{"id":20872,"date":"2015-05-22T14:51:52","date_gmt":"2015-05-22T14:51:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rehs.com\/blog\/?p=20872"},"modified":"2024-03-08T00:56:34","modified_gmt":"2024-03-08T05:56:34","slug":"billionaires-art-expert-slams-attack-on-chinese-collectors-buying-western-masterpieces","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/2015\/05\/billionaires-art-expert-slams-attack-on-chinese-collectors-buying-western-masterpieces\/","title":{"rendered":"Billionaire\u2019s art expert slams attack on Chinese collectors buying western masterpieces"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The recent growth in purchasing western art in China is being\u00a0compared to the early 19th century trade of opium from western countries into Asia. \u00a0In the past month, high ticket items\u00a0by artist like Monet, van Gogh and Picasso garnering prices from $20 million &#8211; $66 million were all bought by rich Chinese businessmen. \u00a0It is said that the criticism stems\u00a0from the Chinese governments concerns over the countries unquestionable adaptation to Western ideas and culture. \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/china\/money-wealth\/article\/1806942\/billionaires-art-expert-slams-attack-chinese-collectors\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">FULL ARTICLE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn3.scmp.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/486w\/public\/2015\/05\/22\/monetbassin.jpeg?itok=aK0qwrNV\" alt=\"monetbassin\" width=\"338\" height=\"203\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The recent growth in purchasing western art in China is being\u00a0compared to the early 19th century trade of opium from western countries into Asia. \u00a0In the past month, high ticket items\u00a0by artist like Monet, van Gogh and Picasso garnering prices &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/2015\/05\/billionaires-art-expert-slams-attack-on-chinese-collectors-buying-western-masterpieces\/?contemporary=N\">More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[11],"class_list":["post-20872","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-rehs-contemporary","tag-rehs-contemporary-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.7 (Yoast SEO v27.7) - 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