Ullens

The Chinese contemporary artist's portrait of The Prince of Wales sold as the top lot of the night at a recent charity auction held by Myriam Ullens. Read More

Even with mainland Chinese collectors becoming more discriminating and increasingly passing up mid-range works at recent auctions, Zeng, perhaps China's most sought-after blue-chip artist save for Zhang Xiaogang, has remained virtually unscathed. Read More

Coming one day after the sprawling second installment of the Ullens collection auction series, the upcoming Contemporary Asian Art auction at Sotheby's in Hong Kong is sure to see the same spirited bidding that characterized its counterpart last April. Read More

From the looks of it, the Ullens auction is much more of a positive for the collector and for the Chinese auction world than it may look on the surface. Read More

As an added bonus to the exhibition, Zeng will hand-pick one work, valued around US$1.3 million, to be auctioned off at Christie's on May 28, with proceeds going to the environmental organization The Nature Conservancy. Read More

With the Sotheby's spring auctions set to kick off in just a few weeks, speculation is brewing on how large a presence mainland Chinese collectors will have, and how far above high estimates they'll push prices. Read More

As demand for Chinese art has ballooned among the country's newly wealthy, Chinese media has started to recast the upcoming Hong Kong spring auctions as an opportunity for buyers to bring back pieces formerly in the hands of overseas collectors. Read More

In case you missed them the first time around, here are some of Jing Daily’s top posts for the week of April 5-9. Read More