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Exhibitions at new $450m Hong Kong Palace Museum will offer ‘a fresh, contemporary interpretation of Chinese culture’
Director Louis Ng insists that the institution—due to open in 2022—will be distinct from its namesake in Beijing's Forbidden City
NewsChina
Consulates provide new safe haven for political art in China
Artists tackling contentious issues have found an unlikely home in the form of foreign diplomatic services such as the Goethe-Institut and consular residences
NewsObituaries
Gaylord Chan—one of the last of a generation of Hong Kong Modernist painters—has died, aged 95
The artist was known for his brightly coloured abstract works, and as the founder of an art school that fostered a new generation of well-known artists
NewsObituaries
Chinese artist and provocateur Huang Yong Ping has died, aged 65
Curator and collaborator Hou Hanru says that the late Chinese artist provided “an alternative viewpoint on the world”
ArchiveAttribution
Met's “Riverbank” row rages over attribution debate
Experts prepare to fight it out at the Metropolitan as the painting bought from artist-collector C.C. Wang goes on display
NewsArt market
US-China trade war expands to books and maps as increased tariffs hit art imports
Trump's newly increased tariff of 15% on Chinese goods now applies to the antiquarian trade, further affecting dealers and auction houses
ArchivePrivate Museums
The Ullens Centre for the Arts will be the first private museum for Chinese and contemporary art in Beijing
...and this is where a Belgian collector will put his art on show
CommentArt market
The Trump administration’s tariffs will not hurt China but they will hurt the US art trade
Art organisations join other US businesses at a series of hearings this week in Washington, DC on the proposed 25% tariff on $300bn worth of Chinese goods
NewsConservation & Preservation
Fragile inheritance: US museums bridge skills gap in conservation of Chinese paintings
Philanthropic funding assures new training for the next generation of masters to emerge
NewsLiu Ye
Liu Ye announced as David Zwirner's first Chinese artist following gallery's Hong Kong expansion
Zwirner plans to hold a solo exhibition of Liu's work in New York next year
NewsThree to see
Three exhibitions to see in New York this weekend
From Betye Saar’s washboard works to Shen Fan’s playful abstraction
BlogChinese art
Did somebody order Chinese (art)? Qiu Anxiong partners with New York restaurant
NewsAcquisitions
Why a six-ton scholar’s rock is making its way from China to Texas
A low-key request from the San Antonio Museum of Art director resulted in a big gift from Lake Taihu near Wuxi
NewsFrieze London 2018
Mega-galleries bank on Chinese art at Frieze
Trend follows dealers’ move into Eastern market
NewsArt market
Chinese art and antiquities spared from Trump’s tariffs
Auction houses and art dealers express ‘relief’ even as the US-China trade war escalates
NewsArtists
West Coast wave of Ai Weiwei shows puts Chinese artist in Los Angeles spotlight
Activist launches Jeffrey Deitch’s new Hollywood gallery and will show works with talent agency UTA
Newsscholarship
National Gallery names art historian Wu Hung as 2019 Mellon Lecturer
The scholar will give six talks surveying more than 2,000 years of Chinese history
NewsExhibitions
Controversial animal works pulled from Guggenheim New York will go on show in Bilbao
Contemporary Chinese installations drew 'threats of violence' from animal rights activists last year
NewsArt market
Bronze looted from Summer Palace sells for £410,000 despite protest from China
Chinese authorities tried to stop the UK auction of the Tiger Ying vessel, which was taken by a British soldier in 1860
InterviewArt Basel Hong Kong 2018
From Beijing to Mayfair: French dealer to open new gallery in London
Specialist Hadrien de Montferrand brings a unique mix of influences to his work
NewsArt market
Asia Week auctions reveal breadth of the market
Christie’s and Sotheby’s dominate in terms of value but smaller firms can compete in the field of Asian art, with the internet’s help
NewsArt market
Qi Baishi paintings set new $141m record for Chinese artist
Set of 12 ink panels by traditional master sell to Chinese buyer at Poly Auction Beijing for RMB931.5m
NewsArt market
Asian Art in London celebrates two decades with Six Dynasties
Exhibition of US TV agent Norman Kurland's collection of ancient Chinese art is a highlight of 20th anniversary event
NewsObituaries
David Tang, fashion entrepreneur and Chinese art collector, dies aged 63
Founder of fashion brand Shanghai Tang displayed pieces from his collection in his clubs and restaurants
ArchiveExhibitions
Chinese institutions work with the Metropolitan for groundbreaking exhibition
'Age of Empires' explores the art of the Qin and Han dynasties
NewsAuctions
Qianlong seal scooped up by Chinese collector for €21m at Paris auction
The object, owned by one of China’s longest serving emperors, sold for more than 20 times its estimate
NewsChinese art
Restoration gives British Museum’s Amitabha Buddha a reason to smile
Bank of America sponsored the monumental statue’s first full conservation in 25 years
NewsArt market
Surge in sales of traditional arts in China
NewsContemporary art
China show for Vuitton museum
Beijing's Ullens Center to help co-organise Paris exhibition
NewsExhibitions
Sartorial artistry: Susan Jenkins discusses Eastern influence on Western fashion
The exhibition offers an overview of how Chinese culture has influenced Western fashion
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China relaxes de facto ban on showing Ai Weiwei’s art
Artist surprised after four exhibitions are allowed to open in Beijing—but international travel is still off-limits
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Cass Sculpture Foundation announces major Chinese art show in 2016
Large-scale installations by contemporary Chinese artists are being specially commissioned for next year
ArchiveArt market
Frieze launches charm offensive to tempt China, with Fiac not far behind
Frieze welcomes UK’s new visa rules for visitors as event’s co-founder prepares to “increase the dialogue” with Chinese artists and galleries
ArchiveFilms
Uli Sigg film on his rational and comprehensive attitude to collecting Chinese contemporary art
Sigg reveals that he didn’t necessarily like some of the contemporary art he bought
ArchiveAi Weiwei
Collector Christopher Tsai wants to open first Ai Weiwei museum
The proposed museum would probably be in New York
ArchiveTaipei
Taipei takes attendance top spot with loans from China
Asian art is in the ascendancy globally, while in Europe, Salvador Dalí reigns supreme
ArchiveForgeries
Most Chinese paintings in the V&A are fake
Artist-forgers have fooled Chinese collectors for centuries, as museums in the West are now discovering
ArchiveCollectors
Connoisseur collectors: A story of ten approaches to acquiring art
From Liechtenstein to Lisbon, these collectors discuss their interests and methods
ArchiveCollectors
The co-founder of Yahoo is showing part of his Chinese calligraphy collection in San Francisco
Interview with collector Jerry Yang
ArchiveShanghai
Censorship of Tiananmen Square photograph in Shanghai
Officials ask M97 gallery to remove work
ArchiveM+ Museum
Uli Sigg's huge gift to Hong Kong museum M+
The Swiss collector is donating 1,463 Chinese contemporary works, with plans to sell another 47
ArchiveArt market
Rich inland cities become players on Chinese art scene
Sotheby’s goes west as art centres spring up beyond the traditional coastal base
ArchiveArt market
Qianlong seal finally finds a buyer
After the first sale fell through, the seal's second buyer gets a bargain
ArchiveArt market
What Chinese collectors are really buying
While ancient art and ceramics remain popular, Contemporary Chinese art is taking off at home, and buyers outside the mainland are slowly looking toward Western art
ArchiveArt market
Local collectors pick and choose in Chinese art and ceramics sales, with unsold lots increasing in key auctions
The days when buyers would pay top prices for any work seem to be over, as a maturing market becomes more selective and sensitive to change in the global economy
ArchiveArt market
Records tumble as the Chinese mainland embraces its modernists
“Modern Chinese art has one goal: how to merge western art and Chinese art. Now Chinese collectors recognise the value of these works.”
ArchiveAsian art
Maynards looks East as Canadian auction house targets new Asian collectors
Striking while the market is hot
ArchiveArt fairs
CIGE Beijing is still local and still finding its way
Loyal collectors and galleries keep contemporary show on the map
ArchiveArt market
Chinese auction data lacks credibility
Leading British university research questions saleroom reporting
ArchiveArt market
Booming Chinese economy boosts art market
But emphasis is still on traditional works, with less understanding of contemporary art
ArchiveArt market
Art market's '08 boom and bust reflected in Chinese contemporary art sales
Figures saw buyers losing interest in the genre, before they regained confidence early last year
ArchiveCollectors
Some of the leading contemporary art collectors of China
While the stereotype of Chinese collectors includes a focus on traditional and historical Chinese art, these collectors buck the trend
ArchiveCollectors
Collectors from mainland China are beginning to buy across the board, both at home and abroad
“Is a new generation turning to contemporary art?”
ArchiveCollectors
A survey of some of the leading art collectors of China
Tastes remain mainly traditional
ArchiveCollectors
How the missing Zodiac fountain heads continue to be a sore point for China
Several have appeared at auction in recent years; the whereabouts of five remain unknown
ArchiveCollectors
Many Chinese collectors use their wealth to repatriate once-looted objects
Why bringing it back home is a mark of respect
ArchiveMuseums
MoMA and Asian Art Archive explore the evolution of Chinese contemporary art
Many key documents now translated
ArchiveCollectors
Saatchi purchase makes collector Howard Faber think again
$6m from sale of Chinese paintings, including a Zeng Fanzhi, encourages him to review his remaining collection
ArchiveMuseums
MoMA buys Chinese contemporary photographs including works by Ai Weiwei and Sheng Qi
Twenty-eight pieces have been purchased from collector Larry Warsh
ArchiveHuang Yong Ping
“I always insist that the artist must be given carte blanche”: Interview with Huang Yong Ping
The artist discusses his work, politics, censorship, “fake art” and the Beijing Olympics
ArchiveCollectors
We talk to Zhang Hao Ming, part-owner of Beijing’s Art Now gallery which took part in Art Basel for the first time in June
Telecoms millionaire, restaurateur, hotelier, reality TV producer, gallery owner and collector
ArchiveCollectors
Meet China’s top collector of contemporary art
Guan Yi tells us about his plans to open a museum and sculpture park on a 16.5-acre plot of land in Beijing
ArchiveChina
Contemporary art chosen for new US embassy chosen “to connect” to China
The new embassy in Beijing, opening in August, will include art by Jeff Koons, Cai Guo-Qiang, Louise Bourgeois, Robert Rauschenberg, and others
ArchiveUllens Center for Contemporary Art
First Ullens show is not representative of its subject matter
A letter to the editor
ArchiveArt market
The auction houses are distorting our understanding of Chinese art
Chinese auction house data deemed unreliable and misleading as not all artists have made it to the salesroom yet
ArchiveArtist interview
Interview with Cai Guo-Qiang on the eve of his retrospective: “I am eternally optimistic; I am Chinese”
The artist discusses his materials and his potentially explosive new book
ArchiveAuctions
Phillips de Pury plans seven-hour sale during Frieze week
The sales include the private collection of Marino Golinelli
ArchiveCollectors
1.3 billion Chinese people, but still not many substantial collectors of Chinese contemporary art
Here are the best known: one Swiss, one Chinese, one Belgian, three American and one British
ArchiveArt market
Installation withdrawn from Huang Yong Ping retrospective due to feud over restoration responsibility and costs, then sold at auction
Institutions are powerless to prevent such abuses, says Walker Art Center deputy director Philippe Vergne
ArchiveArt market
Specialist Barbara Pollock questions value of contemporary Chinese art
Pollock is forthright about her distrust of the current auction market in China
ArchiveChina
A turn of the tides: Art is flowing back to China as the Chinese market grows
Overseas collectors are shipping work to China for sale in the growing number of auction houses
ArchiveInterviews
Interview with Sherman Lee: “Innovation, wherever it occurs, is ‘modern’, and people could be more modern in ancient times than we are now”
One of the great connoisseurs of our time, the curator of the current exhibition of Chinese art at the Guggenheim talks about Chinese art seen from within and without
ArchiveArt market
Following the postponement of Asia Week due to the World Trade Centre attack, sales flopped amid scant enthusiasm
Gandharan sculpture did well in an otherwise difficult week at the postponed Sotheby’s and Christie’s auctions
ArchiveArt market
The sale of Chinese porcelain triumphed during Asia Week
Excellent results for an exemplary group of Chinese porcelain
ArchiveForgeries
Abundance of sophisticated fakes in China causes widespread worries
“The forgeries business is in full swing”
ArchiveFakes & copies
Fakes of archaic Chinese jades are flooding the market
A dealer sounds the alarm
ArchiveFakes & copies
Ming and Qing Chinese ceramics: A flood of fakes from Jingdezhen
Forgers reportedly work to order from Sotheby’s catalogues
ArchiveArt dealers
Diary of a dealer: veteran Asian art dealer Robert H. Ellsworth states “provenance is worth one-third of the price”
The market is driven by supply and demand and not by collectors’ taste, says veteran dealer in Asian art
ArchiveExhibitions
What's on in London: Gwen John times two, with lots of unseen work
Fontana moves from Hayward exhibition to commercial gallery, Basquiat’s drawings come to the City and the centenary of the charming Ardizzone is celebrated
ArchiveInterviews
We must salvage what remains of the past: Interview with Johnson Chang
The guru of avant-garde Chinese art in the Eighties and early Nineties talks now of a return to tradition
ArchiveArt market
There has been a softening in the middle-range of the art market
Percentage rates are down in many areas for the first half of the season
ArchiveSolomon R. Guggenheim Museum
Guggenheim's China exhibition: everything but the kitchen sink
This mega-show spanning five millennia focuses on “diversity rather than unity”, insists its organiser Sherman Lee, but does it risk homogenising Chinese art into a timeline?
ArchiveCollectors
Collector interview: Yonfan offers a tribute to the Princess of Wales from Hong Kong to Paris
Photographer and film director Yonfan has given eight Chinese paintings to the Musée Guimet in Paris
ArchiveCollectors
Collector profile: David Tang, the Jay Gatsby of Hong Kong?
David Tang mixes modern Chinese art with the smartest, retro-style club in Hong Kong and his own frantic life-style
ArchiveCollectors
Major Hong Kong collector, T.T. Tsui to sell his outstanding collection
His motivations to sell remain unclear
ArchiveArt market
A growing and buoyant Chinese art market suggests “No one should underestimate the strength of the Chinese diaspora”
1996 saw high prices and new records with the Chinese determining the shape and make up of future sales
ArchiveArt market
Shanghai is taking to meishu, for the first time an art scene is emerging in China’s most commercial city
With the Shanghai Museum expanding this month, a modern art museum planned for two years hence and a dozen serious commercial galleries likely in 1997
ArchiveAntiquities & Archaeology
This year’s top discoveries, as published in the State Cultural Relics Bureau’s weekly newspaper, plus the top ten projects of the past five years
The red-letter roll call of recent Chinese archaeology
ArchiveArt market
Chinese privatise their auction scene
Rapid advances as new companies model their catalogues and conditions of sale on Western models
ArchiveAntiquities & Archaeology
As economic development lays bare China's archaeological heritage, the government struggles to keep up with protecting the past
The Three Gorges dam and a number of smuggling stories highlight the difficulty of preserving the country's heritage
ArchiveArt market
Singapore’s new art auction market has an impressive turnover of more than $10 million after only five sales
A ten-fold increase in turnover on 1993
ArchiveMuseums
Taiwan round-up: Belgian Expressionists, Warhol and a new museum in Kaohsiung
Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts opens a year ahead of schedule
ArchiveVictoria & Albert Museum
A gallery with a new vision of Chinese art opens at the V&A this month
Daring to say “This is rare and beautiful” in new V&A Chinese gallery
CommentChina
'We cannot build a truly globalised art world without China'
Artistic exchange has been vital to the mutual understanding between China and the West, says Karen Smith, the director of OCAT Contemporary Art Terminal, Xi’an, China
Karen Smith