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TOKYO.- ART FAIR TOKYO, the largest fair of its kind in Japan, began in 2005. This year it celebrates its fifth anniversary. ART FAIR TOKYO features a wide range of genres and periods of art, such as antiques, Asian art, nihonga, modern art, and contemporary art. ART FAIR TOKYO is where art enthusiasts, art collectors, journalists, and curators come together to seek artworks and confirm the latest trends of the art world. ART FAIR TOKYO 2010 will feature 139 top galleries, from Japan and around the world, — showcasing a total of approximately three thousands artworks.

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MADRID.- Once again, ARCOmadrid_ 2010, the International Contemporary Art Fair, offers a unique opportunity to see work by major names in the contemporary art world. Many of the top artists, those heading the art market rankings, will have work on show at the art fair in Madrid, making it a unique chance to catch some true master pieces of our time.

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NEW YORK, NY.- ArtSpeakChina (ASC), the first online, collaboratively authored bilingual encyclopedia of Chinese contemporary art officially launched today. Now online at both www.artspeakchina.org and www.tanyishu.cn, the Wikipedia-style reference guide provides both English and Mandarin speakers with hundreds of in-depth articles on Chinese artists and the world of Chinese contemporary art. ASC’s bilingual, collaborative character helps overcome the language barrier and is already improving the global availability, exchange and quality of information about Chinese contemporary art.

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Artist and activist Ai Weiwei published an opinion piece yesterday in the Wall Street Journal commenting on Google’s decision to cease censorship of its Chinese search engine.

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With a total revenue figure up 255% compared with February 2009, Christie’s and Sotheby’s Contemporary Art sales have confirmed the recovery of the top end of the art market (combined revenue of $79,5m in February 2010 vs. £22.3m from the same sales in 2009).

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The 798 Art District team wishes everybody a prosperous and happy Chinese New Year

Artists Fang Lijun, Ai Weiwei and Zhang Xiaogang were named in succession as the country’s top 3 infl uential fi gures in art, while Fan Di’an, director of the National Art Museum of China, was cited as number 6 for promoting Chinese art abroad. Those that made the list were credited with helping to recover and further develop the Chinese art market.

Out of the 100 names on the list of the most influential, 13 were singled out by a 100-member jury panel and given special distinction.

An “Art Event of the Year” prize was awarded for the cooperation between the “Art Beijing” and “Art Changsha” exhibition, respectively held in March and August 2009. Both aimed to strength ties between the northern and southern parts of China’s contemporary art communities.