Simon Wang’s Antenna Space Is Redefining Chinese Contemporary Art

The following is one of several extended looks into figures and institutions selected for “The Deciders,” a list of art-world figures pointing the way forward developed by ARTnews and special guest editor Kasseem “Swizz Beatz” Dean. See the full list in the Winter 2020 issue of the magazine and online here.
It’s been six years since Simon Wang opened Antenna Space in the M50 Gallery District in Shanghai and in that time, he has already launched the careers of severa