Courtesy Fu Qiumeng Fine Art
QM Talks | A Review of New York’s Chinese Paintings Market from 1980s
A Conversation with Arnold Chang and Fang Xian
Sunday, June 16, 2024
10:30am
Free In-Person and Online Public Event
65 East 80th St, Ground Fl, NYC
Fu Qiumeng Fine Art is pleased to welcome you to their upcoming discussion on the American market for Chinese paintings and calligraphy with artist and connoisseur Arnold Chang and independent scholar Fang Xian.
Fang Xian previously served as Head of Sales and Vice President at Sotheby’s New York in the Chinese Paintings Department and has worked and studied with Chang for over a decade.
Arnold Chang is renowned not only as a highly accomplished artist but also as a pivotal figure in introducing classical and modern Chinese paintings and calligraphy to the international market. Since his tenure began at Sotheby’s New York in 1979, Chang has been instrumental in establishing regular auctions for Chinese paintings and calligraphy and founded auctions for modern Chinese paintings and calligraphy in Hong Kong in 1980, solidifying the groundwork for regular auctions in both locales. During his nearly 15-year stewardship of the Chinese Paintings Department at Sotheby’s New York, where he also served as vice president, Chang also unveiled and made available to the public previously unknown or little-known works of art, such as Zhang Daqian’s monumental six-panel work Giant Lotus. In 1992, Chang transitioned from Sotheby’s to Kaikodo, where he continued to profoundly influence the market for classical Chinese paintings and calligraphy in New York.
With the reestablishment of Sotheby’s Chinese Paintings Department in New York in 2012, Chang was reappointed as a consultant and collaborated with Fang Xian to secure a series of important artworks and single-owner auctions for the company.
Be sure to join this special conversation where Chang and Fang reflect on their careers, share art market stories, and discuss the future of contemporary Chinese painting.
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