Pékin Fine Arts

Pékin Fine Arts (Chinese: ), is a contemporary art gallery in Beijing established in 2005, with a Hong Kong branch gallery opened in 2012. It was listed by The New York Times as one of the "top museums and galleries" in Beijing, and listed by Forbes as one of the ten galleries in Beijing from which to buy Chinese art.

The gallery was established by Bostonian Meg Maggio (Chinese: ), a prominent contemporary art dealer. Maggio is a United States lawyer and member of the New York and Massachusetts bars, moved to Beijing in 1986, when, she said, "people thought it was like going to Mars". She lived there till 1990, then moved to Hong Kong, where she worked as an attorney first for Exxon Chemical, then for international British law firms, McKennas, and Sinclair Roche, advising United States, Asian and European clients. In 1995, Maggio moved back to Beijing to work as a senior attorney in the newly opened Beijing office of NY law firm Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom. From 1998 until 2006, she ran the Courtyard gallery in Beijing, one of the first galleries to open in China. She said in 2005, "The days when China and Chinese art were considered as just exotic are over."

In November 2005, Maggio established her own Pékin Fine Arts gallery and opened it in Caochangdi Village, which is on the northeastern edge of Beijing and has become a centre for art since leading artist, Ai Weiwei, opened a studio and gallery there in 2000 for himself and friends. Maggio said initially when Ai and his colleagues moved there, "We all thought they were cuckoo," as it was a place that was "basically the countryside—really far away." However, as the 798 District, the center of art in Beijing, attracted increasing numbers of tourists and boutiques, galleries began to move instead in Caochangdi Village, a quiet location lined by birch and pine trees. Pékin Fine Arts was set up in a complex designed by Ai of simple, low buildings, whose gray brick cladding is reminiscent of the traditional alleys (hutongs) found in old Beijing.

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