Shanghai Craft Week creates buzz regardless of China’s slowing economic climate, but costs on reduced edge

.This year’s Shanghai Craft Full week was actually larger as well as better than ever, involving two weeks of shows, despite concerns of a stagnation in the fine art market.Anchored by pair of home-grown craft fairs and also coinciding with the China International Bring In Exposition, Shanghai Craft Full week began in the second week of November in the shadow of a slowing down economy.While the craft market is actually undoubtedly not as durable as it was actually a couple of years ago, the area’s solid collecting lifestyle shone via, particularly among the mid class, that take pleasure in the collaborations between showrooms and way of living and luxurious companies that Shanghai has become well-known for.And the top quality of events pleased, as did the sheer number of shows as well as festivities throughout the Yangtze Waterway Delta.” Puncturing the Heavens” (2024) through Yin Xiuzhen, component of the artist’s solo show at the Power plant of Art, Shanghai. Photograph: thanks to Beijing CommuneAmong the most discussed was actually Yin Xiuzhen’s solo exhibit “Puncturing the Skies”, which operates until February 16, 2025 at the Power Station of Fine art in Shanghai’s Huangpu district. The event is curated by prominent craft historian Wu Hung and also features monumental works standing for various aspects of her practice.