Letter from the Editor: The Writing's On the Wall
Shrugging off concerns about a global recession in 2008, the art market barrels ahead, mining the emerging art communities in major metropolises and regional capitals for undervalued talent. Although auction records, new institutions and grandiose personalities continue to explode in... [more]

The Point: Origins of the Chinese Avant-Garde
Last fall I visited the Sichuan Fine Arts Institute in Chongqing, in search of the next generation of artists, those following in the footsteps of Zhang Xiaogang and Feng Zhengjie and other market leaders who attended this school. Two days and 50 studio visits later, I was tempted to conclude that this had been a waste of time... [more]