Beijing’s rapid economic transition, unique political atmosphere and immense urban growth have shaped the prominence of art villages in its metropolitan region from the 1900s. After this movement ended in 1994 many collective groups were constantly replicated around this urban fringe outside of the third ring, namely Factory 798, Caochandi and Songzhuang Art District.
The latter one has seen the largest development in recent years, with more than 5,000 artists living on its grounds and 35 large and medium-sized fine arts galleries, it is certainly one of the largest gatherings of contemporary artists in China if not in the world. The major factors influencing this location were escaping from
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