From supermodel Liu Wen to the Italian house's ambassador Ni Ni, international stars gathered in Shanghai to celebrate Gucci's latest exhibition.

Named&nbsp;after Serbian performance artist Marina Abramović&rsquo;s iconic &lsquo;The Artist is Present&rsquo; in 2010 at the MoMA, &nbsp;Gucci presents&nbsp;&#39;The Artist Is Present&#39; at Yuz Museum.

Now open to the public until 16th December 2018, the exhibition explores a few ideas: 1. The conventional perception towards counterfeit and copying; 2. How originality can be reached through the act of repetition; and 3. How originals themselves can be preserved through copies.

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Powered by Gucci and Alessandro Michele and&nbsp;curated by Maurizio Cattelan, the Italian artist who is known for his paradoxical works, more than thirty artists are featured in this exhibition.

Together with Chinese artists and&nbsp;talents across the globe,&nbsp;they built a space where originality, intention, expression, and authorship, are dismantled.

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To honour the exhibition, Alessandro Michele, Maurizio Cattelan and President and CEO Marco Bizzarri had hosted an exclusive&nbsp;cocktail party at Yuz Museum, which included the performance by musicians Molly Lewis, Drew Erickson and indie-rock band Da Bang.

Music talents aside, the A-listed friends of Gucci were also there to celebrate.

From supermodel Liu Wen, Gucci&#39;s muse NiNi and&nbsp;singer Chris Lee&nbsp;to artist Nina Beier;&nbsp;Pentti Monkkonen;&nbsp;stylist Tina Leung and influencer-entrepreneur Yoyo Cao, check out the stellar guest list of the Gucci&#39;s star-studded party in Shanghai in the gallery below.

Liu Wen

Ni Ni

Alessandro Michele and Marco Bizzarri

Chris Lee

Tina Leung

Maurizio Cattelan

Wu Lei

Susie Lau

Yoyo Cao

Ali Justine Subotnick and Guests

Da Bang

Nina Beier

Andy Hung Chi-Kin

Chiara Parisi

Damon Zucconi

Delvoye Wim

Hannah Sapinsley Levy

John Ahearn and Jakob Fenger

Lu Ping Yuan

Ma Jun

Margaret Lee

Song Zuer

Maria Luisa Frisa

Mariuccia Casadio

Matthew Johnson

Molly Lewis & Drew Erickson

Nevine Mahmoud

Pentti Monkkonen

Sakaguchi Kentaro

Sayre Gamez

Xu Zhen

Visit <a href="http://www.gucci.com">www.gucci.com</a>&nbsp;to find out more about Gucci&#39;s&nbsp;The Artist is Present exhibition.

Liu Wen, Ni Ni and more at Gucci #TheArtistIsPresent exhibition in Shanghai

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