Chinese artists capitalize on avant-garde boom
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DAFEN, China  - It only takes two days for Chen Quan to crank out a reproduction of a Yue Minjun.
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Yixing ware is the focus of a small but fascinating exhibition at the China Institute gallery.
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What began as a grass-roots experiment to beautify unsightly traffic-signal boxes around Stamford, Conn., has become an unexpectedly impressive public art collection.
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Three notable exhibitions on the Upper East Side pivot around Minimalism, one of modern artâs most enduringly popular styles.
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The China Instituteâs show offers an abundance of images that confuse, contradict or entirely depart from accepted art historical categories or classical notions of beauty.
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Inspired in part by "American Idol," Chinese talent shows have captivated millions of viewers in the past two years &#151; and unnerved some Chinese officials.
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Some mutual funds invest in stocks;  others invest in bonds. Now a new breed of funds is offering  the chance to own fine art.
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A financial portal is born in China.
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The renewed appetite for art as an investment is drawing attention to a small number of scholars who have been applying economics to this new asset class.
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For years their work could not be exhibited in China, but now the countryâs leading contemporary artists are being courted by major art collectors abroad and a local government in Sichuan Province is taking notice.
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A new generation of affluent parents in China are trying to cement their childrenÂs place in a fast-emerging elite.
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Zhang Jianhuaâs temerity in representing Chinese coal miners through life-size sculpture has earned his work what might be called a soft ban.
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Life & style: Britain's design talent is relying on cheap prices and an influx of new buyers from China and India
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Very few artists thrive in a vacuum. They tend to gather in bands of like-minded individuals, many of whom are also artists.
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Peter Max, the artist whose psychedelic style embodied the wild spirit of the 1960s, still is amazed and bemused by the impact of his works.
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Bergdorf Goodman is adding cultural value to the shopping experience with its Collage Project, by putting young artists on display.
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Being naturally creative, artists often excel at more than just making art. In some cases they so excel that they double up or even switch professions.