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Targeting the ever-expanding scale and scope of collectors in Asia, these “art supermarkets” are no doubt a logical strategic development.
 
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Chinese collectors are counted on in the world, and many international galleries have opened here. Yesterday was Christie’s inaugural auction in Mainland China, taking place in Shanghai. So who are the Chinese collectors, and what are their priorities? >> Read more

ArtTactic – 18% of experts surveyed believe that the Chinese contemporary art market will see a positive development for the upcoming season, up from 7% in November 2012. >> Read more

After many years bound up in red tape Christie’s will be the first foreign auction house to be licensed to operate in China without a Mainland partner.
 
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The region’s first such institution, the School of Creative Media was founded to nurture a new generation of interdisciplinary artists and creative media professionals, and to develop new ideas and technologies for the creative industries in Hong Kong, mainland China, and abroad. Now over a decade later we continue to espouse and advance these aims […] >> Read more

“ON | OFF: China’s Young Artists in Concept and Practice,” an exhibition of the work of 50 young mainland Chinese artists, will open at UCCA in Beijing on January 13, 2013. >> Read more

Francois Curiel, Christie's Asia president on strong Asia growth: "in the first half of this year there was a 31% increase in Asian clients registering to bid on our sales in London and New York."

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And there are tremendous artisans in the Chinese market. It would be amazing to see contemporary porcelain. The Koreans are doing very interesting porcelain in contemporary art. It would be nice to be able to go back into woodwork craftsmanship. Chinese contemporary art is getting back into Chinese ink. I think it will happen in time, but it would be nice to see more usage of their ancestry and different crafts. >> Read more

Fabien Fryns grew up in Belgium and Switzerland and began collecting art while still in high school. His first gallery was in Malaga, Spain, but in 2004 he moved to Beijing and opened a gallery in Caochangdi (F2 Gallery). >> Read more

Randian talks to Anders Petterson of ArtTactic on the latest version of the Chinese Contemporary Art Market Survey. >> Read more