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-	Chinese Art Is as Hot in the East as It Is in the West
	"Tiananmen Square," by Zhang Xiaogang, recently sold for just over US$2.3 million. With prices for Chinese contemporary art soaring, Christie's opened its week of art auctions in Hong Kong by realizing a record-breaking $67.9 million in its sales of Asian contemporary and Chinese 20th-century art.
-	'Van Gogh Grandmother' Popular Online
	Three years ago, a 73-year-old illiterate woman named Chang Xiufeng learned to paint by trying out her granddaughter's crayons. Chang's son was amazed by his mother's talent, and posted her painting on the Internet. Chang then got more and more popular on net and was then nicknamed the "Van Gogh Grandmother" by Netizens.
-	Slave and Lion Sets Record High at HK Auction
	Slave and Lion, a painting by famous Chinese artist Xu Beihong, was auctioned in Hong Kong Sunday at HK$53.9 million (US$6.9 million), a record high price compared with prices fetched by Chinese artists' paintings worldwide.
-	Project Hope Photo Sets High Hopes at 1st Photo Auction
	Big Eyes, Project Hope's iconic photograph set the highest price at China's first photography auction, where over130 photographs were sold in Beijing on Thursday. Bidding on the 51 cm by 34.8 cm photograph by Xie Hailong opened at 240,000 yuan (US$30,000) before finally selling for 308,000 yuan (US$38,500).
-	World Record Going, Going, Gone at Beijing Poly Auction
	A new world record price for Chinese contemporary art was set by an oil painting that made by avant-garde Chinese artist Liu Xiaodong, which sold for 22 million yuan (US$2.75 million) at the Beijing Poly Auction on Tuesday. The previous record was set by a canvas of Chinese artist Chen Danqing which was sold for US$1.47 million.
-	Beauty in the Eye of the Beholder
	Chinese artist Liu Xiaodong's oil painting "New Immigrants at the Three Gorges" (Sanxia Xin Yimin) set a new record at the Auction of Contemporary Chinese Artworks when it sold for 22 million yuan (US$2.70 million).
-	Precious Relics from Hubei on Show in Beijing
	Precious relics excavated in central China's Hubei Province went on show at the Chinese National Museum in Beijing on Tuesday.
-	Medieval Italy on Show in Shanghai
	Shanghai residents will have a rare opportunity to learn about the military history, art and culture of Italy at the Ancient Italian Armor and Weapons exhibition. Showcasing 57 martial artifacts from the collection of Angelo Marzoli from Brescia, the exhibition includes suits of armor, halberds and fire arms.
-	Chinese Art Exhibition Marks Macao Handover
	An exhibition of Chinese calligraphy and painting was launched here on Tuesday to mark the 7th anniversary of the region's return to the motherland. The art show is to display the patriotism of Macao's artists.
-	'Bathing Women' Pioneer Honoured
	Pan Yuliang, renowned for her own self-portraits and pictures of bathing women, who was condemned as "depraved" in the 1930-40 by conservative officials and art critics in China, now gains her reputation -- a female pioneer painter of western painting.
-	Special Olympics Honored With Painting Exhibition
	AstraZeneca Pharmaceutical. Co. Ltd. and Shanghai Luwan Special School jointly announced last weekend the opening of a painting exhibition in Xin Tian Di by special school students. The two parties also announced the finalists for the second Maple Prize - AstraZeneca Fund for Special Education.
-	Independent Women Create Visions of Uncertainty
	It's hard to know which is scariest the tattered horde of headless zombies or the creepy white women floating over the overgrown field.
-	Sowing Seeds of Desire
	Cai Yongshun, 19, made the 30-hour plus train journey to Beijing from Southwest China's Guizhou Province only two months ago and was excited about his first visit to the National Art Museum of China this week.
-	African Exhibitions Open in Beijing
	Two African exhibitions, one focusing on art and the other on currencies and stamps, have opened in Beijing at the National Museum of This coincides with the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation and attracted more than 200 senior officials from African countries.
-	Classical Chinese Farmer Images Gathering
	Deep wrinkled faces, unpretentious smiles and aging eyes will be the focus of the large-scale painting exhibition themed "Farmer" that begins Wednesday afternoon at the China Museum of Art.

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