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Domestic “Super-Collectors” Becoming Top Influencers In Chinese Art Market
Aside from pushing up prices for Chinese artists, perhaps the most interesting role played by Chinese super-collectors is their ability to shape the buying habits of new, small-scale collectors. Read More-
Chinese Investors Expected To Continue Fueling Art Market In 2012
Following up a banner year in which the country's art market exceeded 200 billion yuan (US$31.75 billion), continued diversification away from China's stock market and real estate sector is expected to fuel the market in 2012. Read More -
The Earning Power of Art
Craig Mattoli of Leona Craig Art in Guangzhou writes this week on the growing popularity, and potential downsides, of art funds and exchanges in the rapidly expanding Chinese market. Read More -
Wine Fund A “Great Red Hope” For Chinese Investors
Just as funds have started to spring up to tap investor demand for blue-chip Chinese art, now China's first wine fund has launched, hoping to take advantage of the rising prices of top bottles from Burgundy and Bordeaux. Read More -
“Passion Funds” Turning Corner In Art, Wine-Mad China
So-called "passion funds," investment vehicles that specialize in luxury collectibles like art, fine wine, diamonds and rare musical instruments, at times met with a cool response in China in years past, but now they're once again catching on. Read More -
Will Art Financing Make Its Way To China’s New Collectors?
Not all of China's aspiring new collectors can afford to drop millions at auction on a Zeng Fanzhi painting, and in response to growing demand we've seen new art-focused financial services offer investors of more modest means a chance to get involved in the art world. Read More -
Pilot Program In Tianjin Offers Shares In Chinese Art, Solidifying Place As Investment Class
A new pilot program being launched in Tianjin looks to take a different approach to art investment, allowing investors to invest in shares of artwork previously offered only at auction. Read More -
Art Funds In China Succeeding Where Western Funds Have Fallen Short
Chinese art funds, which solely focus on collecting traditional and contemporary Chinese art, are performing better than many of their Western peers, which tend to ignore Asian art altogether. Read More -
Shenzhen Artvip Launches China’s First Publicly Traded Contemporary Art Portfolio
Home-grown Chinese art funds catering to the growing number of middle-class Chinese investors who'd like to get involved in the country's art market are making rapid progress. Read More -
Will Art Funds Miss The Benefits Of Global Diversification By Purchasing Only Western Art?
Packing an art fund with top Western artists might sound like a good idea, but it really misses the current dynamics of the global art world. In a world with strongly emerging economies, we've also seen the emergence of emerging art centers and artists. Read More
