A few hours later, 2022 is really coming.
Rather than regret, I understand that five thousand years of civilization have never stopped running wildly. This year, the world is moving forward at an unimaginable rate of iteration. Whether it is the true popularization of the virtual world or the deep penetration of the concept of the metacosm, the energy accumulated by the public is always looking forward to the advent of a qualitative change.
So, although we initially thought we could ride the wind and waves, we could only try to overcome the thorns in the end; even if the intensification of geopolitical tensions and the uneven economic recovery cast a new shadow on the already internal art circle. But isn't the most fascinating thing about art that its endless imagination allows us to find the possible way forward in countless confused moments?
Perhaps, some questions cannot be answered in the present, but as long as you keep looking, the answer will appear.
Years long song, thank you from the bottom of my heart, 2021!
The future is coming, welcome to you from the bottom of my heart, 2022!
"I look up at the starry sky you have seen, and the earth under my feet has changed time and space."
If the exhibition has colors, there is no doubt that the main color of the exhibition in 2021 will be Chinese red. A hundred years ago, young people made important choices on the ship, stumbling all the way, and achieving a prosperous chapter a hundred years later. "The Age of Awakening" burns like a fire from the beginning of the year to the end of the year, and Chen Yannian's sentence "Let the children and grandchildren enjoy our happiness through thorns and thorns" echoes to this day.
Art is an important part of this glorious hundred years. Therefore, this year, the red theme exhibition that swept the country paid tribute to the century-old grandeur with different art forms, and the special exhibition that was born with the help of the centennial node also followed the trend. For example, the Art Museum of Tsinghua University spans 100 years of crucial design history through a design exhibition; the Zhejiang Art Museum in Hangzhou consciously upholds its mission and launches a large-scale original series of exhibitions "Centennial Art".
According to incomplete statistics, this year's big coffee solo exhibitions gathered, He Duoling, Fang Lijun, Liu Xiaodong, Cai Guoqiang, Mary Kos, George Condor, Chiharu Shiota, Louise Bourgeois, Yayoi Kusama, Anish Kapoor, Andy Warhol, Jonas Bogett, Miro, Damien Hurst, Moriggio Catland, etc. have left important personal imprints at this moment.
Today, all I can see is the prosperous China, and my heart is full of the land of Shenzhou.
In 2021, the beauty of Chinese culture has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people as never before.
Escorted by the great achievements of the war epidemic, the cultural and cultural circles with the most traditional cultural genes have exploded in the universe. At the end of January, "Forbidden City Gatekeeper" Shan Jixiang officially announced the official debut of the "Cloth Shoe Boy Group", incarnated as the "World Heritage Promoter", and unveiled the new scene of China's World Cultural Heritage through the variety show "Ten Thousand Miles Of Single Riding - China in heritage". In December, the second season of "Ten Thousand Miles to Ride Alone" was launched in the weekend golden slot, and the frontier was continued. A few days later, the highly popular "National Treasures Exhibition Season" came to an end, and the curators of 30 museums worked together to unveil the special exhibition of cultural relics.
After Henan Satellite TV was crowned a god in the First World War, big moves were frequently issued: Spring Festival Gala "Tang Palace Night Banquet": 14 young girl dancers dressed as court musicians were cute and graceful, walking through ancient books and famous paintings at a delicate and witty pace; Dragon Boat Festival' "Luoshen Water Endowment": dancers flying underwater, flying like a dragon; Qixi "Dragon Gate King Kong": the fairy body is flowing, King Kong is not angry, rigid and soft; Mid-Autumn Festival" "Crane Returns": Crane Ming Jiugao, every frame is high-energy... Henan Satellite TV, which opened up the second vein of Ren Dou, accurately grasped the Chinese romance, allowing the public to see the most beautiful appearance of Chinese culture.
The "Huabei Cultural Relics Guardian Program" that experiences the cultural relics restoration process through the interactive interface continues to be popular; during the "May Day" period, the "Mask Ice Cream" of sanxingdui Museum is out of the circle, and museums around the world have launched the "Cultural and Creative Ice Cream Challenge"; the Sichuan Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology has broadcast the latest excavation results, and more than 500 cultural relics have dominated the circle of friends; the digital collection of "Yue Wang Gou Jian Sword", the treasure of the Hubei Provincial Museum, was officially released, and 10,000 copies were sold out on the line...
China Wenbo, 2021 Lever Drop!
2021 can be called the big year of the art fair.
The heat first started in Beijing. In April, Gallery Week fired its first shots in Beijing. The number of exhibitors increased by 32%, and the number of visitors visited increased by 72% year-on-year, reaching a record high. The 16th Art Beijing Fair made a strong comeback almost at the same time, with 90% of the exhibitors trading on the first day. The fourth JINGART Art Show Beijing is both popular and popular, and the total sales of the 25 institutions that announced the results reached 50 million, which is 2.5 times that of the previous session. After a year-long hiatus, the physical exhibition in Basel, Hong Kong, was unveiled later, and on the first day of VIP, 20 galleries sold more than 100 pieces, and the overall offline performance was better than last year's online.
In the autumn of September, the battlefield was transferred to Shenzhen. The "2021 Art Shenzhen" that debuted first was the largest in the past, and the sales of VIP on the day exceeded the million mark. Known as the "First Exhibition of China's Cultural Industry", the 17th China (Shenzhen) Cultural Fair attracted 2468 government groups, cultural institutions and enterprises, and the first DnA SHENZHEN Design and Art Fair presented the essence of design and art across the times, and many galleries sold out on the first day.
In November, the world set its sights on Shanghai. The 8th West Bund Art & Design Fair was unveiled on an unprecedented scale of three venues, with a number of galleries selling out on the first day. The ART021, which opened on the same day, was very lively, and the interaction between the primary and secondary markets was more obvious. According to statistics, during the trading month, Shanghai held more than 200 activities, including 9 art fairs, 46 exhibition and sales activities, 40 auctions and preview activities and 106 art exhibitions.
All the way forward, everything is available.
In 2021, the art market will remain stable and active overall.
The epidemic has accelerated the breaking of the situation and the new trend: the giant cross-regional joint shooting is frequent, the number of online auctions has reached a new high, and the policy is favorable and expanded. With the sale of "Daily: The First 5,000 Days" for US$69.34625 million (about RMB 450 million), the world's most expensive digital artwork was born at the same time as a new track in the art market.
This year, Asian power is rising and young collectors are on the rise: In 2021, about a third of Sotheby's bids came from Asian collectors, Fxnis' purchasing power of asian customers has risen by 30% since the epidemic, and Giacometti's Nose sold for Asian collector Sun Yuchen for $78.4 million. While 44% of Sotheby's bids were new customers, 35% of Buyers at Christie's auctions were first-timers.
But no matter how the world changes, fine products are always king: Monet's "Water Lily Pond and Rose" sold for 154.1 million yuan; Baltis's "Cat in the Mirror III" sold for 166.75 million yuan, setting a new record for the highest price of individuals and the most expensive Western artwork in the mainland; Huanghuali single-panel several types of giant offerings to refresh the world record for classical Chinese furniture auctions; "There is a phoenix to yi Hundred Birds and Phoenix" big turn heart bottle broke the world auction record of Chinese ceramics, etc., the market is still strong.
The market has always responded positively to the change in wind direction. In turn, we can also reflect on the market trend. This year, Sotheby's cumulative global sales totaled a record high of $7.3 billion, and Fulgaux's total global turnover of $1.2 billion also reached a record high.
Biennales are getting harder and harder to do, but 2021 is an exception.
This year, the Shanghai Biennale unexpectedly broke the circle, the Anren Biennale changed and migrated, and the Chengdu Biennale accumulated thick and thin, and ushered in a highlight moment.
The physical exhibition of the Shanghai Biennale, which has the longest time span and the widest penetration field in history, has started first. The image announced on the eve of the launch greatly increased its popularity, and the participation of scholars, writers, singers, actors and music singers-songwriters made the popularity even more vigorous.
Then, the 3rd Anren Biennale was unveiled at the Chengdu Anren Cultural Center, with the theme of "Variations of VARIANCES", presenting a total of more than 300 works/groups of art by 151 artists at home and abroad through five sections. Compared with the previous two editions, this theme exhibition "migrated" to a new landmark newly completed in Anren OCT, marking the direction of maturity.
At the end of the year, the world's largest biennial "Super Integration - 2021 Chengdu Biennale" was grandly unveiled, nearly 300 artists at home and abroad more than 500 works were exhibited, the newly completed Chengdu Tianfu Art Museum and Chengdu Museum of Contemporary Art were officially opened to the public, 17 parallel exhibitions were gradually unveiled, and multi-dimensional dots stained Chengdu's unique artistic colors, marking the completion of the city's cultural circle from local art groups to art history with global influence.
Counting the Biennale, also look at 2021.
2021 is a year in which art education rises first and then suppresses.
In October last year, the Ministry of Education clearly pointed out that "strive to fully implement the aesthetic education examination in 2022", and many provinces subsequently announced that they would include physical education and aesthetic education in the scope of the examination. In March 2021, the Ministry of Education announced that it intends to identify 79 members of the first National Primary and Secondary School Aesthetic Education Guidance Professional Committee to supervise the teaching of aesthetic education in primary and secondary schools nationwide.
In the first half of the year, "aesthetic education" became an important hot word. Everyone thinks that the blue ocean of art education has arrived, and they are ready to roll up their sleeves and do a big job. However, the change came unexpectedly. The epidemic has repeatedly extinguished offline activities, and the ensuing double reduction policy has made the art education field dumb. Except for the public art education institutions that can still escape the disaster, most of the art training and education institutions are seriously injured.
This year, a number of educational measures have been introduced or landed, from the implementation of the "double reduction" to the refinement of the "Civil Promotion Law", from the promotion of "early childhood articulation" to the establishment of the "basic education" comprehensive reform experimental zone, from deepening the "college entrance examination reform" to promoting the high-quality development of "vocational education"... Every reform and innovation provides new ideas for promoting the high-quality development of education.
Education is a century-old plan, and aesthetic education is a long-term plan. Just 2021 this measure, the cold wind is too cold.
In 2021, virtual and reality are getting closer than ever.
A few years ago, cryptocurrencies were considered to be leading the way, but when 5G rambled and algorithms raged, the future became blurred. In 2021, NFTs turned out to be a big killer, and virtual reality swept the world. Although the Metavalse concept was born in the hands of science fiction writers in 1992, it was not until 2021 that it was on the global hot search with Facebook's affection.
Their appearance has greatly changed existing cognition, interpersonal communication is permeated with illusions and disguises, but at the same time, it also brings a lot of restlessness and passion. Needless to say, the internet speed revolution has arrived, and the Internet of Everything is a fait accompli, including in the art world. Exploring the ambiguous boundary between virtual and reality, we travel between both ends of the dimension, where surprise and surprise coexist.
All in former universe?
Who care。
In the hours as 2021 draws to a close, I think of those who left the year. Life and death have a destiny, but still a sharp heartache.
Fortunately, at the end of the day, the "Wrapped Arc de Triomphe" was completed, and the art project of 60 years ago landed; the stars of the Sagrada Familia in Barcelona, which had been waiting for 139 years, finally shone.
As a result, "crossing time and space" is not so vain.
Riding the wind and waves is natural, and it is also cool to cut through thorns.
In 2022, a new reboot.
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