CHRISTIE’S TO OPEN EXHIBITION SPACE IN BEIJING

Christie’s is planning on opening an exhibition space in Beijing this fall, reports Anna Brady of the Art Newspaper, despite a steady weakening in the Chinese art market since 2015. Christie’s has had an outpost in Beijing for a number of years, but this new space will offer facilities for various exhibitions, both rotating and permanent. Christie’s global president Jussi Pylkkanen says that the first exhibition there will focus on, according to the Art Newspaper, “international art highlights from Christie’s November New York sales.”

When Christie’s opened its salesroom in Shanghai in 2013, it was the first auction house in the country to be given a license to work independently (Christie’s opened an office in Shanghai in 1994). The opening of the exhibition venue in Beijing is being overseen by Christie’s Asia president, Rebecca Wei.