Chinese security guards watch over installation art in Beijing

Chinese security guards watch over installation art on display in front of a prominent international art and cultural district in Beijing on July 13, 2012. While China's economic rise is helping finance a museum-building boom across the country and the government is focusing on strengthening state-run strongholds of culture, an increasing number of wealthy philanthropists and patrons of experimental art are building new showcases for works by emerging Chinese artists. UPI/Stephen Shaver