Photo Shanghai opens at the Shanghai Exhibition Centre in China
In its second year, the fair is already established as the leading platform for the photographic medium in the Asia Pacific region
The biggest international art fair in China dedicated to photography opens this week, bringing together some of the East and West’s most recognised photographers.
Featuring nearly 50 leading galleries with over 500 works for sale to the public, Photo Shanghai will feature photographers including Horst P Horst, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Nobuyoshi Araki and Chien-Chi Chang.
Organised by the World Photography Organisation in Shanghai, the fair will also see international galleries from 14 countries putting on pop-up exhibitions across the city.
The Gagosian gallery will be exhibiting 155 works by US artist Taryn Simon, while The Wall Street Journal Magazine will put a selection of artists portraits commissioned for the supplement on show.
Photo Shanghai runs from 11-3 September. For full details go to www.photoshanghai.org.
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