It is a dream desire for many people to collect rare treasure. In recent years, along with rapid economic development, the art market is also rising, and various kinds of art fairs have quickly emerged, together with a too high, too hot and too fast market.
Amid such a climate some experts have angrily pointed out that, “Art Fairs are not supermarkets！” An art work can fulfill its commercial value in the market, but it is not the only value of the art.
China began its step into the world of art fairs quite late. In 1993, the first China Art Exposition was held by the ministry of China Culture at the China Export Commodities Fair Building in Guangzhou, which later developed into Guangzhou International Art Fair and China Art Fair, Beijing. The standardized art galleries in China then could be counted on just one hand.
Early art fairs were almost personal exhibitions for trade, just like supermarkets of art for selling, which were not real modern art fairs in a strict sense, let alone when compared with world famous art fairs, such as Basel Art Fair.
In recent years, the art market in China has grown by leaps and bounds and galleries gradually expanded so that professional modern art fairs came into being.
Today art fairs in China have a good tendency for specialization and internationalization, and many exhibition brands have earnt world wide reputations.
However, in such a hot art market, is it high prices or cool-headed academic thinking that leads the trend?
What is it that influences the taste and style of the art fair?
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