The Shanghai art fair, the seventh of its kind, and one of the main activities of this year's Shanghai international art festival, will take place as scheduled from October 28 to November 2.
Sources from the fair organizing committee said that a floor space of 13,000 square meters would be set aside for exhibition of traditional Chinese paintings, oil paintings, woodcuts and sculpture, along with trading of decorative handicrafts.
In a bid to draw more overseas exhibitors to the fair, the organizers have decided to slash participation fees for overseas exhibitors to the level of commissions charged on domestic exhibitors.
This year's fair would be one day longer than last year's.
The first such fair was held in 1997. And the fifth Shanghai international art festival will take place from October 18 to November 18.
(People's Daily June 18, 2003)
