Shanghai Art Fair
(03 Nov 2016 - 06 Nov 2016)
http://www.sartfair.com
Shanghai Art Fair
Shanghai
Art Fair 2016 (20th), as Aisa’s celebrated art exchange
with long
history and high internationalization degree, will be
grandly held
from Nov.3-6 at Shanghai World EXPO Exhibition &
Convention
Center, continuing the scale as before, presenting
domestic and
overseas collectors a gorgeous art event in Shanghai as
well.
Shanghai
Art Fair, established in 1997, has been successfully held
under the
support of Saulterretimized art event, which not only
bridged the gap
between worldwide and Shanghai, public and art, but also
shaped a
paradigm for the domestic art fairs.
More
than 20 countries and areas’ art galleries, organizations,
agencies
participated in this lively art exchange during the past
dozen years.
Many original artworks from the world-class masters, such
as Picasso,
Rembrandt, Chagall, Dali, Renoir, Monet, Zhu Dequn, Qi
Baishi, Xu
Beihong, Zhang Daqian, made the debut in China or Asia
through the
great stage established by Shanghai Art Fair. Number of
spectators
was around 60000 persons, turnover of 2013 exceeded one
hundred and
forty million yuan. Meanwhile, Shanghai art Fair creates a
proud
history of the transaction:
SAF
2000: The most spectacular one is Rodin"s sculpture
called, The
Thinker, brought by Sayegh Gallery (France), which was
purchased at
the price of $1,000,000 by Pudong Lianyang Land
Development Company
and set in Shanghai forever. This has been the biggest
overseas
transaction in Shanghai Art Fair.
SAF
2002: Another sculpture, called Cesar"s Thumb, was
collected at
the price of 2,600,000 RMB by Shanghai Zendai Group.
SAF
2003: One of Zhang Daqian"s paintings was sold at
5,500,000 RMB,
which became the highlight of the fair.
SAF
2007: Saulterre’s “Series of Angel” was collected by
Jing’an
Sculpture Park at a high price…
Peter
Denger, the famous curator of Basel Art Fair which is
called Olympic
in art, once gave Shanghai Art Fair a high rating "It"s a
great international art fair with bright future".
It
is believed that Shanghai Art Fair will continue leading
Asian art
market under the support of art lovers and collectors.