The art centre, designed by Ole Scheeren, is the first purpose-built for auctions in the country and will open this spring

Foto Lianzhou festival paves the way for city’s permanent venue devoted to the medium

Baolong Art Museum is backed by the collector Xu Jiankang

Exhibition opening in November will explore grassroots communities

Yoshitomo Nara show to inaugurate the new gallery during the week of Art Basel in Hong Kong

Set of 12 ink panels by traditional master sell to Chinese buyer at Poly Auction Beijing for RMB931.5m

Hua Yong was arrested after posting images of government crackdown

Embargo was enforced after South Korea installed air-defence system amid tensions with North Korea

Design Society in Shenzhen, steered by London’s Victoria and Albert Museum, unveils four galleries this month, with two to follow in 2018

Collaboration with Greenpeace documents logging in Cameroon and the Democratic Republic of the Congo

How the art sale of the century happened, with Judd Tully, our man in the salesroom. Plus, a new museum in Indonesia

Art021 and West Bund Art & Design fairs open as galleries, fairs and museums move in on city's fast-growing art scene

Collector founds Museum Macan to fill gap in country's cultural infrastructure

Leading Beijing museum had been on the market since June 2016

At HK$294.3m, the Ru ware piece set a record for a Chinese ceramic at Sotheby's during Hong Kong's busy autumn auction and fair series

The story behind Pacific Standard Time in Los Angeles; Ming Wong on the historic queer art show in Taipei. Plus: an exclusive audio work by Zardulu the Mythmaker

The 12th Fine Art Asia fair will be held at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre from 30 September-3 October

Zheng Hao's How Art Museum shares works with his 'art hotel'

New laws are needed for private museums to outlive their founders, collector says

Exhibition marks country's May ruling setting stage to legalise gay marriage

Founder of fashion brand Shanghai Tang displayed pieces from his collection in his clubs and restaurants

Reproductions replace two works in his solo show, China Party, that were banned for import

Dissident activist and Nobel laureate was last sentenced to 11 years in prison in 2009 and died in custody

Feline-themed group is providing a talking point for artists, curators and administrators

German artist has called for show to be cancelled because he says he never gave his consent

Crashed spaceships and Theory Opera performances help provocative show deal with the uncertainties of a Trump world

Biennials in country’s Muslim-majority regions coincide with cultural exchange with Qatar

As Shanghai Biennale, two art fairs and scores of exhibitions open, Sun Xun's video work shut down<br>

An exhibition Rockbund Art Museum eschews a heavy-handed curatorial approach, but also avoids discussing the artist’s homosexuality and the Aids crisis that directly informed his works