Yue Minjun is one of the most important Chinese contemporary artists creating today, with artworks selling for millions of dollars at auction houses worldwide. His painting "Gweong-Gweong" achieved USD 6.9 million sales at Christie's HK, an all time record for the artist. Yue Minjun is in the permanent collections of the SFMoma, Denver Art Museum, The Culture Centre of Francois Mitterrand, Busan Museum of Art, Guangdong Museum of Art, Shenzhen Art Museum, among others. TIME magazine described Yue Minjun: "If you think China has a close relationship with the current and future status of the world, then this is the man to paint China."