Bitten by the art bug

An exhibition of works by surrealist Dali in Shanghai is drawing big crowds as the city's residents develop a growing passion for work by great Western artists. Deng Zhangyu reports.

On a recent rainy Thursday afternoon, lots of young people were waiting outside a gallery in a shopping mall in Shanghai to see works by Spanish surrealist Salvador Dali, although many of them did not know much about him except that he was well-known in the West.

Cai Wei was one of those who was there to see Dali's works at K11 Art Mall on the opening day of the show that continues through February.