China

Shanghaiarchive

“Art spies” said to be on look out for non-approved events

Conflict between government and arts organisers at Shanghai World Expo

Lawarchive

Collector and dealer Zhang Rui arrested

No access to lawyers, claims source

Newsarchive

Terracotta warriors survive Chile earthquake

A group of the soldiers were on loan to the La Moneda Palace in Santiago

Newsarchive

Ai Weiwei assaulted

He was prevented from testifying in defence of activist Tan Zuoren

Collectorsarchive

Meet China’s top collector of contemporary art

Guan Yi tells us about his plans to open a museum and sculpture park on a 16.5-acre plot of land in Beijing

Andy Warhol’s $28m “Athletes” in Chinese capital for the Games

The series will go on show at the Faurscho gallery in Beijing

New media exhibition as the "the coming of age show" for the National Museum of China

The country’s first major survey of new media took place in June—with a little help from MoMA, Tate, and several others

Collectorsarchive

We talk to Zhang Hao Ming, part-owner of Beijing’s Art Now gallery which took part in Art Basel for the first time in June

Telecoms millionaire, restaurateur, hotelier, reality TV producer, gallery owner and collector

Chinaarchive

Contemporary art chosen for new US embassy chosen “to connect” to China

The new embassy in Beijing, opening in August, will include art by Jeff Koons, Cai Guo-Qiang, Louise Bourgeois, Robert Rauschenberg, and others

Newsarchive

Terracotta warriors on display in Hamburg deemed fake by Chinese authorities

Problems with their export and provenance seem to indicate the warriors are not quite what they seem

Design Miami plans global expansion

The fair, now backed by Art Basel’s owners, targets China

Newsarchive

British Museum exhibition fees to fund expansion of terracotta warriors’ site

Visitor numbers are expected to rise to 3 million this year

Art marketarchive

Chinese buyers thin on the ground at first Shanghai art fair: ShContemporary in review

Nevertheless, dealers predict this will change as excitement surrounds international event

Collectorsarchive

1.3 billion Chinese people, but still not many substantial collectors of Chinese contemporary art

Here are the best known: one Swiss, one Chinese, one Belgian, three American and one British

Rothko exhibition for China and South Korea

The travelling exhibition will be the first major show on the artist in either country

Chinaarchive

The great Chinese gold rush: Chinese art scene continues to blossom

Tate’s director of collections has visited China twice this year and MoMA trustees are also on their way

Art marketarchive

Increased Chinese involvement at Art Basel is proof of China's contemporary art market expanding

Influential forces in the Western art world are courting potential Chinese buyers, but this market is far from mature

Art marketarchive

China requests US impose embargo on Chinese art

China holds the US responsible for pillaging, however US cannot solve China's problems

Chinaarchive

A turn of the tides: Art is flowing back to China as the Chinese market grows

Overseas collectors are shipping work to China for sale in the growing number of auction houses

Art marketarchive

China opens doors to foreign auction houses

What does this mean for auction houses and the growing number of buyers?

Art marketarchive

Hong Kong sales report: imperial wares are top, even the vulgar

While an historic collection of Northern Song letters goes unsold

Art marketarchive

A tour of the Shanghai and Beijing galleries

China’s economy may be faltering, but the Shanghai and Beijing contemporary art markets have expanded significantly since the Asian economic crisis last year

Art marketarchive

Greater China resists the economic flu

In market competition between Hong Kong, Shanghai, Taipei and Singapore, Hong Kong still comes top, with Taiwan second