... of Czech artists to visit Beijing. Sklenar took an instant liking to Chinese culture and history, and continued to create works featuring the country. An ensemble showing of Sklenar's works opened at the National Art Museum of China on Saturday. ... full story
At the same auction last year, a 1995 Zhang painting sold for HK$47.4 million, a record for the artist. “They are more reasonably priced,” said Sandra Walters, a Hong Kong-based collector who runs a namesake art-consulting company. ... full story
"Contemporary Ink Art Evolution," organized by Ping Jie, curator of the REC Foundation in New York, has already appeared in a larger version at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Beijing, and RAAB Galerie, Berlin. The show will continue its tour at the ... full story
Another £5 million was spent to make it safe Eating babies Channel 4 showed the controversial documentary Beijing Swings in 2002. It depicted Zhu Yu eating a baby’s body and a couple smearing the dead bodies of Siamese twins with their blood. full story
By Le-Min Lim April 6 (Bloomberg) -- A work by I Nyoman Masriadi was the top lot yesterday in Sotheby’s Hong Kong auction -- at a price that was a fifth of the record for the artist set last year. Art dealers said demand was being held back by economic ... full story
Instead, just like Beijing Poly, Deng said more low-price art works were the key to good sales and high participation from buyers. "Judging from the situation in the first three months of this year, the art market will not collapse at all," Kou said. ... full story
Artists' copyrights are being increasingly valued in China and an exhibition promoting authentic artwork is now running at the Beijing Jing Guang Center. It's the first exhibition of its kind organized by the China International Copyright Trade Center. ... full story
By Cathy Rose A. Garcia While most high-end hotels are usually decorated with unobtrusive, not-so-memorable art pieces, The Opposite House in Beijing boasts of a collection of Chinese artworks revolving around the theme of fashion and design. ... full story
By Ralph Jennings TAIPEI (Reuters) - Chinese tourists eager to see art treasures heisted from China decades ago have swamped a famed Taiwan museum, forcing it to deploy crowd-control measures and fuelling a huge expansion. As many as 15000 visitors per ... full story
By Noah Buchan In 1984, the newly opened Taipei Fine Arts Museum (TFAM) caused an uproar in Taiwan’s art community when its acting director Su Jui-ping (蘇瑞屏) had Lee Tsai-chien’s (李再鈐) Finite to Infinite (低限的無限) painted gray without the ... full story
