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Christie's International PLC, one of the two largest global auction houses for fine arts, said it will become the first international auction company to operate on the Chinese mainland without a local partner.
Cosmetics billionaire Leonard Lauder has given New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art an astonishing, no-strings-attached collection of Cubist art that he assembled over four decades.
Taiwan comedian Chen Handian and TV host and dancer Ou Hansheng will be the judges for Hot Dance Era, a TV dancing competition, which will kick off its preliminary selection in June.
Artprice.com's annual art market report lists top 10 artists according to the annual revenues their works have achieved at auction.
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A ruby-ground falangcai bowl made during the reign of Qing Emperor Kangxi (1661-1722) fetched HK$74 million ($9.5 million) at the Sotheby's spring sales auction in Hong Kong on April 8.
A 1962 painting by artist Francis Bacon of his lover Peter Lacy is expected to sell for as much as $40 million when it is auctioned in New York next month, Sotheby's said on Monday.
An 18-year-old opera performer represents both the past and future of traditional Chinese opera.
On April 10, the 8th annual Croisements Festival will commence at the French embassy in Beijing with a press conference to launch the event.
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Works displayed at the National Chinese Painting Academic Exhibition.
Wang Liang became the first Chinese-born principal oboist of the New York Philharmonic after being enamored by the oboe for 20 years.Dalston boys
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