This rapid cultural development has made Shanghai an important destination on the international art circuit: The ShanghaiArt Fair, Shanghai Biennale, MuseumofContemporaryArt and countless new private galleries, though young, are turning it into a contemporary arts hub to rival China's capital, Beijing.
As evidence of its place in design history, the PRADA phone by LG 1.0 is part of the permanent collection in New York City's Museumof Modern Art (MoMA) and the MuseumofContemporaryArt (MOCA) in Shanghai.