ArtDaily.com
September 30, 2019

TAIPEI.- Following a successful first edition with over 28,000 visitors, Taipei Dangdai will return with a

strengthened line-up of 97 leading galleries and an expanded leadership team to include contemporary arts expert Robin Peckham, who takes up the role of CoDirector, working alongside fair Co-Founder and Co-Director Magnus Renfrew. Presented by UBS and held at the Taipei Nangang Exhibition Center, Hall 1 (TaiNEX 1), the fair will run from Friday 17 January until Sunday 19 January 2020, with a VIP Preview and Vernissage on 16 January.

The second edition of Taipei Dangdai builds on its mission to showcase leading galleries from around the world within the context of the very best galleries from Taipei and Asia more widely. Of the 97 galleries participating in the 2020 edition, 22 have permanent spaces in Taiwan, many of whom will be presenting the work of leading emerging artists from the region. The participating galleries will show in three core sectors. In addition to the Galleries sector, Taipei Dangdai includes special sectors for Young Galleries, which subsidizes galleries founded within the last eight years selected on the basis of their overall programming, and Solos, which spotlights singular focused presentations by emerging artists and exceptional contemporary and historical creative figures.

A special Salon sector provides a platform to encourage and nurture collectors at all levels of resources and experience through a showcase of work priced below 8,000 USD from each participating gallery presented in a designated area. The Installations sector spread throughout the fair celebrates the full spectrum of artists’ ambitions with outsized or immersive projects beyond the capacity of a standard fair booth presentation.

As a platform for creative ideas and thought leadership, the Ideas Program returns with a curated selection of talks and other events with renowned cultural figures from Taiwan and beyond. This highly multidisciplinary program will begin in the fall and culminate over the fair’s duration and feature art industry experts as well as recognized public figures from literature, design, science, and the humanities.    [FULL  STORY]