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Why The Future Holds ‘Unmatched Potential’ For China’s Gigantic Auction Market
In an interview with Jing Daily, artnet News Editor in Chief Benjamin Genocchio discusses why the global art world needs more China knowledge. Read More
Confidence In Contemporary Chinese Art On The Rise
A recently-published report reveals that that confidence Chinese contemporary art has increased by 16.9 percent in April 2013, showing that it remains a growing asset for security among art collectors. Read More
Chinese Auction Houses Undercutting International Rivals In Hong Kong
Mainland Chinese auction houses are hoping to compete with international rivals like Sotheby's and Christie's in Hong Kong by targeting the most sensitive place for regional collectors: their pocketbooks. Read More
Five Predictions For The Chinese Art Market In 2013
2012 proved a more complex and challenging year for auction houses in Hong Kong and mainland China, coming off a stellar 2011 during which the Chinese art market grew to $33.8 billion. But what could 2013 hold in store? Read More
Chinese Collectors Keep Pushing Top-Tier Art Prices Through The Roof
This week, canonized Chinese artist/painter Qi Baishi’s Ode to the Motherland fetched a whopping 72 million yuan (US$11.4 million) at Beijing Poly’s autumn auction in Beijing. Read More-
Chinese Auction Houses Fight For Credibility
Though China's domestic art and antique auction market is now the world's largest, the home-grown auction industry continues to suffer from a dearth of credibility, damaged by poor authentication standards, a lack of regulation, rampant non-payment and untested upstarts crowding the market. Read More 
Auctioneer Beijing Poly Sets Record With $46 Million Chinese Painting
He may not be a household name outside of China (or even in most households in China), but this past weekend a painting by the late artist Li Keran sold for a record-setting 293.25 million yuan (US$46 million) at the Beijing Poly spring auctions. Read More
What Effect Will Sotheby’s $120 Million “Scream” Sale Have On Chinese Art?
If it wasn't a Chinese buyer who won the battle for "The Scream" at Sotheby's this week, what does its record-breaking sale have to do with China? Read More
China’s Cashed-Up Collectors “The Biggest Thing In The Art World In 20 Years”
Emerging seemingly out of nowhere in the last decade, Chinese art collectors have scoured the globe for every piece of top-quality Chinese contemporary art, rare antique and historical ink painting they can get their hands on, in the process becoming one of the world's most distinctive buyer segments. Read More
China Now World’s Largest Art & Antiques Market, But What Does It Mean?
Over the past few years, we've watched as China has emerged as the world's newest and fastest-growing art and auction market, with a newly wealthy demographic buying everything from Qianlong-era jades to blue-chip contemporary art. Read More
