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September signaled a headlong rush of art fairs in Shanghai. First was Photo Shanghai, a photography fair focused on the Asia-Pacific region and featuring about 40 galleries. With effective promotion, efficient execution and a general high level of professionalism, the fair organizers won over general assent. >> Read more

Fourteen Rooms：展出Marina Abramović, Allora & Calzadilla, Ed Atkins, Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster, Damien Hirst, Joan Jonas, Laura Lima, Bruce Nauman, Otobong Nkanga, Roman Ondák, Yoko Ono, Tino Sehgal, Santiago Sierra，以及徐震的作品 >> Read more

Borrowing from the Art Basel model, Art Stage Singapore has this year sought to emphasize content, and to integrate it closely with the sales imperative of the fair. >> Read more

Art Stage art fair opened Wednesday and first impressions are good. The presentation is airy and sleek—definitely on a par with ArtBasel Hong Kong—and with some 130 exhibitors, there is certainly variety, perhaps sometimes too much. >> Read more

More so than whatever a prize like this might mean to the artist, however, is the question of what his success in Shanghai indicates about the Chinese art world at the moment—and, by transference, what role Hong Kong is playing in relation to this system. Whereas artists working in Hong Kong were once fond of saying... >> Read more

Notable returnees included Marian Goodman, who will open a London branch in Autumn 2014 and Max Hetzler from Berlin, who as one of Jeff Koons’ first European gallerists, had his booth strategically placed opposite Gagosian’s solo presentation of large-scale works of one of the world’s most expensive living artist. >> Read more

Francois Curiel, Christie's Asia president on strong Asia growth: "in the first half of this year there was a 31% increase in Asian clients registering to bid on our sales in London and New York."

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Chris Moore talks briefly with SH Contemporary director Massimo Torrigani. >> Read more