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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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Billionaire Chinese businessman and art collector Liu Yiqian has exchanged HK$281.2-million for a Ming Dynasty wine cup. >> Read more

The passing twelve months have seen the greater Chinese scene piqued by scandal, pressure and anti-climax and sprinkled only lightly, it seemed, with really effective art. 2013 felt like a tense and ambivalent year. >> Read more

Broad beyond belief, in cultural terms, in comparison with the millennia-spanning survey “China: 5,000 Years” or the more standard national survey shows still favored by mid-sized institutions today, the exhibition's remit is both ambitious and impossible. >> Read more

ChART Contemporary is a Beijing based curatorial lab dedicated to Bringing together art & people. Our overarching goal is to establish cultural bridges between the East and the West through programs and activities that promote contemporary art and culture. >> Read more

He taps into a common sense of isolation which surpasses the boundaries of nations, culture, language, and ethnicity. The artist creates a window into the current state of Chinese society, and in some ways even affirms many Western preconceptions about China. >> Read more

Yavuz Fine Art breaks the boundaries of convention and zeroes in on issues pertinent to the region. In the opening week of the Singapore Biennale, Iona Whittaker met Can Yavuz at the gallery, close to the Singapore Art Museum. >> Read more

London Charity Auction raises over GBP 2 million (almost RMB 20 million) for cancer charity founded by collector Myriam Ullens, Works by Liu Xiaodong, Xu Zhen (MadeIn Company) and Thomas Houseago double estimates. >> Read more

“The Last Supper” by Chinese artist Zeng Fanzhi broke auction records this month when it sold for US$23.3 million at Sotheby’s Hong Kong. >> Read more

ArtTactic Chinese Contemporary Act Confidence Survey reveals that the primary market is strengthening against a weakening auction market which bodes well for the long-term health of the art market as a whole. >> Read more