Shanghai’s alternative Bank gallery evicted from state-owned building

The boundary-pushing, trend-setting Shanghai gallery Bank is being forced to shut on Sunday, 19 June, after only six days notice, due to a recent policy that bans private entities from renting state-owned properties.
Opened in September 2013 by the Shanghai-based American curator Mathieu Borysevicz, the gallery occupied the first floor of the charmingly decrepit 1925 Bank Union Building, located near the landmark Bund. The space kept the original peeling paint and wood floors worn to a rich she