Falling sales paint a bleak picture for China's art market
2013-03-29 10:43:36
Spring has yet to warm the hearts of China's auctioneers. Instead, a chill wind is blowing through the art market.
Sotheby's Asian art sale moves into new territory
2013-03-29 09:52:27
Sotheby's is hosting its first public exhibition of Asian art with fixed sale prices at its New York headquarters, and more than half the 45 contemporary water-ink paintings by 14 Chinese artists have sold.
Cornering the market
2013-03-29 09:18:17
Auction houses are opening galleries and organizing exhibitions and lectures to improve private sales, in an attempt to enhance their traditional business model.
Reinvigorating ink painting
2013-03-29 07:45:52
Although China has a long tradition of ink painting, the medium was branded as feudal elitist during the "cultural revolution" (1966-76), and shunned in favor of Western-style Social Realist oil painting techniques.
Chinese fine art feels the pinch
2013-03-29 07:45:52
The Chinese fine art market has run out of steam after three years of phenomenal growth, with sales at auction plummeting sharply in 2012.
Fighting spirit
2013-03-28 10:16:49
A tai chi master has struggled to promote the martial art overseas and has won more than 300,000 disciples in 40 countries.
An artistic autodidact
Wood artist sees the trees from the forest
2013-03-28 09:41:05
Would an artist prefer to have his creation exhibited in the museum, and admired by thousands, or kept by one person.Star talk series: Stan Lai, dream weaver
Ci Xi's China
2013-03-28 07:40:46
For 47 years from 1861 and 1908, she ruled China. Her power was envied, and in the seemingly unshakable tradition of male rule, the Empress Dowager Ci Xi of the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) was legendary, variously described as a combination of ambition, beauty and cold-blooded cunning.
