The Restless Art Scene of BEIJING: A Tale of Two Art Districts

by Barbara J. Scheuermann for (H) ART INTERNATIONAL, Dec 2009

Entering the famous art district 798 (also known as Dashanzi Art District) in Beijing's Northeast can be quite disturbing - what people like to call the ‘Soho of Beijing' rather appears like an arty Disneyland: a big area of a former factory full of commercial galleries, cafés, restaurants and shops, populated by masses of couples and kids who take pictures of each other in front of the cheesiest gaudy sculptures one can imagine. (...) Click here for more

image: Alexander Ochs Galleries, White Space Beijing