China Artists Association has brought 40 of its best paintings to Cote d’Ivoire in its bid to "Step into West Africa".
The preview of the Est-Ouest Auctions' 2013 spring season auction opened in Hong Kong, May 20, 2013.
When the wind blew into his studio in 1963 and flipped one of his sketches over onto the floor, it turned a new page for Liu Kuo-sung's painting career.
The Orchid Pavilion is famous for A Preface to the Orchid Pavilion Poems, written by Wang Xishi. Today, it remains a popular venue for festivals celebrating the art of fine calligraphy.
An eccentric tycoon has founded one of the country's largest private museums with the only halls dedicated to the 'cultural revolution' (1966-76) and Kuomintang.
The spring auctions ended on a record-shattering high as Christie's contemporary art sale achieved the highest - $495 million - in the history of art auctions.
Visitors watch items during the preview of Christie's spring season auction in South China's Hong Kong, May 16, 2013.
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A 1968 oil painting by German artist Gerhard Richter sold for some $37 million at Sotheby's contemporary art auction on Tuesday, a new record for a work by a living artist.
A total of 2.571 billion yuan was realized in the first of this year's Spring Auctions at China Guardian on May 14.
Although China has a long tradition of ink painting, the medium was branded as feudal elitist during the "cultural revolution".Auction items on display
painting exhibition
Since returning from the former Soviet Union, New China's first generation of fine art students abroad had never had a group exhibition, until now.
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