Art Basel is recognized as the best art expo with the highest level in the world today, and well known as the "crown of world’s art fair”. Most participants are old galleries from many countries. Due to the long history and huge turnover, Art Basel is regarded as the indicator of the global contemporary art market. Art 42 Basel features nearly 300 leading galleries from 35 countries of 6 continents When it comes to the two outstanding gallery from China which are going to attend the Art 42 Basel--ShanghART Main Gallery and Vitamin Creative Space--here are brief introduction of the two gallery and the artworks.

ShanghART Main Gallery

ShanghART gallery was initiated in 1996 in Shanghai. It has since grown to become one of China’s most influential art institutions and a vital resource to the development of contemporary art in China with spaces in Shanghai (Moganshan Rd and Taopu) and Beijing (Cao Chang Di) and representing over 40 artists. Being recognized for its importance ShanghART became the initial gallery from China participating in major international art fairs like Art Basel and Fiac, Paris. ShanghART gallery also enjoys the great respect of being among the 75 most influencial galleries selected in Thames & Hudson’s publication "International Art Galleries: Post-war to Post-millennium."

At the Art Basel of this year, ShanghART Main Gallery will exhibit artworks of many eminent Chinese artists such as LI Shan, YU Youhan and so on.

Vitamin Creative Space

Vitamin Creative Space explores an alternative working mode specifically geared to the contemporary Chinese context,and constantly inspired by the confrontation between the contemporary life and ancient Chinese philosophy. In order to operate independently from institutionalized funding. it is active both as an independent art space and as a 'commercial' gallery. Vitamin Creative Space actively challenges preconceptions by merging these two traditionally opposed strategies for supporting and presenting contemporary art, targeting the search for new Chinese contributions at both the artistic-practice and the institutional level within the new global context.