beijing

Araio
(lots of korean work as well, they have offshoots in Seoul and Chungham)
Jiuchang Art Complex, Beihuqu Rd. Anwaibeiyuan St
Chaoyang Dist.

Contrasts

(they have 5 chinese galleries, including branches in Shanghai and Hong Kong, some of the work is sort of watered down, but a good anthology of current tastes)
http://www.contrastsgallery.com/ (the website is very boring)
Beijing Gallery
798 Art District, No. 4 Jiu Xianqiao Road
Chaoyang District

BANG
(huge chunk of Qin Qi work, who is both documentary and politically subversive)
Beijing Workers Stadium opposite gate 12

CourtYard Gallery/CG Annex

95 Donghuamen Dajie,
Dongcheng District

The CourtYard Gallery Annex
155 Nangao Road, Cao Changdi Village,

f2
Western and Chinese, with a 20 year history.
F2 Gallery, Beijing
Guang Han Tang, Nan Gao, East Da Shanzi Road,
Chao Yang District

Goedhuis Contemporary'
(the guy who runs this apparently is a bit of an asshole, made hsi fortune in antqiuties, decided their was more money in new chinese art, claims to break new talent, which is bullshit,anthology of what was in 5 minutes ago, i know his london/new york contacts but not sure of china )
http://www.goedhuiscontemporary.com/

Long March
First Place I would go if i was in China
Jiuxianqiao Rd #4 (Factory 798)

White Space
mostly i think post painterly abstractionists, but worth a shot if you are in the Chaoyang District
No.2 Jiu Xianqiao Rd, Chaoyang District
Beijing, 100015 China

wander around Chaoyang, as well.

you guys can recommend stuff in shanghai and anywhere in china, too, since i plan on being here for a long time. i seriously know nothing about china. i've learned how to say hi, rice, watermelon, chopsticks, and tea.

the guy i met last night told me that shanghai people are very "clever." in a negative sense. but also sort of admiring, i think. beijing people all work for the government and shanghai people are clever capitalists. and when you go to eat, they give you small portions, so you have to order lots. and if you want to eat seafood, make sure it's alive right up until it's cooked. i was eating a braised fish head in his restaurant and i don't know if it was that fresh.

nodders, right there.

i heard 99 problems coming out of some building down some hutong and had to just stand there and mouth the words and shit. it was immensely comforting. I'M FROM THE HOOD STUPID WHAT KIND OF FACTS ARE THOSE. but i still can't really relate to the british dudes waiting in half a block long lineups to go into a fucking pizza hut. how good is that shit gonna be? i can see kfc or something but not pizza hut.

whatever happened to this guy

was this dylannnn before he became dylannnn?

buzza I'm dying here

or maybe I should be paging jaymc

william wiggins

hey are there any ilxors that live in beijing?

i will be there this weekend

this is embarrassing.

?

nothin bro. i think etc lives in guangzhou and dayo is in china right now but nobody in beijing.

yeah, still in guangzhou ... nearly went to beijing last week to help out w/(NZ) friend's tour but national week hassles nixed that. been to wuhan for a wedding & to shanghai when my partner visited, but any further travel this year'll be to chengdu.

going to Beijing next week but not this weekend

etc we should have hung out maybe there's still time? I leave gz tomorrow lol wechat me at the400lols

i will be there from saturday (10.10) morning until thursday (15.10)

beijing fap pls

poss more fun things to do in beijing than meet ilxors

but good luck!

have you ever been to beijing before?

yeah i was there for work just before the olympics (2008?). we met with the sister-in-law of a colleague and she took us around some of the big tourist places and also to some local cafes etc. my main memories all involve the other guy i was travelling with at that time (russian expat living the uk, firmly anti-socialist to the point of being a paid up member of the British tory party) clashing with our guide (who i believe worked for the government in some capacity). we were standing in tiananmen square and he was asking her why there wasn't a memorial of the students who died. crushingly awkward. i remember the air quality being pretty bad that week, having amazing food and riding the subway for very little money.

i'm travelling alone this time and will be spending most of my time at tsinghua univ. i had to book a hotel somewhere near there in what appears to be a pretty dull business district.

what could be more fun that meeting ilxors? (serious q)

Ya, srs q

Can report that the visa looks very well on the Guinness passport

Oohh

IKR?

Also I found this

https://www.dropbox.com/s/kaik07aja528p7h/.facebook_1463531757770.jpg?dl=0

Revive!