The best Shanghai art outside the galleries

Hidden in the broad blandscape of dumb interior design and dull decor, a number of iconic pieces have made their way into Shanghai bars. Keep an eye out for these incidental -- but awesome pieces -- of artwork around the city.

The Inflatable Arch
Where: The lane outside Dada.
Why we like it: The interplay between the bright, bouncy-castle quality of the arch and the buckets of fish heads behind the neighboring restaurant.

The Dada Arch was designed by the bar?s manager, Brian Huang.

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