This year, Art Beijing returned—its content again striking something of a balance between bad taste and kitsch, and encouraging inclusions mostly from mainland galleries. Of definite note, however, is the new Shanghai-based gallery Antenna Space. From Beijing, Space Station continued its run of engaging displays (its show at the Armory delivered humor with Doublefly Art Group) with a crowded mounting of young artists’ works—paintings cheek-by-jowl with video screens. Platform China brought new pieces by Wang Ningde and large paintings by Ma Ke. Pekin Fine Arts, too, staged a striking combination in abstract works by Huang Zhiyang and Aniwar. Taipei-based Eslite Gallery offered a powerful group of portrait and landscape paintings by the mature Beijing artist Wang Yuping—a choice both solid and refreshing for this ostensibly local art fair.
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Work by Wang Yuping at Eslite Gallery
Zizai Space Gallery
DSArt gallery
Ning Space
Space Station’s booth
空间站画廊的展位
The booth of Antenna Space (Shanghai)
上海天线空间的展位
Work by Zhang Ding (ShanghART)
张鼎的作品（香格纳画廊）
Work by Shang Yixin at Beijing Commune
尚一心的作品（北京公社）
Works by Xu Qu (Tang Contemporary)
徐渠的作品（当代唐人艺术中心）
