Monthly Archives: December 2014
China’s strong position in Global Art Market
China is currently strengthening its position in the international art market due to favourable economic conditions and has all it takes to become the world leader in art sales, according to a senior research person at the China academy of … Continue reading
2014 in review
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2014 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: A San Francisco cable car holds 60 people. This blog was viewed about 2,200 times in 2014. If it were a cable car, it … Continue reading
Auction Record for Chinese Artwork
A Chinese collector bought a Ming Dynasty Silk wall hanging for USD 45 million at Christies auction in HK last November, setting a record for a Chinese artwork sold at international auction. Mr. Liu Yiqian, a Shanghai-based billionaire financier agreed … Continue reading
Green Dog by Zhou Chunya
Green and red are strong Christmas colours but the Chinese artist Zhou Chunya has been famous for his green dogs over the years. It has become his trade mark and is a stalwart in the iron hot Chinese contemporary market. … Continue reading
Photo Shanghai art fair
Private museums and art fairs are increasing their presence in China with rapid pace to show and educate the Chinese audience of the emerging Chinese and foreign art and exhibit the creative mind of many artists. The early days of … Continue reading
F Grass by Ai Weiwei
An art installation by Ai Weiwei is unveiled at Harbour Green Park in Vancouver recently. The work is horizontal and called F Grass. Made by cast iron and cover 13.5 square meters and comprised of hundreds of metal blades of … Continue reading
Seeing the Unseen
During Art Basel: Miami the art scene in Florida reaches its peak with many shows and museum exhibitions. This exhibition the Ringling in Sarasota covers contemporary Chinese Photography and Video. Artists we covered before in this blog like Liu Bolin … Continue reading