新的世界艺术中心诞生于纽约20世纪之前,世界艺术中心一直在欧洲,以伦敦和巴黎为代表。在18世纪中后期,伦敦先后设立了苏富比与佳士得拍卖行,之后成长为艺术品拍卖行业的两大霸主,一度控制了全球95%的艺术品拍卖市场。在18—20世纪,巴黎同样是最受关注的世界艺术中心。巴黎拥有举世闻名的世界级博物馆卢浮宫和奥赛博物馆,馆内收藏有大量世界各地各时期的艺术珍品。相比于底蕴深厚的欧洲艺术,美 New World Arts Center was born in New York before the 20th century, the World Arts Center has been in Europe, represented by London and Paris. In the mid-to-late 18th century, London set up Sotheby’s and Christie’s auction houses successively, and then became the two dominant heirs in the art auction industry, which once controlled 95% of the world’s art auction markets. In the 18th and 20th centuries, Paris was also the world’s most watched art center. Paris has the world-famous world-class museum Louvre and Orsay Museum, the museum has a large collection of art pieces from around the world in various periods. Compared to the profound European art, beauty