Can the art market in mainland China bounce back to pre-pandemic form and avoid the slowing growth experienced by the country at large? Would the North Atlantic art world shake off a bad auction season in New York in May to find renewed enthusiasm among European fair-goers? And does Asia still have room to expand its annual calendar of art fairs beyond the March-September rivalry of global behemoths Art Basel and Frieze?
BEIJING
Since the early 2010s, China’s network of art fairs has been steadily expanding beyond the two main Shanghai events that anchor its November art week. Beijing’s Jingart is managed by the same team as one of those, the ART021 Shanghai Contemporary Art Fair. After a two-year break, its 2023 edition was held from June 1–14 at the Shanghai Exhibition Centergalleries from elsewhere in China, Hong Kong, Europe, and North America in a mini-fairlike presentation within the former factory district that remains the capital’s longtime contemporary art destination.
