Triptych sets Chinese art record

A three-panel oil painting by artist Zhang Xiaogang has sold for 79m Hong Kong dollars (6.3m) – a record auction price for Chinese contemporary art. The 1988 work, Forever Lasting Love, shows half-naked figures in an arid landscape surrounded by symbols, among them an emaciated ram. It was one of 105 artworks sold at Sotheby’s […]