We have been included in several articles by the local, Guangdong press, recently.  Both articles are in Chinese, but you may be able to cut and paste into a translator.

In the first one, we were voted gallery with the best view of the art market:

最具理想色彩奖：广州东涞艺术中心, Xin Kuai Bao, April 22, 2012

In another, from Shenzhen, we talked about how we are helping to transform Dongshan Kou, in Guangzhou where our gallery is located, into an artsy community and about the art and culture map that we are working on for the area:

广州东山有许多老洋房，现在不少展览馆、画室、艺术馆很低调地在老洋房里开张了——, Shenzhen Daily, April 20, 2012.

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