October 23, 2025, marked the grand opening of the 10th Art Amoy International Expo at the Xiamen International Conference and Exhibition Center. This year's expo, themed "Embracing The Call of Mountains and Seas" welcomed nearly a hundred renowned galleries and art institutions from ten countries and regions across thirty-two cities, showcasing nearly ten thousand contemporary art masterpieces. As a highly influential art event in China's southeastern coastal region, Art Amoy has become an indispensable part of China's contemporary art landscape after a decade of development.

This year, Art Amoy presented a feast of art and urban symbiosis with a more internationalized vision and diversified content. The exhibition venue was bustling with professional collectors, curators, representatives from art institutions, and art enthusiasts from home and abroad, all gathering to experience the multidimensional charm of art. The expo created an immersive artistic atmosphere for visitors through high-quality exhibition layouts and meticulously designed viewing routes. From paintings to sculptures, from installations to video works, various media intertwined to create a vibrant tapestry of contemporary art. The venue not only displayed a rich artistic landscape but also demonstrated Art Amoy's original intention and persistence in "bringing art into life."

As an important cultural calling card for Xiamen, Art Amoy has continuously accumulated quality resources over its ten-year development journey, building an art ecosystem that combines professionalism with public participation. This year's exhibition continued its characteristics of high quality and popularity, with immersive interactive units, public art exhibitions, and multiple high-level art forums taking place simultaneously, stimulating the city's cultural vitality through art. While viewing the exhibitions, audiences also participated in artistic dialogues, making art truly become a part of life.

In terms of market performance, this year's Art Amoy Expo maintained strong trading momentum. On the opening day, the VIP preview attracted numerous collectors and institutional representatives, creating a lively atmosphere for negotiations. The overall art market showed a stable upward trend, with active transactions during the first two days of the expo. Multiple galleries exceeded their expected transaction volumes, collectors were enthusiastic about making purchases, and some high-value works even triggered bidding competitions among international collectors. The expo achieved growth despite the increasingly competitive art market environment, winning recognition from both the industry and the market through its professionalism and quality.

Whitestone Gallery Booth

Whitestone Gallery, as one of the important participating galleries at this year's Art Amoy, continued its consistent curatorial concept of "Eastern spirit with an international vision," presenting an artistic dialogue that transcends regions and cultures. The exhibition brought together Japanese avant-garde masters and Chinese contemporary artists to jointly explore the integration of Eastern abstract spirit and contemporary language. The lineup of exhibiting artists included Jiro Yoshihara, Sadamasa Motonaga, Kazuo Shiraga, Tsuyoshi Maekawa, Yuichi Inoue, Yayoi Kusama, Natsuyuki Nakanishi, Tetsuo Mizù, Katsuyoshi Inokuma, as well as Chinese artists Li Wei & Liu Zhiyin, Jiang Miao, Wu Shuang, and He Tianqi.

Whitestone Gallery Booth

The exhibited works encompassed various media and creative styles, from classic pieces by Japanese Gutai artists exploring spiritual connotations through abstract forms to new creations by Chinese contemporary artists interpreting inner energy and Eastern imagery through personal vocabulary. Jiang Miao's "Taoist Trinity and the Self 20250711" presents the cycle of life and time through circular compositions carved with acrylic on wooden boards; Yuichi Inoue's "Qianshi Park" demonstrates the freedom and power of Eastern calligraphy through ink writing; Jiro Yoshihara's "○(Red) 90/160" continues his iconic "circle" series, exploring philosophical thoughts about infinity and origin through pure forms; while Katsuyoshi Inokuma's "IN BLUE" gives the work a unique material sense and spatial tension through the textural fusion of acrylic and coffee powder.

Whitestone Gallery Booth

Whitestone Gallery's booth, with its refined spatial layout and exquisite visual presentation, became one of the most representative exhibition areas at this year's art fair. On the opening day, the booth welcomed many professional collectors and institutional representatives, maintaining high popularity throughout. Whitestone Gallery sold a total of 11 works, covering creations by artists including Jiro Yoshihara, Kazuo Shiraga, Sadamasa Motonaga, Yuichi Inoue, Natsuyuki Nakanishi, Katsuyoshi Inokuma,Tetsuo Mizù, and Jiang Miao, with prices ranging from several thousand to thirty thousand US dollars. Among them, Jiang Miao's works not only sold on-site but also received a custom commission, demonstrating collectors' high recognition of his artistic value.

With clear curatorial logic, an outstanding artistic lineup, and an international professional perspective, Whitestone Gallery's presentation at Art Xiamen 2025 received extremely high praise. Its booth not only attracted widespread attention but also once again demonstrated the gallery's leadership and curatorial standards in the Asian art market.

Whitestone Gallery Booth

A decade passes in an instant, witnessed by mountains and seas. As the last ray of artistic light skimmed across the Xiamen International Conference and Exhibition Center, the four-day 10th Art Xiamen International Expo came to a successful conclusion. This 10th-anniversary celebration themed "Embracing The Call of Mountains and Seas" not only showcased the resilience and vitality of China's contemporary art market but also marked Art Xiamen's steady advance on the map of international art fairs. Whitestone Gallery's brilliant presentation added a vibrant stroke to this grand event. In the future, Whitestone Gallery will continue to promote the diverse coexistence of artistic exchange with its professional curatorial spirit and open international vision, allowing the energy of art to flow continuously on a broader world stage.

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