Private art spaces have become the new normalHidden inside a quiet residential compound near CAA, Deltainst is easy to overlook. Wang estimates the number of independent art spaces has grown from fewer than 10 before COVID to roughly 40 today. Private wealth in the absence of a conventional art marketThe Hangzhou art scene has benefited from Zhejiang province’s remarkable private economy. “People often assume Hangzhou’s art world appeared because the economy grew,” said North Ma, curator and artistic director of Inna Art Space. That legacy, she argues, still shapes Hangzhou’s art scene today, where culture is embedded in daily experience rather than elite institutions.