West Bund Art & Design 2020

West Bund 2020 ended phenomenally for A Lighthouse called Kanata, with the majority of the works sold during the fair which opened to an overwhelming number of visitors from throughout China despite the presence of a global pandemic.

In particular, three major works by Niyoko Ikuta in glass, Satoru Ozaki in stainless steel and Joseph Walsh in ash wood were acquired simultaneously by the world-renowned Long Museum in Shanghai, a museum which had achieved global attention for their brave acquisition of Amedeo Modigliani’s painting ‘Nu couché (Reclining Nude)’ for a world-record 170 million USD in 2015.

Furthermore, another Ikuta work was also sold to the recently founded Jupiter Museum in Shenzhen, marking an incredible total of two public acquisitions for Ikuta-san during the VIP Preview of West Bund. Ikuta-san also sold a third work at the Preview and another one during the fair, continuing a long tradition of sold-out shows as Japan’s leading artist in glass.

Regarding other substantial sales, major works by Sueharu Fukami in porcelain and Nobuyuki Tanaka in lacquer sold during the duration of the fair. It is also worth mentioning that paintings by the young artists Kentaro Sato and Kiyo Hasegawa also sold out during the course of the fair.

Thank you to all our artists for helping us bring such beautiful works to this year’s edition of West Bund. It is a marvelous honour to be able to represent all of you, and for this, we are deeply grateful.

And lastly, to our friends and clients the world over: thank you as always for your kind support of our artists and our aesthetics. We continue to look forward to welcoming you to our presentation at West Bund in 2021!

With deep gratitude,
Wahei, Akira, Ami and Yishu
The West Bund Team at A Lighthouse called Kanata