Wallace Chan's Monumental Titanium Sculptures at Long Museum Bridge Venice and Shanghai

Wallace Chan's exhibition 'Vessels of Other Worlds' at Shanghai's Long Museum (West Bund) showcases monumental titanium sculptures up to ten meters high, running until November 16, 2026. The show coincides with Chan's seventieth birthday and is presented simultaneously in Venice's Santa Maria della Pietà during the Biennale, connected via live transmission and mirrored installations. The Long Museum, designed by Liu Yichun in a former coal-loading terminal, provides an industrial cathedral-like setting. Chan, born in Hong Kong in 1956, left school at sixteen to apprentice as a gemstone carver. He invented the Wallace Cut in 1987 and pioneered titanium use in jewellery. The exhibition includes earlier works like 'Titans,' 'Totem,' and 'Transcendence,' leading to three towering titanium pieces inspired by Olea Sancta. The sculptures feature distorted human figures, infants, and Chinese mythological creatures, exploring themes of matter, memory, and spirituality. Chan developed a new porcelain stronger than steel. The exhibition emphasizes slow looking and immersive experience through mirrored interiors.