This extends far beyond the contemporary art market, too, with Chinese buyers pulling ahead of the pack and also dominating at auctions of traditional Chinese ink paintings, ceramics, and antiques this year.

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Stevenson gallery, which also has a branch in Johannesburg, exhibits an international collection of contemporary paintings, sculptures, ceramics and mixed media that reflects the current creative scene n South Africa as well as Africa and its diaspora.

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About 80% of the work sold was fine art such as paintings and sculpture, followed by ceramics and jewellery.

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They're arranged in domestic settings alongside paintings, sculptures, ceramics, enamels and other artworks by his Pomona Valley contemporaries, including his mentor, the painter Millard Sheets.

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