Artnews_ The West Bund Art & Design Fair in Shanghai closed early on Saturday, less than three days after it first opened, the Art Newspaper reports. The cause: concerns surrounding Covid-19, which had even forced one exhibitor to have its booth roped off and several staff members showing there to be quarantined.
It was the second Shanghai art fair this month to fail to finish out its run, with the other, Art021, shuttering after just one day due to a single positive Covid test. The Centre Pompidou’s museum in Shanghai, which is near where the West Bund Art & Design Fair took place, also announced an indefinite closure on Sunday.