ART BEIJING 2010 & PHOTO BEIJING 2010

Art Beijing Fifth Edition - The international art fair in Beijing
Dates: April 29 - May 2; Preview: April 29 (6pm-10pm)
Venue: The Agricultural Exhibition Center of China, Beijing

ART GALLERIES
71 participant galleries from 16 countries and areas (China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, Korea, Indonesia, Austria, Spain, Germany, France, Italy, New Zealand, Russia, USA, UK, Colombia, Puerto Rico)

ART PLATFORMS
20 Projects by major international not-for-profit organizations, museums, foundations, cultural centers, and embassies from over 25 countries (China, Australia, Austria, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Finland, Germany, Greece, The Netherlands, Portugal, Korea, Italy, Spain, UK, Chile, Bolivia, Venezuela, USA)

ART UNFORBIDDEN
Annual thematic exhibition of Art Beijing, aims to present some of the most contemporary artistic trends and youngest artists, representing a breakthrough of present artistic reality in China.

ARTIST CINEMA
Special screenings of over 30 international and Chinese experimental film and video artworks.

FASHION BEIJING
Exhibition exploring the interaction between art and fashion, presenting a combination of new creations of fashion and young artist works.

ART&DESIGN SHOPS
A selection of art reproductions, design objects, books titles, and exclusive items presented by 6 art & design stores.

ART PUBLIC
10 large-scale installations and massive sculptures by Chinese and international artists, sited day and night at the square in front and next to Art Beijing Exhibition Center.

ART INTERSECTIONS
Over 10 projects are located in several areas of Beijing on the aim to establish a dialogue with the town and its different public as well as private spaces, from a recently-opened luxury shopping center to some traditional courtyards of the hutong area.

FORUM
Art Market in China (April 29)
An excit ing talks pro gram brings together the diverse agents involved in the art market field (artists, col lec tors, cura tors, gallerists, and crit ics) to explore dif fer ent ideas and per spec tives about artis tic ten den cies, mar ket trends, and their development in China.

SPECIAL PROJECT - Foreign artists in China
- 6 International Artist Shows in collaboration with leading international art galleries from Austria, Germany, Italy, New Zealand, Russia, Spain.
- Over 20 art projects realized in collaboration with embassies, cultural centers, and museums at the site of the art fair as well as around Beijing, presenting the work and perspectives of foreign artists in China.
- UCCA – ART BEIJING Conference (April 30)

Organizer
Beijing Art Fair Culture and Co.

Supporters
The Ministry of Culture of the People’s Republic of China
Dongcheng District Culture Creation Industry Development Foundation
Beijing Cultural Development Foundation

Sponsors
Volkswagen
Samsung

Partnering art and culture institutions
The Central Academy of Fine Arts, School of Liberal Arts (Beijing)
Chinese Modern & Contemporary Art Documentation (Beijing)
The Today Art Museum (Beijing)
The Ullens Center for Contemporary Art (UCCA) (Beijing)
Guangdong Museum (Guangzhou)
Minsheng Art Museum (Shanghai)
Art Museum of Beijing Fine Art Academy (Beijing)

Over 400 Chinese and International Media Partners

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