China
Sotheby's veteran Kevin Ching joins Christie's as chairman of Asia
Ching will be based in Hong Kong and starts the new role on Wednesday
Pillar of Shame sculpture seized by police in Hong Kong
Work commemorating Tiananmen Square tragedy is confiscated as part of "incitement to subversion" case
Asia Week New York bounces back from Covid-19 restrictions with $131m in sales
A print of the "Great Wave" by Hokusai sold for a record-breaking $2.8m at Christie’s during the series of exhibitions and auctions
M+ becomes one of the most-popular art museums in Asia, despite Covid closures
The new Hong Kong museum attracted more than 2 million people in its first full year
Will China’s museums still come out on top despite harsh Covid rules?
For much of 2022, Chinese cities were either in lockdown or braced for one
Half of Van Gogh’s most expensive paintings have sold to Chinese collectors
The burgeoning growth of the East Asian market pushes up prices for the artist’s work
Art Basel in Hong Kong bounces back as Covid restrictions lifted
The art fair will have 177 galleries this year, compared with 134 in 2022, but still fewer than before the pandemic
As 2023 dawns, the blank A4 sheet—brandished by protestors in China—is a potent political and artistic symbol
The white-paper revolution echoes art history, recalling Robert Ryman and the Philippines-based artist Kiri Dalena
China’s art fairs get unexpected end-of-year boost as Covid-19 restrictions ease
Shanghai Art021, which was dramatically shut in November because of a single Covid case, is staging a two-location pop-up this month
Chinese government investigates sexual assault claims in art institutions
Enquiry prompted over wave of accusations at a major Beijing arts school
Despite Shanghai fairs Art021 and West Bund shutting early due to Covid concerns, dealers report decent sales
Collectors were fewer and more local, but the moderate success of some galleries attests to the city’s enduring commercial cache
Trove of terracotta figurines discovered in ancient Chinese tomb
An archaeological team from the Datong Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology has unearthed a trove of well-preserved figures that provide a glimpse at life in the region 1,500 years ago
‘Walls close in’ on China's art world as President Xi Jinping lays out cultural agenda
An "ideological tightening" is spreading through the country as its leader begins a norms-defying third five-year term
Shanghai's Art021 fair closes after just one day, apparently due to a single positive Covid-19 case
Event's founders says the decision was made to "effectively protect the health and public health safety of the exhibitors"
Shanghai looks to West Bund and Art021 fairs for economic boost as fresh lockdowns leave buyers cautious
Week-long hotel quarantines are still required of all international and Hong Kong arrivals to the mainland, deterring all but the most determined dealers
Phillips partners with Beijing auction house Yongle for series of joint sales
Joint venture announced amid declining sales figures at Chinese auction house
Swiss art dealer Yves Bouvier sells Singapore freeport to Chinese crypto billionaire Jihan Wu for a reported $28.4m
Sale marks a significant loss for Bouvier, who paid $70m to build the state-of-the-art facility in 2010
Uffizi loan of self-portraits to the Bund One Art Museum opens ten-exhibition series in Shanghai
Show of works by 48 artists, from Bernini to Chagall, is first in a five-year programme worth €6m to the Florence museum
Which East Asian city will become the region's next market hub?
While Seoul is now the main contender to take Hong Kong's prime position, Tokyo and Taipei also present attractive prospects for the art trade
One of China’s oldest private art museums to close as Covid lockdowns lead to economic slump
The Guangdong Times Museum in Guangzhou will shut its exhibition space on 9 October
Hong Kong billionaire to build $1.4bn cultural complex on the coast of China's Shenzhen
Adrian Cheng's newest development K11 ECOAST is scheduled to open in 2024
China’s zero Covid restrictions have had significant impact on country’s commercial art scene
New report reveals that 77% of galleries had lower sales this year compared to last, while several art fairs were cancelled
New venues open in Hong Kong and Taiwan amid tense relations with China
The directors of the Hong Kong Palace Museum and Taipei Performing Arts Center both state that they are free of censorship
Animal abuse and endless Covid tests: Chinese artist documents the ‘absurdities and violence’ of Shanghai’s lockdown
Gao Jie has created a series of expressive drawings showing the chaos of daily life under draconian restrictions
Angry and disillusioned: Shanghai art workers speak out about life under strict lockdown
The Chinese government's hardline approach has drawn comparisons with the Maoist era
Photographer Edward Burtynsky on his Ukrainian heritage and our 'predator species running amok'
Plus, Winslow Homer at the Met and China's Russia problem
China cracks down on sale of stolen antiquities and archives
Following a 16-year-long case, involving stolen national treasures offered at auction in 2020, experts say more resources are needed to help people avoid unwittingly selling looted items
China's Russia problem: will more international exhibitions be cancelled due to the countries' close ties?
Suspension of loans from state-run Musée Matisse le Cateau-Cambrésis for Beijing exhibition shocks Chinese art world
A brush with... Ai Weiwei
An in-depth interview with the artist on his cultural experiences and greatest influences, from Marcel Duchamp to ancient Chinese ceramics—and why Romanticism is not for him
From Taiwanese white goods entrepreneurs to the Nanking shipwreck cargo: Colin Sheaf on the meteoric growth of the Asian auction world
As the Chinese art specialist steps back at Bonhams, he reflects on 50 years in the auction world as it went from provincial to global