What meaning does one find in collecting art? When and how is a connection formed between an artwork and its collector?
Larry’s List x CUPPAR present the fourth video of the “ART INSIGHTS – China in Focus” series, featuring three collectors: He Juju, the founder of Zhigu Space; Xi Tao, the founder of You Shan Music Company; and Cheng Cheng, the co-partner of Focus Media. Despite their different collecting styles, they have similar intentions and are exploring in similar ways: how to find a spiritual anchor in a world of accelerated change? How to activate a public exhibition space with a distinctive personal imprint? How to navigate between past and present, improvisation and habit? How do we reconcile the spirituality of various artworks so that each collection as a whole has its own life?
Beijing Cuppar International Auction Co., Ltd. (Cuppar), founded in 2020, is a comprehensive auction company specializing in the auction of cultural relics and works of art. Its headquarter is located in Gateway Plaza, Beijing with offices in Hangzhou, Shanghai, Chengdu, Shenzhen, Qinhuangdao, Kunming, Changsha, Hong Kong, Taiwan, North America, Japan, Australia, the UK and other countries and regions.
Over the past year, starting with the total sale of RMB 643 million in the Inaugural Auction of 2021, Cuppar started to hold both offline and online auction, themed exhibition, art fair and cross-border cooperation simultaneously. Since the first auction in March 2021, the cumulative sale of Cuppar Auction online and offline has exceeded RMB 1.6 billion.
