“Contemporary Chinese Art is currently one of the hottest genres anywhere. In the past 18 months Sotheby’s has created a stand alone modern-Chinese-art division, and Christie’s showcases the art alongside such modern masters as Andy Warhol and Willem de Kooning”.

Chinese auctions houses that once specialized in traditional ink paintings are now putting contemporary experimental artworks on the block.

“What is happening in China is what happened in Europe at the beginning of the 20th century,” said Michael Goedhuis, a collector and art dealer specializing in Asian contemporary art who has galleries in London and New York. New ground is being broken. There’s a revolution underway”