Installation view of Best of Discovery at ShContemporary 2008 Courtesy ShContemporary
What kind of impact did the ‘Lehman Shock’ of September 2008 have on the art market? Has the market recovered from this impact or not? How have the purchasing habits of collectors in various countries changed? Which of the art fairs in Asia is the most important? We predict the future of the market based on the results of a survey of some of Asia’s leading galleries as well as interviews with the new director of the ShContemporary art fair and a curator of the fair’s curated exhibition.
Interviews
Colin Chinnery, Director, ShContemporary 2009
Kataoka Mami, Curator of the Discovering Contemporary exhibition at ShContemporary 2009
Survey
The ‘present state of the Asian market’ according to galleries in Japan and Asia
Index
•Japanese galleries: On the characteristics of the Asian market
•Japanese galleries: On trends in the art market
•Japanese galleries: On Asian art fairs
•Other Asian galleries: On the characteristics of the Asian market
•Other Asian galleries: On trends in the art market
•Other Asian galleries: On Asian art fairs
•Comments: Characteristics of the Asian market and Asian collectors
