Shanghai Art Fair--An Invitation

Quick Look at the SAF

﹞Summary Report on The 7th Shanghai Art Fair 2003
The 7th Shanghai Art Fair, held from October 28 to November 2, 2003, has come to a successful close. Containing up to 200 booths with

18m2/ per booth and 166 booths with 9m2/ per booth altogether, the exhibition hall for SAF exceed 13,000 square meters in total. 130 galleries and art agencies which come from domestic and overseas, such as France, Russia, Sweden, America, Singapore, Korea, Japan, and Italy, brought over 10,000 pieces of artworks to participate in this year＊s Shanghai Art Fair. According to statistics, during 6 days of SAF 2003 visitors amount to 40,000, and volume of business reaches to US$3,000,000.

﹞General Introduction of Shanghai Art Fair
With a population of 16 million, Shanghai is the joint point of Chinese and Western culture which is a traditional open port. Not only it is a cultural center with the largely compatible character, but also the economic, financial, information, trading and shipping heart of China. The average GDP per person reached over US$5,000 in 2003 just passed.

Since founded in 1997, Shanghai Art Fair has been pursuing ※Accelerating Chinese and Foreign Art Exchange, Opening up International Art Market§ as its objective that could lead Shanghai to be a base for artwork-dealing in Asia-Pacific region. Up till now SAF has been the largest scale art exposition in Asia with multiple artworks presented.

Shanghai Cultural Development Foundation, the sponsor of SAF, is a governmental fund- organization; as the supporter, both of Shanghai Media Group and Shanghai Wen Hui Xin Min Untied Press Group are dominant media organizations in Shanghai. At present their subordinate media propaganda extremely widespread covering throughout the country and overseas, in particular satellite TV settled in over 100 cities shows much better effect for promotion.

﹞The 8th Shanghai Art Fair 2004
The 8th Shanghai Art Fair 2004 will be held from November 17 to November 21, 2004, at ShanghaiMart which is located at the ※golden sector§ of Shanghai Hongqiao Economic and Technology Development Zone continuously. Cost US$ 300 million investment, ShanghaiMart is a specialized exhibition and trade center with international-level as the first one with this kind in China built up in 1995. You will feel truly convenient and comfortable because ShanghaiMart has advantageous location, for instance, it is just about 5 km from ShanghaiMart to Hongqiao Airport; it is close to Elevated Yan＊an FWY that stretches across urban districts; Moreover, there are lots of high-quality hotels, commercial buildings and apartments around location.

Shanghai Art Fair 2004 is a freshly renewed one based on what it has fulfilled. For the facilities of exhibition hall, from the whole to the detailed will be brand-new made in order to be the best-equipped exhibition space with quite complete service among all of the large-scale expositions in China. You will see that there is a commercial negotiation area with 200 square meters in exhibition hall; a press center with advanced facilities will also be put up. Wooden display board approximately 6cm in depth and 3m in height in Hall 1 at 4th Floor will be used instead of past ones. Besides, design for booth space will manifest the humanizing concepts, for example, booths divided into different range of standards will meet various requests of both domestic and foreign exhibitors.

﹞Date
November 17 ~ 21, 2004 (5 days)
﹞Venue
ShanghaiMart, Hall 1 / 3F & Hall 2 / 4F,
No. 99 Xingyi Road, Shanghai, China
﹞Sponsor
Shanghai Cultural Development Foundation
﹞Supporter
Shanghai Media Group
Shanghai Wen Hui Xin Min Untied Press Group
﹞Standing Organization:
Shanghai Art Fair Organization Committee
﹞Schedule and Exhibition Hours
Preview Evening: Tuesday, November 16, 7:30 p.m. ~ 9:30 p.m.
Opening Ceremony: Wednesday, November 17, 10 a.m.
Exhibition Period: Wednesday, November 17 ~ Sunday, November 21, 2004 (5 days)
Time: 10 a.m. ~ 6 p.m.
Installation Date & Time: Tuesday, November 16, 9 a.m. ~ 4 p.m.
Dismantling Date & Time: Sunday, November 21, 6:30 p.m. ~ 11:30 p.m.

Shanghai Art Fair Organizing Committee
January 2004