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Michelin Star-Studded El Bulli’s Wine Cellar Set For Auction
Having closed shop on July 30, 2011, Ferran Adria's legendary three-Michelin-star-rated El Bulli has turned over its wine cellar to Sotheby’s. Read MoreChristie’s Education Launches First-Ever Program In Mainland China
This week, Christie's and the China Europe International Business School (CEIBS) announced a new partnership, which will bring the auction house's educational wing to mainland China for the first time. Read MoreChinese 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 MoreRegional Buyers, International Sellers Converge On HK’s Red-Hot Auction Market
With Christie’s, Bonhams, Beijing Poly, Ravenel, Seoul Auction, Tiancheng and United Asian Auctioneers holding overlapping auctions in Hong Kong through November 28, the city is the center of attention in… Read MoreChristie’s Contemporary HK Sale To Benefit From Global Auction Trends
The upcoming Christie's contemporary Asian art sales in Hong Kong should see strong bidding buoyed by a more optimistic buyer market, greater scarcity of top Chinese pieces, and the relatively… Read MoreChristie’s HK Contemporary Asian Art Auctions (Nov. 24-25): Top Lots To Watch
This year, amid a more selective buyer market, the name of the game remains quality, not only in terms of the artist but in terms of the artwork itself. Read MoreZeng Fanzhi: Mastering The Art Of Luxury
With his work still in high demand among Asian and Western collectors, and a high-profile solo exhibition set to launch at the Gagosian Gallery in London, leading Chinese contemporary artist… Read MoreArtist Yue Minjun: Sometimes All You Can Do Is Laugh
Currently exhibiting his first Hong Kong show of public sculpture at Harbour City, Beijing-based artist Yue Minjun's stature in the contemporary Chinese art world has yet to diminish after nearly… Read MoreSotheby’s & China Guardian Kick Off HK Autumn Auction Season
This weekend, Hong Kong's auction scene roared back to life with Sotheby's autumn auction series and mainland Chinese auction house China Guardian's first-ever sale in the city. Read MoreStrong Sales Expected At Upcoming Sotheby’s Hong Kong Auction Series
Amid a drop in property prices, lower economic growth rates and a crackdown on art importers in mainland China, the upcoming Sotheby's autumn auction series in Hong Kong will test… Read More