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Can Taipei Dangdai Compete with Art Basel on the Eastern front?

Published on , by Hugues Cayrade and Pierre Naquin

Unrest in Hong Kong benefits the new Taiwanese fair, which has strengthened its ambition and, with around 100 high-end galleries, is becoming a key event on Asia’s art scene.

Taipei Dangdai 2020.Courtesy Taipei Dangdai Can Taipei Dangdai Compete with Art Basel on the Eastern front?

Taipei Dangdai 2020.
Courtesy Taipei Dangdai

Over 40,000 people visited the second Taipei Dangdai, which took place at the Nangang Exhibition Center from 17 to 19 January. Around 100 exhibitors, nearly 25% of which were Taiwanese galleries, participated in the fair launched last year by Magnus Renfrew. In 2007 the Briton had already organised the creation of ART HK, which became Art Basel, Hong Kong, five years…
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