Breakthrough by Chinese shakes up contemporary art market

Voici un article du Herald Tribune datant du 19 octobre 2007 : Sotheby's et Christie's réalisent des ventes exceptionnelles sur le marché de l'art contemporain chinois...


By Souren Melikian

Published: October 19, 2007

             LONDON: The sales of contemporary art at Sotheby's on Oct. 12 and at Christie's last Sunday may come to be hailed as the historic events that sealed the entry of high-powered political dissent against totalitarian regimes into the world of art auctions.

Recent art sales included Fang Lijun's "Untitled" picture, which brought £782,100.

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