Founded in 2005, ART LABOR is an approachable and professional contemporary gallery which has always been purposely independent of the typical Shanghai gallery scene, yet has begun a new area of galleries, called the Central Galleries, located in the former French Concession neighbourhood. After being the first gallery in the neighbourhood three years ago, there are now more than 12 galleries within the area, most with equally interesting and fresh, high quality programming.

We provide a platform for artists from both China and abroad, established, emerging or RE-EMERGING artists who create art not always immediately and obviously identifiable as "Chinese", but rather that could belong anywhere in the world, art which is truly original. We also seek to represent local artists who have found an answer to the question of what will be the real contemporary Chinese art scene to come.

We offer art for intellectual stimulation and, of course, enjoyment, which we have always felt is what true collectors aspire to. For those interested in investment, the artists we represent are very professionally engaged in ... [ Read all ]