News - Winners of the Chinese Contemporary Art Awards announced

The winners of this year’s Chinese Contemporary Art Awards (CCAA), established by Uli Sigg in 1997, have been announced. They are Duan Jianyu for Best Artist (left), who was praised by the international jury for her highly personal installations and painterly renderings; Sun Xun for Best Young Artist (right), whose works should be seen in the rich tradition of Asian contemporary cinema; and the father of Chinese video art Zhang Peili for Lifetime Contribution.