Navigating Contemporary Art Collecting: The Mainstream, the Trends and the Undiscovered

Overview

Whether you are collecting for passion, intellectual enrichment, or for social and financial rewards, different collecting goals require different strategies and approaches.

The art market offers numerous collecting categories and endless art and talent, as well as a range of platforms for discovering and buying art. For beginning collectors, where and how to get started? Auction records continued to be made, while ups and downs are inevitable in a sector highlighted by speculation. Are there any established wisdom for choosing the right artists, and how to approach buying and selling?

Dina Zhang, Vice President and Senior Specialist at Christie’s Asia Pacific, will lead the discussions on these topics highly relevant to collecting contemporary art. She will be joined by experienced experts from the industry, who will offer historical perspectives into the trends in the global and Chinese contemporary art market. Together, they will offer invaluable insights into collecting art today.

Watch here an introduction of the programme by Programme Lead Yi Gao:

Schedule

• May 10 Monday | Collecting Contemporary Art: Forming Your Objectives and Strategies
• May 17 Monday | The Mainstream: Contemporary Masters Case Studies
• May 18 Tuesday | The Trends: Lessons from the Chinese Contemporary Art Market since 2000
• May 31 Monday | The Trends: Lessons from the Western Contemporary Art Market since 1990s
• June 7 Monday | Conversation -- The Undiscovered: Where to Look for the Next Big Thing?

*Schedule and topics are subject to change.

Speakers

For details, please refer to traditional Chinese or simplified Chinese webpage.