Interest in Middle Eastern art is on the rise in China

Interest in Middle Eastern art in China is on the rise, if slowly. Though local and Western art remains dominant, Chinas fast-proliferating museums are becoming more receptive to art from other regions, and this growing curiosity coincides with the rising international attention to the Middle East and its art. However, a preference for the established canon and safe names remains entrenched, and the shift is gradual. Last week, a showing at Shanghais Rockbund Art Museum of the Solomon R. Guggen