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
The new Hong Kong museum attracted more than 2 million people in its first full year
For much of 2022, Chinese cities were either in lockdown or braced for one
The burgeoning growth of the East Asian market pushes up prices for the artist’s work
The art fair will have 177 galleries this year, compared with 134 in 2022, but still fewer than before the pandemic
The white-paper revolution echoes art history, recalling Robert Ryman and the Philippines-based artist Kiri Dalena
Shanghai Art021, which was dramatically shut in November because of a single Covid case, is staging a two-location pop-up this month
Enquiry prompted over wave of accusations at a major Beijing arts school
Collectors were fewer and more local, but the moderate success of some galleries attests to the city’s enduring commercial cache
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
An "ideological tightening" is spreading through the country as its leader begins a norms-defying third five-year term
Event's founders says the decision was made to "effectively protect the health and public health safety of the exhibitors"
Week-long hotel quarantines are still required of all international and Hong Kong arrivals to the mainland, deterring all but the most determined dealers
Joint venture announced amid declining sales figures at Chinese auction house
Sale marks a significant loss for Bouvier, who paid $70m to build the state-of-the-art facility in 2010
Show of works by 48 artists, from Bernini to Chagall, is first in a five-year programme worth €6m to the Florence museum
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
The Guangdong Times Museum in Guangzhou will shut its exhibition space on 9 October
Adrian Cheng's newest development K11 ECOAST is scheduled to open in 2024
New report reveals that 77% of galleries had lower sales this year compared to last, while several art fairs were cancelled
The directors of the Hong Kong Palace Museum and Taipei Performing Arts Center both state that they are free of censorship
Gao Jie has created a series of expressive drawings showing the chaos of daily life under draconian restrictions
The Chinese government's hardline approach has drawn comparisons with the Maoist era
Plus, Winslow Homer at the Met and China's Russia problem
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
Suspension of loans from state-run Musée Matisse le Cateau-Cambrésis for Beijing exhibition shocks Chinese art world
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
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
Collectors can write their own message about China’s regime onto the blockchain
Collaborative research by major German institutions may expose huge amounts of Chinese objects taken during Boxer Rebellion