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China’s Largest Private Art Museum Opens In Shanghai
Over two years in the making, this week the Long Museum, China's largest private museum, was officially launched by Chinese art "super-collectors" Wang Wei and Liu Yiqian. Read More
Chinese Art Lover Budi Tek Taking Place Among World’s Top Collectors
One of the world's most influential buyers of Chinese contemporary art, Budi Tek has spent the last several years amassing a collection of some of the most important works by… Read More
Record-Setting $250 Million Impressionist Painting Confirms Art Prices Still Expanding
The recent $250 million sale reflects the new multipolarity and shifting power structure of the art world, where emerging players like China and India are producing new, cash-flush collectors with… Read More-
Why A Slowdown In Asia’s Art Market Could Benefit Chinese Art
Coming off a stellar year in the Asian art market, which saw records fall at international auction houses like Christie's and Sotheby's and emerging regional powers like China Guardian, commentators… Read More -
Domestic “Super-Collectors” Becoming Top Influencers In Chinese Art Market
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 -
Wang Wei: “Who Says Women Can’t Be Art Collectors?”
While Wang Wei (王微), wife of art investor and billionaire financier Liu Yiqian, isn't China's only "super-collector," she is, in our opinion, one of the more interesting. Read More -
Educating New Chinese Collectors A Cash Cow For Major Auction Houses
Although Hong Kong is clearly already a money-maker for auction houses like Sotheby's and Christie's, over the past year these auction houses have sought to cultivate a broader collector base… Read More -
Top Of The Heap: Liang Wen’gen Heads New China Rich List
This week, the newest Hurun Rich List finds that China not only has a new wealthiest man, it's becoming increasingly difficult for the country's business elite to make the top… Read More -
Collector Wang Wei: Art Plays Important Role In Modern Chinese Society
This week, Art Finance magazine spoke to Wang Wei about her new museum, her more overt focus on collecting "Red Classics", and the role of the collector in building a… Read More -
Super-Collector Wang Wei’s “Dragon Art Museum” To Open In 2012
During this week's Art Power awards ceremony, Sina's Art Collection Channel interviewed Wang Wei, the wife of the Shanghai billionaire Liu Yiqian and one of China's small coterie of super-collectors. Read More
