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Roundup from West Bund Art and Design 2018
By Ophelia Lai
The exterior of Hall A at the West Bund Art Center, the venue of the 2018 West Bund Art & Design fair, with LAWRENCE WEINER
The fifth edition of Shanghai’s West Bund Art & Design fair opened to the public on November 8. Gray drizzle, the coinciding VIP preview of concurrent fair Art021, and the excesses of preceding nights’ art week parties brought a sluggish start. It was only in the afternoon that the pace picked up as visitors streamed in to the sprawling West Bund Art Center. In addition to Hall A, this year’s fair extended to the newly constructed, adjacent Hall N, which was split into three smaller sections, bringing the event’s total floor space to more than 20,000 square meters—sufficient room for the booths of the 110 galleries from China and abroad.
