Under the banner Artistic Creativity, Artistic Life, the 2010 Beijing International Art Exposition will be held from August 19-23 at China World Trade Center, attracting over 100 top art agencies and galleries from home and abroad.

Now in its 13th year, the event will highlight quality art works of high collecting value, the organizer said.

The exposition will boast a collection of over 5,000 pieces of artwork from top-notch international galleries like Germany's Hagemann Gallery, Olga's Gallery in Switzerland and Boun/HuaMing Art Space from France.

A highlight of the show is the inclusion of signature pieces by J.S.G. Boggs, whose work deals with the tension between money's aesthetic value and its economic function.

A group of contemporary Italian artists will have their works shown for the first time in China at the exposition, including Gianfranco Meggiato, Antonello Venditti and Vincenzo Balsamo.

To cater to the demand for Western classical works in China, several impressionist pieces such as La Route de Verri�res by French painter Alfred Sisley and Pond's Edge In Normandy by Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot will be on display.

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