ShContemporary Art Fair

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the first international-level art fair of all time is about to happen in shanghai next week. the fair's organizers founded Art Basel, one of the most important art fairs in the world, alongside the venice biennale, for example.

just as a barometer of the quality, ONLY TWO HK GALLERIES (Han Art and 10 Chancery Lane Gallery) have been permitted to actually exhibit at the fair, which focuses primarily -- or even exclusively -- on asian contemporary art. if you care about art at all, you should make a beeline to the show -- if not this year, because of such short notice, but certainly next, when it will take place in conjunction with the shanghai biennial.

as with art basel and design miami, a major crowd of international art luminaries, collectors and socialites will be descending on shanghai to inaugurate this ground-breaking event, which is one of this year's must-stops on the international art cognoscenti's circuit.