The world's leading art dealer, Christie's, has held its first auction in Shanghai. Christie's is the first international auction house licensed to operate independently on the Chinese mainland. 43 art works went under the hammer on Thursday, fetching ...full story

Shanghai is not a city that is big on preservation. What little remains of its once dense, pre-war architecture has been mostly renovated beyond recognition. An exception, however, is the 1929 Shanghai Bank Union Building on 59 Xianggang Lu (Hong Kong ...full story

Rebecca Catching, director of OV Gallery in Shanghai, said art bought at auction is a major status symbol for wealthy Chinese because everyone will know how much they paid for it. "If their friends question their taste they can say, 'Well, it was sold ...full story

Christie's has become the first international fine art auction company to be granted a license to operate independently in Mainland China, and will hold auctions in Shanghai this autumn. In addition to fine art auctions, we will also bring exhibitions ...full story

Christie's International, which this week holds its first mainland China auction, said Shanghai's free-trade zone will allow it to import more works of art for sale into the country. “We are working with the free-trade zone in any way they see fit and ...full story

Leica Camera is linking up with the Amazing Shanghai art exhibit, held at 30 Rockefeller Center in New York, exhibiting a 360-degree panoramic image of the Shanghai skyline shot by the S System camera. Amazing Shanghai, open Sept. 16-21, brings ...full story

Though Chinese collectors' favorite auction categories have traditionally been art and antiques from their home country, Christie's China managing director Cai Jinqing said that the auction house has begun to see “more interest among Chinese in Western ...full story

On 26th September, Christie's first auction in mainland China is to take place at Shanghai's Jing An Shangri-La Hotel. Featuring 42 works with a total estimated value of RMB 100 million / USD 16 million, the sale is to be the first hosted by a foreign ...full story

Shanghai is the focus of two parallel exhibitions. The exhibition entitled Shanghai Life Photo Exhibition reveals the Chinese city to the general public in Hungary through a series of photographs. The black-and-white images provide a glimpse into the ...full story

The art shown at the fair has been selected by a panel of experts in contemporary art, including Bao Yifeng, collector and supporter of emerging arts, Shen Qibin, founding curator of Shanghai Himalayas Museum, and artist Xu Zhen, whose works have been ...full story