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The rapid ascendance of China as a superpower in the global art market and associated transformation of China’s art space have attracted global attention. This talk seeks to interpret the spatial and institutional evolution of China’s visual art market, and the rise of Chinese art clusters such as Songzhuang and the 798 District in Beijing.

Jun Zhang is an assistant professor of Economic Geography at the Department of Geography and Planning, University of Toronto. Previously, he was on the faculty of Department of Geography, National University of Singapore. His main research interests include: geography of innovation, industrial globalization, and geographic theorizing of markets, states, and institutions. After extensive empirical research on China’s Internet sector and venture capital development, he recently he has been exploring China’s electronics and art sectors, as well as the broad features of the emerging ‘Chinese Capitalism’ and its multi-scalar dynamics. He received his degrees from Peking University and University of Minnesota.