Shanghai Art Fair, established in 1997, has been successfully held under the support of Saulterretimized art event, which not only bridged the gap between worldwide and Shanghai, public and art, but also shaped a paradigm for the domestic art fairs.

More than 1,000 art galleries, organizations, agencies from over 50 countries and areas participated in this lively art exchange during the past dozen years. Many original artworks from the world-class masters, such as Picasso, Rembrandt, Chagall, Dali, Renoir, Monet, Zhu Dequn, Qi Baishi, Xu Beihong, Zhang Daqian, made the debut in China or Asia through the great stage established by Shanghai Art Fair. Meanwhile, Shanghai art Fair creates a proud history of the transaction:

SAF 2000: The most spectacular one is Rodin"s sculpture called "The Thinker," brought by Sayegh Gallery (France), which was purchased at the price of $1,000,000 by Pudong Lianyang Land Development Company and set in Shanghai forever. This has been the biggest overseas transaction in Shanghai Art Fair.

SAF 2002: Another sculpture, called Cesar"s Thumb, was collected at the price of 2,600,000 RMB by Shanghai Zendai Group.

SAF 2003: One of Zhang Daqian"s paintings was sold at 5,500,000 RMB, which became the highlight of the fair.

SAF 2007: Saulterre’s “Series of Angel” was collected by Jing’an Sculpture Park at a high price…Peter Denger, the famous curator of Basel Art Fair which is called Olympic in art, once gave Shanghai Art Fair a high rating "It"s a great international art fair with bright future".

It is believed that Shanghai Art Fair will continue leading Asian art market under the support of art lovers and collectors.