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

The Longlati Foundation in Shanghai and the Macalline Art Center and Fen Sonic HQ in Beijing put curation at the forefront

The 2,400-year-old remains of tea leaves were discovered in a royal tomb in Shandong province

The latest China Art & Wealth White Paper found that domestic annual sales dropped by 20% to $6.2bn last year, due to Covid-19 controls, but recovered quickly later in the year

Luxury fashion house withdraws image from exhibition after online campaign accuses artist of reinforcing stereotypes

A London panel has assembled the largest cache of evidence on the concentration camps in Xinjiang, but museums will not say if they have examined it

Prayer was one of five paintings by the Chinese artist “entrusted by an important institution” to the state-owned Poly Auction

The real-estate tycoon, a key patron of Zeng, has not been seen since she was "disappeared"—the painting, Prayer, is now described by Poly auctions as "entrusted by an important institution"

Dealers are eagerly filling curatorial gaps in new museums with shows for their artists, but does the market hold too much sway?

The Holocaust Memorial Museum’s report is a rare, unequivocal indictment of Chinese government practices from the cultural sector

The city's two flagship fairs, Art021 and the West Bund Art & Design Fair, saw a rise in budding collectors interested in younger and more diverse artists

This world-class institution is a magnificent achievement, but it faces a profoundly different political environment today from its inception 25 years ago

Chinese political cartoonist Badiucao has been accused of "spreading anti-Chinese lies" in his works

The travel restrictions—and political encouragement—have driven increasing domestic demand for cultural travel experiences in China, prompting concerns over preservation