Foreign and Military Affairs
Chinese artists raise 3.22m yuan auction for Haiti
By Zuo Likun (chinadaily.com.cn)
Updated: 2010-03-22 10:34
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More than 20 Chinese contemporary artists have raised 3.22 million yuan ($471,730) for the post-quake reconstruction in Haiti by putting 35 works under the hammer on Sunday in Beijing, the Xinhua reported.
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The benefactors include Cai Guoqiang, known for using gunpowder in his drawings. Cai's masterpiece "You Shan" (Wander in Mountain) was the auction's top money-puller, fetching 900,000 yuan ($131,850).
