A Wild Rice theatre production of Romeo and Juliet. The Media Development Authority sees its new licensing scheme as an "empowering" one for artists and arts groups, and it could have been. But a myriad of punitive measures and caveats have left ... full story
KYOTO – Inuki Tachihara, a 62-year-old self-taught woodblock artist, has devoted half his life to reviving the lost beauty of ukiyo-e masterpieces from the Edo Period (1603-1867) by printing them exactly as they would have been made then, with their ... full story
Shipping containers are very strong boxes; you can stack them 16 high when empty, 9 high when full. When Tomokazu Hayakawa Architects wanted to build this little art gallery and office development in Tokyo they planned on using shipping containers, but ... full story
Chinese paramilitary police march away from Tiananmen Square during the National People's Congress (NPC and CPPCC) in Beijing on March 7, 2014. — AFP picBEIJING, June 2 — A Chinese-Australian artist has been detained in Beijing just before the ... full story
Beijing: Chinese authorities have told the Australian embassy in Beijing that detained artist Guo Jian is being held due to a "visa-related matter", as consular officials work to gain access to the 52-year-old. In a statement on Tuesday night, the ... full story
SHANGHAI — Inside the K11 Art Mall, an elevator ride away from Burberry, Chloé, Balenciaga and other high-end shops, hundreds of people line up each day to see very different kinds of luxury items on display. An exhibition of 40 paintings by Claude ... full story
Cadillac is promoting itself in Shanghai this month with the 2014 Cadillac Design Art Show, a two week-long event which allows prominent global and local artists to showcase their work alongside a range of Cadillac models from the present and the past.full story
The final plans include theatres, art galleries and music venues – all set along 2km of harbourfront and offering postcard views of the Hong Kong skyline. The entire site will cover 40 hectares, including 23 hectares of open public space. “It's perhaps ... full story
Greater Tainan Mayor William Lai (賴清德) is to make his first visit to China today to attend the opening ceremony of an art exhibition, a plan welcomed by Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Chairperson Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文), whose China policy has ... full story
Hiromi Moneyhun from Jacksonville is a paper-cut artist from Kyoto, Japan. Her three dimensional works combine traditional Japanese visual art forms with the “super- modernity” now found in Japan's largest cities. She has been most influenced by Edo ... full story
