Move over Francis Bacon. It is all about Zhang Daqian and Qi Baishi now. The 20th-century Chinese artists are the highest-earning names at auction in recent years. That is because China is the biggest art market by auction revenues, making its largest auctioneers – Poly International Auction and China Guardian – serious rivals to Sotheby’s and Christie’s. Both of the former are busy with large auctions in Hong Kong this season.
把弗朗西斯?培根(Francis Bacon)的作品挪到一邊吧。現在流行的全是張大千和齊白石的作品。在最近幾年,20世紀中國藝術家們的作品拍賣的價格最高。這是因為按拍賣收入計算,中國是全球最大的藝術品市場,從而讓中國最大的拍賣商——保利國際拍賣公司(Poly International Auction)和嘉德拍賣公司(Guardian Auctions)——成為蘇富比拍賣行(Sotheby's)和克里斯蒂拍賣行(Christie's)強有力的競爭對手。保利國際和嘉德目前正忙著在香港舉辦大型秋季拍賣會。