Walasse Ting
Chinese | 1929 - 2010
Walasse Ting was a Chinese Asian Modern & Contemporary artist who was born in 1929. Numerous key galleries and museums such as Bechtler Museum of Modern Art have featured Walasse Ting's work in the past.Walasse Ting's work has been offered at auction multiple times, with realized prices ranging from 12 USD to 3,304,000 USD, depending on the size and medium of the artwork. Since 1998 the record price for this artist at auction is 3,304,000 USD for Tickle Me, sold at Kingsley Art Auction, Taipei in 2013. Walasse Ting has been featured in articles for Arte Fuse, Christie's Daily and Artomity. The most recent article is In Sotheby’s Hong Kong Sales, a Story of Flips That Didn’t written for ARTnews in April 2024. The artist died in 2010.
Artist's alternative names: Ding Xiongquan, Xiongquan Ding
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Walasse Ting: Parrot Jungle
Walasse Ting: New York, New York
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Until recently, painter, printmaker, and poet Walasse Ting (1928–2010) was often thought of, artistically, as “always the bridesmaid, never the bride,” more a supporting actor than a creative force unto himself.
Following a successful Art Basel Hong Kong, Sotheby’s unveiled a new format for its annual Hong Kong sales, combining modern and contemporary in a single evening sale, and pairing it with the Asia debut of its ultra-contemporary The Now sale.
It’s an exciting year for art lovers — from Alicia Keys and Swizz Beatz’s world-class collection of contemporary art to the world’s first exhibition exploring Matisse and the sea — there’s something for everyone.
