In partnership with Monocle, JAKC is curating diverse cultural experiences at the forefront of today's urban lifestyle
SHANGHAI, May 6, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- JingAn Kerry Centre (JAKC) has officially launched its 2026 cultural season, titled "Axis for Sparks". Marking the occasion, JAKC has partnered with globally renowned lifestyle publication MONOCLE to present a series of inaugural cultural and artistic events, including China's first MONOCLE pop-up store & café and the world's first MONOCLE "The Entrepreneurs Live" forum. Concurrently, JAKC has collaborated with MAO Space to invite Zhang Xiaodong, a national intangible cultural heritage bearer of the "Dragon-scale Binding" technique, to present "Read and Reconstruct — Zhang Xiaodong's Dragon-scale Binding and Contemporary Practice" at 57 & 65 An Yi Road. In addition, JAKC has teamed up with "Gr8 One", a publication brand under China National Publications Import & Export (Group) Corporation (CNPIEC), to launch a street-corner newsstand on L1 of the North Retail, featuring a curated selection of MONOCLE titles and CNPIEC publications.
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