This project works with contemporary Chinese art prices data. Web scraping from artsy.com, I compiled 40 years’ worth of data into four CSV files based on artworks in different medium categories and combined them into a single CSV file. Using this data, I was able to calculate the general price trend of artworks from 1980 to 2020, the artist & gallery ranking based on the artworks’ prices, and sales status based on artist & artwork time period. Using Tableau, I created data visualizations of these price trends. I also created two word clouds based on the titles of the artworks I analyzed. Finally, I published the visualizations to Tableau Public.
Contemporary Chinese Art Price Trends
By: Jing Zhao