中国当代艺术

Coming off a stellar 2011 in the Asian art market, all eyes are on Sotheby's upcoming Contemporary Asian art spring auction in Hong Kong, set to hit the city on April 2. Read More

Packed with blue-chip Chinese artists, with a wide range of estimates for early and later works, the Christie's Contemporary Asian Art day sale in Hong Kong is sure to be one to keep an eye on. Read More

The mainly Chinese collectors at the Contemporary Asian Art auction weren't afraid to go far beyond high estimates for high-quality pieces by some of China's top blue-chip artists. Read More

To give those of us who can't afford a multimillion-dollar Zhang Xiaogang painting or one-of-a-kind Ai Weiwei installation a chance to get our hands on some quality Chinese art, Beijing's Ullens Centre for Contemporary Art (UCCA) has relaunched its affordable, on-site concept store. Read More

A few weeks ago, we wrote about the collaboration between Ferrari and Chinese artist Lu Hao on a one-of-a-kind model of the company's localized Ferrari 599 GTB Fiorino China edition. This week, the Lu Hao Ferrari sold at auction to an anonymous Shanghai-based bidder, with the proceeds going to fund engineering students and teachers from Tsinghua University to study in Milan and at Ferrari's headquarters. Read More

Artxun reports this week that Zeng Fanzhi -- one of China's top contemporary artists -- has gained the title of "Number One" Chinese artist in terms of auction prices over the last year, leapfrogging longtime title-holder Zhang Xiaogang. Read More

Although artists like Yue Minjun and Zhang Xiaogang have quickly become major global art stars, China's younger artists are little known outside of their home country (and, more often than not, are unknown there as well), so the news that Kansas City is mounting a relatively large-scale and far-ranging exhibition of works by young Chinese artists must give some of these art greenhorns some hope for their future prospects. Read More

Following China's National Day celebrations earlier this month, a wave of cultural events have taken place -- or are slated to take place -- around the world. Read More

The next month is shaping up to be a pretty exciting one for China-watchers in Orange County, California and New York City, as Carnegie Hall presents a new festival celebrating Chinese culture, "Ancient Paths, Modern Voices." Read More

We recently profiled Chinese contemporary artist Zhang Xiaogang's new exhibition in Beijing, which breaks dramatically from his earlier work by incorporating sculpture and mixed media pieces. Last week, China-based art site Artron (Ya Chang Art Network) sat down with Zhang to discuss the new direction his art is taking, and the ways that the rapidly-shifting Chinese culture affects his creative process as well as his views of the American and Chinese art worlds. Read More