In the late 90’s, the Chinese art galleries of the emergence of further solid foundation canvas art market, art market began to lead to the standardization and institutionalization of direction, and the auction industry formed a complementary situation. The first auction house, after the galleries have interesting phenomenon, in the world, but China so. Of course, this is with us the extent of market development in line with national conditions. Since after the well-closed, suddenly the face of the market, we face the economic development of the West are one, two hundred years the results of its most rapid and most effective form of direct access is not used, but one of the market infrastructure are not sound. However, in order to speed as they can go in the developing adjust.
Art Galleries are the primary market, secondary market auction houses are only the true prosperity of the primary market, secondary market can become more prosperous. Gallery is the art market system, the cornerstone of the most important, in the artists and collectors, individual and community plays the role of a bridge, and whether or not to adopt a more standardized artists agency system is the difference between professional and non-professional gallery of notable features. Professional gallery represented by a standardized mechanism is the art market has been firmly established for the real protection. Of course, this is not easy, required artists, dealers, galleries, collectors, investors, and government management of common efforts. U.S. canvas art market, contemporary art market is maturing in this historical process. Here, we have a need for China to be recalled that the history of the gallery. Chinese galleries focus on Beijing, Shanghai and other big cities, which is closely related to the pace of economic development. Early representatives of the Beijing Concert Hall Gallery has art galleries, oil paintings, Oriental Art Hall, the mainland artists, galleries, Red Gate Gallery, Church, such as the East China Sea. These galleries are the early market with overseas exchanges developed in the course. Because of various reasons, then a lot of galleries do not exist now, only 23 of adhering to. In the mid-90, some more galleries and diversity initiative emerged. Representative in Beijing has Langhammer galleries, IV and Court Gallery, Shanghai ShanghART Gallery; this period has a considerable part of the Gallery are run by foreigners, while the Beijing Gallery Langhammer is recycled in accordance with international practices to try to implement the signing agent mechanism galleries. In the late 90s, because of the rapid economic development of Shanghai to the international metropolis forward, Shanghai had a lot of private galleries, the vast majority are run by the Chinese themselves. One of the representatives of those who have Art Gallery, Fahrenheit Gallery, but also an art gallery and so on. Galleries from more than the first quantity to Beijing. To enter the 21st century, a number of overseas galleries promising development trend China’s economy began to have set foot in China, Europe and the United States has, Japan’s, as well as China Taiwan Province. Trust in the near future, the gallery’s prosperity will come. Whether local or overseas, in global economic integration of the background, competing against each other, mutual integration, in this process gradually formed their own operating style and philosophy, the Chinese oil market, the prosperity of the contemporary art market just round the corner.
Through the above brief review, we can see: China oil painting art market experienced a short period in the 20 years of development, from scratch, step by step towards the standardization and institutionalization of forward, an emerging market is rising. In between the ebb and flow, contain unlimited business opportunities. Whether from the perspective of economic interests, or historical value and responsibility of the point of view, China is experiencing a great historical process, we have no reason to neglect this historic opportunity.
