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Three influential artists of China’s early contemporary art scene came together at New York’s Museum of Modern Art this past Friday evening to celebrate the publication of a new book to which they all contributed—even if they didn’t know it at the time. Read More

Over the last week, we've followed the Sotheby's autumn auction in Hong Kong, which included sales of everything from fine wine to antiquities to contemporary Chinese and Asian art, noting that sales were well above estimates and sell-through rates were promising. Read More

The Sotheby's Hong Kong autumn auction (which continues until Thursday) has given market observers plenty of jaw-dropping figures, as this weekend's fine wine auctions brought in nearly $8 million USD over two sessions ($61,563,849 HKD), Fine Chinese paintings took in US$23.5 million, 20th century Chinese art made US$14 million and today's contemporary Chinese and other Asian art pulled in almost US$15 million -- mainly on the strength of contemporary Chinese artists, although Japanese artists Nara and Murakami did well. Read More

As we reported recently, the Sotheby's autumn auction of Asian art -- which highlights important contemporary Chinese pieces -- will take place in Hong Kong on October 6. With combined estimates at over $12 Million US (HK $98 Million), this sale is expected to be one of the year's biggest and most-watched auctions. Read More