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Shanghai's West Bund Fair Opens With 150-Plus Galleries Spread Over Four Venues Along the Huangpu
West Bund Art & Design opened its 13th edition in Shanghai on 10 November, gathering more than 150 galleries and exhibitors from 45 cities and regions across four venues along the Huangpu River, with public days running 12-15 November.

Shanghai's West Bund Art & Design opened its 13th edition on 10 November, bringing more than 150 galleries and exhibitors from 45 cities and regions to the city's Huangpu riverfront for six days. The fair runs until 15 November and is the international anchor of Shanghai Art Week, this year spreading across four venues along the river.
The main gallery halls sit in the West Bund International Convention and Exhibition Center, while the West Bund Art Center hosts collectible design, large-scale installations and the fair's Perspective section. Moving-image work takes over GATE M's Dream Factory, and West Bund ORBIT, about three kilometres away along the river, hosts a public art installation by the water. International galleries returning to the fair include Hauser & Wirth, White Cube, Perrotin and Galleria Continua, alongside Shanghai names such as ShanghART and BANK.
Twenty-two exhibitors are taking part for the first time, with new arrivals from Seoul, Paris, Auckland and other cities. VIP previews run on 10 and 11 November, and the fair opens to the public from 12 to 15 November, from noon until 6pm, with last entry at 5:30pm; the Dream Factory opens earlier, at 10am. Tickets cost 200 yuan per visit and are sold through the West Bund Life mini program.
The fair runs alongside ART021, the Shanghai Twenty-One Contemporary Art Fair, which holds its 14th edition at the Shanghai Exhibition Center from 11 to 14 November with 139 galleries from 22 countries and regions. Together the two fairs form the core of the eighth Shanghai International Artwork Trading Week, which also takes in museum shows and Christie's Shanghai sale across the city.


