Author Archives: Eli Zagury
Beijing – Singapore
Last week I returned from a long awaited visit to Asia. I started in Beijing, the heart of the Chinese art world and the home of many of China’s leading contemporary artists and dealers. I met many of my colleagues whom … Continue reading
Bienal de Sao Paulo, 2012
Wondering around such an enormous space with so much information in the form of images, texts, paintings and an endless number of installations placed above, below, to the right and left of you, can be overwhelming. But somehow the curators … Continue reading
Swatch Art Peace Hotel, Shanghai
I was lucky to be invited to the new artists residency project sponsored by Swatch group and Jin Jiang Hotel group in Shanghai. The project placed within the Swatch Art Peace Hotel, opened for the first time during autumn 2011. … Continue reading
Visiting SH Contemporary, Shanghai, 2011
SH Contemporary is alive and kicking. Badly affected by the rise of Hong Kong Art Fair (now Basel), the successful newcomer Art stage Singapore and the market slow down of 2009, SH Contemporary is not giving up. The fair opening … Continue reading
Art Taipei
Art Taipei is a good example of how small regionally focused fairs are becoming increasingly more relevant whilst larger fairs continue to lose their way. It is always good to meet new faces and many of the galleries showing at … Continue reading
Art Beijing 2011
In recent years due to the exponential growth in the number of art fairs, we have had to become more selective as to which we attend. Its not that we wouldn’t love to visit them all, or most of them, but … Continue reading