Modern and Contemporary Volume Full-Speed Check Dictionary Six - Chinese Painting and Calligraphy Auction Intelligence

Author: Da Yunhe
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Publish Date: 2006-04-01
Features: Since the 1990s, China's market has risen an emerging industry of art auction. The collection of artworks has gradually expanded from the scope of national cultural and cultural institutions with occasional involvement of a few private individuals to a broader range of people from all social strata, while also opening up an increasingly vast art market. As the saying goes, "A prosperous era fosters collection, while chaos calls for hoarding gold." The prosperity of the art market is a sign of economic prosperity, rising personal wealth, and harmonious social development. The motivation for collecting artworks mainly has two layers: one is for the need of spiritual enjoyment, to enrich cultural life, improve the quality of art appreciation, or to decorate homes and beautify living environments; the other is as an economic investment behavior, seeking preservation of value or appreciation. Indeed, there are those who pursue both. Calligraphy and painting art, with its long tradition, unique national artistic charm, and profound historical and cultural connotation, is loved by people at all levels, and calligraphy and painting lots have become a major part of the art auction market. In recent years, with the dramatic increase in social demand, the market prices of both ancient and modern calligraphy and painting works have soared, setting new highs repeatedly.