PHOTOFAIRS | Shanghai, Asia Pacific’s leading art fair dedicated to photography & moving image, opens this week Shanghai welcomes visitors back to the Shanghai Exhibition Center on Friday 9 September for the opening of its third edition, following the Collectors Preview on Thursday 8 September. In addition to an extensive artistic program, visitors to the fair will have the unique opportunity to meet and listen to leading artists and experts brought together by PHOTOFAIRS to discuss key themes and ideas seen throughout the fair.
PHOTOFAIRS | Shanghai 2016 will present its most international edition yet, with 50 leading galleries from 24 cities across 15 countries, including new galleries from South Korea, Belgium, Israel and Iran.
Exhibited works include images by leading artists from the international contemporary photography market such as Mona Kuhn, Cai DongDong, Wim Wenders, Ren Hang, Vik Muniz, Shen Wei, Candida Höfer, Wang Youshen and Jiang Pengyi among many others. Fashion photography will continue to be a strong theme at the fair, with the work of Mario Sorrenti, Patrick Demarchelier and Jeanloup Sieff for sale. In addition, iconic work by 19th Century pioneers such as Gustave le Gray, world famous photojournalists Elliott Erwitt and William Klein and 20th Century masters such as August Sander, Robert Mapplethorpe and Irving Penn will be exhibited.
PHOTOFAIRS | Shanghai
3rd edition
50 galleries from 15 countries covering 24 cities.
Runs 9 -11 September, 2016
