The Shanghai International Art Fair, is one of the most important and most prestigious international events which takes place every year in Asia.

The presence of important galleries from Asia, Europe and North America have made The Shanghai International Art Fair a referring cornerstone for the international art market within Asia.

The Shanghai Art Fair, co-hosted by Shanghai Cultural Development Foundation and Eastern Shanghai International Culture Film & Television Group, has gone through a decade of steady development and has become one of the most important annual art shows in China and Asia

Joined by more than 150 modern and contemporary art galleries from home and abroad every year, the fair exhibits thousands of paintings, sculptures, installations, video works, etc., while welcoming over 10,000 art collectors, curators, art media, artists and art lovers from all corners of the globe.

The Sixth Annual ART Shanghai is to be held from April 16 to 20th of this year.After careful review of numerous applicants, the panel of judges has nominated 25 art institutions from France, Germany, Italy, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Russia and the US as well as 70 domestic institutions for ART Shanghai 2008.

The brightest spotlight of ART Shanghai 2008still shines on the eight theme exhibits sponsored by various art institutions. .

Since the first ART Shanghai in 2003, the salon organizer has been persistent in discovering, supporting and training young artists.

While the oversea exhibits are collections of fine pieces, domestic arts are still hot. After many years of international cooperation, the organizer has many friends at the global art industry.

ART Shanghai 2008 has become a treasure trough for art collectors

Art Madrid is a contemporary art fair organized by the company Arte y Asociados in Madrid since the year 2006 and that agrees in the time with ARCO.

In his third edition Art Madrid will count with the presence of 80 galleries of modern art and contemporary art (59 of them from Spain and 21 international).

The last edition of 2007 received 23,000 visitors and 20 million Euros in sales were surpassed.

Arte y Asociados, Art Madrid's organizing company, is launching the first edition of FIART Valencia, the International Fair of Modern and Contemporary Art of Valencia.

FIART Valencia will be held from September 25th to October 1st, 2008, at the Feria de Valencia pavillions, coinciding with Habitat Valencia Forward, an event that includes the International Furniture Fair of Valencia and the International Decoration Fair which, in the last edition, received more than 80.000 professional visitors.