Fairs boost city's status as global art trade hub

A large exhibition of Salvador Dali will be held from Nov 11 to March 10 at the Bund City Hall Plaza. The exhibition will be one of 60 displays and events held around the Bund during the trade week. A joint entrance ticket will take visitors from art experiences to lifestyle consumption.

Six terraces at landmark buildings of the Bund will hold a collective art festival, and travel agencies will introduce newly designed artistic tours of the Bund.

As an integral part of the art trade week, the 2025 Shanghai International Art Book Fair will take place from Nov 21 to 23 at Shanghai Library East. Hosted by the Shanghai Free Trade Zone Cultural Investment & Development Co, it will bring together 40 international art book publishers and distributors.

The 11th edition of the Shanghai Young Art Fair will present its main exhibition at the Hai Museum of Art Shanghai from Nov 5 to 16. "We are launching an innovative project called the Art Supermarket, to make art consumption more accessible to the public," says Wang Fang, director of the fair.

While the project provides affordable artworks and creates new art consumption scenarios, the fair will also introduce a new plan for an authorized art shop.

"In the future, you may find micro exhibitions in corner bookstores and cafes, independently managed by art practitioners and creators, allowing ordinary people to become participants and beneficiaries in art consumption," Wang says.