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For international galleries, challenges remain in conducting cross-border art transactions, particularly with respect to exchange control and the tax burden inflicted by the Chinese government.
Andrew Hare, an East Asian painting conservator at the Freer, explains: "To appreciate a Chinese painting, you would have to, for example, unroll a scroll, and roll it back up.
A 20-metre scroll painting depicting an inspection tour of China by Emperor Kangxi was cut into seven pieces in France last century. Two auction-goers bought the pieces, and the work will be shown ...
HONG KONG (AP) — A Chinese painting from 1924 is expected to fetch at least $45 million in an auction in Hong Kong, as collectors' appetite for art continues to rise even amid economic ...
Bonhams unrolled yet another surprise million-dollar-plus Chinese artwork at its sale of Asian art in Sydney, with a scroll painting that had a pre-sale estimate of a mere $3000 to $5000, selling ...
Over 100 masterworks by 59 artists spanning the Ming and Qing dynasties are on view at China Institute Gallery in New York. Zhu Da (1626–1705), “Flowers on a River” (1697), hand scroll; ink ...
Enhancing The Huntington’s American, Chinese and European art collections are newly added works by Richmond Barthé, Antoine-François Callet, Helen Pashgian, Gu Qiao and others.
A museum curator’s new book, “Images of Her in Ancient China,” explores the various ways women have been depicted in art throughout Chinese history.
HONG KONG--A Chinese painting from 1924 is expected to fetch at least $45 million in an auction in Hong Kong, as collectors’ appetite for art continues to rise even amid economic uncertainty ...