ArtBox School

fine art

china

The starting point of the art dream Since its beginning ArtBox Education has been committed to the promotion and development of art education. Three different fields of specialization - art higher education entrance examination, international studies and art foundations - provide middle and high-school students the required skills and knowledge to apply to China's top art and design institutions, overseas art academies, and encourage their love for art. As a private art school, ArtBox Education teaches art, fashion & design at a professional level with a comprehensive view on visual arts. ArtBox is the beginning of the art dream for many. Educational vision ArtBox offers student-centered teaching and a more comprehensive approach to education by getting the most from national and international systems. It is a pole of attraction of like minded people who share the same dream and mission to achieve an holistic approach in art education. Artistic faculty boasts teachers and researchers coming from prestigious universities and academies from China and abroad. Our campuses ArtBox Education has two campuses in Shanghai in Hongkou and in Changning districts. Both offer educational programs for art college entrance examination, art foundations classes, art classes for adults as well as art creative projects for children. In addition, Changning Campus boasts an international art department whose comprehensive view on visual arts provides students with instruction in creative techniques and portfolio preparation for admission to art academies abroad Public welfare ArtBox is actively cooperating with Shanghai's districts and communities, fine arts academies, renowned universities, art museums and galleries, to carry out a wide range of public art education projects in order to involve primary, middle and high school students in the world of art.

Dope! Gallery

fine art

china

An online art gallery started in 2014 in Paris, then managed from London and now Shanghai, China with a strong base of local and international collectors of Contemporary art. One of the leading galleries in Takashi Murakami and Kaws editions.

FQ Projects

fine art

china

FQ Projects specializes in promoting and developing young contemporary artists. Located in Huai Hai Fang, one of the most famous cultural lanes in Shanghai. Once favoured by the Shanghai bourgeois class, many well-known cultural figures lived here during the 1920’s and 30’s, including Ba Jin, Xu Guangping, Xu Beihong and Hu Die. This has created a rich cultural atmosphere in the lane. This area has always been one of the representative places for Shanghai culture. Although after the cultural revolution the prestigious area codes were diluted within Shanghai, one can still feel the coziness and humanity which reflect the original Shanghai ‘sentiments’ in Huai Hai Fang. This contrasts with the modern match boxes and concrete jungle that sit just outside, on Huai Hai Lu. FQ stands in stark contrast to the drift for Chinese contemporary art to be displayed in warehouse style galleries, following the American and North European trend, often set in a few hundred square meters or even thousands. The works follow “the bigger the better” mentality, and exaggeration and overstatement has become the mainstream. FQ Projects features artwork that is high in quality, with an emphasis on significance and humanity. Framing them within a real living space and neighborhood scenario, FQ aims to promote and support those thoughtful artworks and artists who differ from the mainstream. This is not only to fill the niche of the restless Chinese contemporary art and fast-food life style, but also to carry on the tradition of ‘small but delicate’ Shanghai culture.