nanshan Culture & Sports Center Theatre (Juchen)Top Hat (West End musical) — screening in Shenzhen, NT Live: Les Liaisons Dangereuses — screening in Shenzhen
- Seeed StudioMaker Faire Shenzhen 2026
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