arrived in beijing the other day and hit the ground running...went to see the Songzhuang Art Museum (which just opened) and then to the Songzhuang Art Festival which had, among other things, a show curated by Qiu Zhijie. Songzhuang is a small town about an hour east of Beijing city center. Lots of artists have moved there and set up studios in recent years and I guess the local officials are catching on to the art hype--thus the birth of the Songzhuang art center and festival. From there I went to ART Beijing art fair with local and international art galleries and then to a party for collector Guan Yi who was having the first exhibition in China of his private collection. Whew! it was a long art filled day. some pictures to come soon.