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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
Auction House China Guardian Makes High-Stakes Bet Against Sotheby’s & Christie’s
With eyes now set on expansion outside of its mainland China home base, China Guardian is set to take on centuries-old international players like Sotheby's and Christie's at the upcoming… Read More
Art News: Chinese Art Moves Ahead; China Guardian In Hong Kong; Art Funds Rising
A roundup of news from China's art market, from speculation on the next steps in its contemporary scene to auction house China Guardian's moves to take on Sotheby's in Hong… Read More
No, The Sky Is Not Falling In China’s Art Market. Here’s Why
The Chinese art market is undoubtedly changing, and moving beyond from the massive price boom we saw in early 2011, but this is probably a good thing for the state… 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
Chinese Collectors Looking At Western Art, But Still Buying Chinese
With China recently surpassing the US as the world's largest art and antiques market in terms of auction and dealer sales, the chorus of art market observers asking when China’s… Read More
Chinese Demand Pushes $35 Million Sotheby’s Classical Chinese Paintings Auction Far Beyond Estimates
If there's one thing that distinguishes China's emerging class of new art collector, it's a willingness (and even a point of pride) to bid well above high estimates for auction… Read More
Chinese Artists Unseat Picasso, Warhol As Top 2011 Auction Earners
Any question about the willingness of China's art collectors to spend lavishly on artwork in 2011 has been put to rest with the news that Zhang Daqian was the top… Read More-
Qi Baishi Painting Sells For $65 Million In Beijing: What Could It Mean For HK Spring Auctions?
He may not be a household name in Western countries, but over the past few years the Chinese painter Qi Baishi has quietly emerged as one of the world's top-selling… Read More -
China Guardian’s First Auction Of 2011 Pulls In $98 Million
This week, the domestic Chinese auction house China Guardian held its first auction of the year, selling a grand total of 640 million yuan (US$98 million) worth of traditional Chinese… Read More
