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-	Farmers Reaping Artists Rewards
	A 10 million yuan (US$1.25 million) fund has been set up for farmer-painters in Shanghai's Jinshan District. The Jinshan district government and the Shanghai Cultural Development Foundation jointly set up the fund to encourage and promote the rural painters, who were showing off their works at a three-day exhibition held at the Bund 18 Creative Centre last week.
-	Painting Carried on Shenzhou VI Sold at 55 Mln Yuan
	A painting entitled "The Long March of Ten Thousand Miles," carried into space by the Shenzhou VI manned spaceflight was auctioned for 55 million yuan, about US$7 million, on Wednesday.
-	Watercolors Make a Splash
	Chinese watercolorist Guan Weixin recently held a solo exhibition in North America and his works sold for between US$30,000-US$50,000 each piece, as the artist from Northeast China's Jilin Province claimed. Although money may not be an important criterion in judging the success of art, it does reflect the popularity of the art genre.
-	Million-dollar Masterpieces Go Under the Hammer
	A hanging scroll by landscape ink master Fu Baoshi (1904-65) is expected to attract bids of up to 12 million yuan (US$1.5 million) at an art auction in Beijing today.
-	Village Offers Soil And Sunlight for Budding New Artists
	The village of Suojiacun, which is emerging as an art colony in Beijing, has seen the opening of another new gallery. The PIFO New Art Space, a gallery promoting vanguard arts, is having its premiere exhibition until November 6.
-	Ideas That Are Out of This World
	Historians of the future may call today's Big Bang-like explosion of digital technology and cyber cultures as the beginning of humanity's first global renaissance.
-	Experience the Forbidden City Via Old Photos
	An exhibition titled "Impression of the Forbidden City International Photography Exhibition" is under way at the Forbidden City. A total of 300 photos record the people and culture, scenery, architecture and history of the Forbidden City.
-	Unique Skin Painting in Guilin
	With tree bark, pig's skin and ox's skin, Shen Yunxiang, a girl in Guilin, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, can make some beautiful oil paintings.
-	Painting a Rosy Picture of Future for Cartoon Sector
	China's cartoon industry is expected to see fast growth in the next few years with more policy support, investment and co-operation with other countries.
-	Picasso Leads Parade to Win Back Mainland Collectors
	When works of master Impressionists first travelled to Beijing and Shanghai in a major show in 2004, local audiences were so large that visitors often had to stand on their toes and glance over the shoulders of the dozens of people swarming around a Claude Monet picture.
-	Sunshine in the Shadows Across Asia
	The "Asian Wonders ASEAN Art Exhibition" was opened this week at the Yanhuang Art Gallery in northern Beijing. On display were more than 500 authentic and exquisite traditional treasures, including elaborately patterned textiles, dazzling metal ornaments, wood carvings, and lacquer and pottery wares, of all the 10 ASEAN members.
-	From the Brushes of Babes
	Xiong Shumin is a 12-year-old Miao ethnic boy who loves drawing but had never touched a Chinese ink brush in his life. He could never afford it.
-	Bright Eyes of the Coal Face
	Seventy-three-year old painter Zhang Zishen finds inspiration 500 meters below the earth's surface. The coal mine is a vital source of power for booming China but it is also a world of life and death for thousands of hard-working miners. Glaring lights from safety lamps pierce through darkness and smoky scents pervade the air. Rigid edges of skin surround gritty eyes of faces caked with coal.
-	Hills Are Alive With the Sound of Architects
	Besides its great musical and operatic heritages, Austria also has produced major architectural achievements recognized across the world. The Austrian eye for architectural detail even goes back to late 17th-century China, when Austrian Jesuits sketched maps of the Forbidden City, the Potala Palace in Lhasa, and of bridges in Fujian, Shanxi provinces.
-	A Booming Chinese Oil Painting Market
	Recently Chinese oil paintings were often sold at a high price in the auctions. A professional painting seller from Beijing said many traditional Chinese painting collectors had turned to buying oil paintings, thus helping to create a booming oil painting market.

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