Christy 2015, 122x244 cm, oil on linen. [Photo by Paul Takeuchi/China Daily]

The exhibition is titled Alex Katz: West Broadway and Spring, indicating the location of the artist's Manhattan studio.

"I'm trying to paint the now. And narrative is a story, and once you get into the story, it's no longer in the real present tense," Katz once said.

The exhibition will be held inside the West Bund Art and Culture zone at the Longteng Avenue.