Some Art With That McMansion?

A story ran in the Wall Street Journal on Friday about the rise of so-called McMansions in China. In the Palais De Fortune alone — that'd be a gated community in Beijing — there are 172 of them. And a reported 75 other similar "villa compounds" have gone up in Beijing and Shanghai. Sure, they may be variously outfitted with Swarovski crystal chandeliers, panic rooms, and pillows emblazoned with the Fendi "F" logo (but is it real or "made in China?"). See for yourself:

But what they're really going to need to emulate the sprawling compounds of the Western elite is some art for their walls — hopefully to replace the photographs of Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes that hang in one home in the Rose Garden development. Chinese contemporary sure seems popular. That would be some pastiche: A home inspired by 17th-century French architecture equipped with Western amenities and filled with Yue Minjun and Zeng Fanzhi.