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China’s Art Collecting Boom Making Up For Europe’s Decline?
As a result of few alternative investment options, stock market instability, fears about inflation, and a rising yuan, the presence of Chinese collectors at auction, not only in mainland China… Read More-
Event Watch: ART HK 11 (Hong Kong, May 26-29)
Following last year's impressive fair, ART HK 11 will play host to a total of 260 galleries from 38 countries, showcasing the largest display of contemporary art ever seen in… Read More -
China Guardian’s First Auction Of 2011 Pulls In $98 Million
This week, the domestic Chinese auction house China Guardian held its first auction of the year, selling a grand total of 640 million yuan (US$98 million) worth of traditional Chinese… Read More -
Sotheby’s Contemporary Asian Art Auction In Hong Kong (April 4): Top Lots To Watch
With 153 lots up on the block estimated at over HK$121 million (US$16 million), expect to see pre-sale estimates far surpassed by collectors who were (or weren't) also able to… Read More -
Chinese Collector Guan Yi: How To Bring Public Closer To Contemporary Art?
Guan Yi, like other mainland Chinese "super-collectors" like Liu Yiqian, hopes to gradually leverage his passion for collecting to benefit arts education in China and document the development of Chinese… Read More -
Auction To Watch: 20th Century Chinese Art Autumn Sale At Sotheby’s HK (October 4)
With confidence in Chinese art rising quickly, expect to see enthusiastic bidding by mainland Chinese collectors at the upcoming Sotheby's autumn auction of 20th century Chinese art. Read More -
Zhou Chunya: Let Luxury-Arts Partnerships Increase Art Appreciation In China
Zhou Chunya penned an interesting op-ed this week concerning the growing number of luxury-arts partnerships, writing that although they have their detractors, he feels these initiatives could play an instrumental… Read More -
Hedging Their Bets: What China’s Millionaires Are Buying
It's no surprise that companies are bending over backwards to find out what drives the estimated 825,000 people worth over 10 million RMB (US$1.46 million) and 51,000 individuals worth over… Read More -
Predictions For 2010: The Chinese Luxury Buyer
Vivian Wai-yin Kwok of Forbes suggests that 2010 will be the a year of continued spending on so-called "practical" luxury items in China (contemporary art, luxury cars, and high-end real… Read More -
Forbes: Asia’s Auction Rebound
Over the last few months, the global auction market has gotten a lift from a once-unlikely group of buyers: Asian collectors, led in particular by New Chinese Collectors, who have… Read More
