A Chinese Painter’s New Struggle: To Meet Demand – David Barboza
From the New York Times: Mr. Zhang, 47, is one of China’s best-known artists. For years, his works – like those of other avant-garde artists of his generation – could not be exhibited in China, often...
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Zhang Xiaogang and Yue Minjun Lead Sotheby’s Asian Art Sale – Katya Kazakina
From Bloomberg: When the bidding for an 8-foot-wide painting by Chinese artist Yue MinjunÔºàÂ≤≥ÊïèÂêõÔºâ reached $1 million yesterday at Sotheby’s, whistles rang through the quiet New York salesroom....
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Interview with Zhang Xiaogang on Talk Asia – CNN
Anjali Rao from CNN interviewed Zhang Xiaogang, the well-known contemporary Chinese artist whose works “sell for million of dollars around the world.” Below is an excerpt: Anjali Rao: Your works were...
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China is Coming – Rufus Foshee
From Knox County Times: Keeping pace in modern technology has prevented contemporary Chinese artists from dying before the West learned of them.No wonder the stock market is lagging, and the money is...
View ArticleSales at Auction of Chinese Art Exceed Estimate
The New York Times reports on a record-breaking sale at an art auction in Hong Kong: More than 100 works from the Estella Collection, which Sotheby’s has called the largest and most important trove of...
View ArticleZhang Xiaogang: A Contemporary Chinese Symbolist
From CCTV.com: Zhang Xiaogang is a contemporary Chinese symbolist and surrealist painter. He joined a group of young avant-garde artists who came to international prominence during the 1980s. Zhang was...
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How China is Using Art (and Artists) to Sell Itself to the World
From the Toronto Star: From dissident outcast to culture industry lynchpin in 10 short years: welcome to the New China, version 2.0. Thirty years ago, Deng Xiaoping started China’s economic miracle,...
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