Arts & Crafts - 广州, , China
Founded in 2010, ART CANTON - International art fair ("ART CANTON") has welcomed its 8th year. The high-end platform gathers distinguished art works from all over the world, it is well-known by the art investors in Southern China and even Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan. In 2016, ART CANTON presented a series of art works from world class art masters like You Jin, Kazuo Shiraga, Murakami Takashi, Pablo Picasso, Atsuko Tanaka, Fernando Botero, Joan Miro, Salvador Dali, Mao Lizi, Huang Zhongyang, Xu Gulin, Kan Taikeung and Zao Wuki. It attracted over 3,000 VIP collectors and 35,000 collectors and art lovers during the 4-day fair. In order to showcase a much wider range of art works, other than the original version of ART CANTON, a brand new project which focuses on academic contemporary art will be launched, "ART CANTON - Contemporary Art Show". According to what we've learned so far, ART CANTON - Contemporary Art Show is the first independent contemporary art show in Southern China, the organizing committee of ART CANTON has invited a group of famous Chinese art professors to be the art consultants of the show, and has established a professional curation team and academic advisory council for this show, quite a big event to look forward to in Guangzhou in September."ART CANTON - Contemporary Art Show", which focuses on academic contemporary art, will launch 21-24 September, 2017. China is shifting into an age of investing in new capital and art. With the slow growth in stocks and property markets, the middle class in China, especially the new generation, have started to invest in art on a large scale, leading to an explosion of growth in art as an investment industry.