Cultural consumption highlights in 2014 (5)

43% of music albums are sold in digital form; low-budget films win great success; more and more fiction, films and television plays become sources of cartoons; self-publishing make it possible to issue your own publications—along with new trends in globalized culture , what will be the cultural highlights in China in 2014?

Works of art: painting and calligraphy still play the main role

In the Chinese art market, traditional painting and calligraphy always take a major share. Although contemporary arts are emerging, this basic situation has not changed. Arts insiders generally believe that in 2014 modern paintings and calligraphy will remain steady in the market.

According to Wu Yongqiang, professor of Sichuan University Art School, traditional painting and calligraphy always takes up half of the Chinese art market, and their time has not yet come to a close. In 2014, the art market will still see painting and calligraphy as the principal players.