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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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