Another first this autumn season in Asia was Christie’s Hong Kong first Chinese Contemporary Ink Exhibition titled Beyond Tradition. Exhibited at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre from November 22 to 27, 2012, the exhibition featured 18 works by leading artists in the field, including Liu Guosong, Li Huayi, Liu Dan, Gu Wenda, Xu Bing, Yang Jiechang, and Qiu Zhijie. The artists represented in this exhibition were trained in traditional Chinese painting and most received education after China opened its door to the world in 1979. The artists were introduced to a variety of Western styles and techniques, but decided upon the contemporary ink medium as their mode of expression. The aim of the exhibition was to engage audiences in a dialogue on the ways in which works of art in a traditional medium can be innovative and translated into the language of global contemporary art. Contemporary ink painting has already received considerable interest in Europe and America and is poised for success in Asia, and this exhibition builds towards the development of an individual sales category at Christie’s. The exhibition will be followed by a series of Chinese contemporary ink private-sale exhibitions in 2013, starting with New York in February 28th- March 22nd and Hong Kong in May.