Collecting Chinese Contemporary Art at the Crossroads of Beijing Dangdai Art Fair

The first-generation art school such as the Beiping Art Specialized School and the Fine Arts Department of North China University laid the artistic foundation for Beijing. Since the reform and opening-up, the popularity of Western contemporary artists like Robert Rauschenberg and Andy Warhol has led local artists to absorb the influences of contemporary art intensively. One of the catalysers of the Beijing contemporary art scene is the Beijing Dangdai Art Fair. Founded in 2018 held annually in May at the National Agricultural Exhibition Center in the core area of Beijing, it is dedicated to exploring and promoting the value of contemporary art in China and around the world. The fair focuses on curation, locality, and public engagement, featuring ten closely related sectors— STORY, VALUE, FUTURE, WONDER, DIGITALLATION, FOCUS, ENERGY, CO-TIME, MEETING and SYMPOSIUM—to discover and organize the substantive and systematic values of contemporary art. It aims to create a top-level platform for art trading, exhibition, and communication, forming urban art events that engage various cooperating partners.Before this year’s Beijing Dangdai Art Fair from 23–26 May, LARRY’S LIST has spoken with five international art collectors about collecting art in the context of East-West cross-cultural exchange.

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