{"id":23227,"date":"2008-09-01T16:55:29","date_gmt":"2008-09-01T23:55:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/?p=23227"},"modified":"2008-09-01T16:55:29","modified_gmt":"2008-09-01T23:55:29","slug":"the-chinese-art-explosion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2008\/09\/the-chinese-art-explosion\/","title":{"rendered":"The Chinese Art Explosion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From Barbara Pollock<a href=\"http:\/\/artnews.com\/issues\/article.asp?art_id=2542&#038;current=True\"> at ARTnews<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\nAs works by Chinese artists fetch multimillion-dollar prices, the international art world is waking to the power of the Asian market. 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