BEIJING, Oct. 14 (Xinhuanet) -- Beijing is not only the economic, political and educational center of China, but also its cultural and artistic center. It boasts hundreds of galleries, art centers and museums, all focusing on different categories of ... full story
The Beautiful Future, which comprises six such paintings to date, is the brainchild of British ex-pat duo Nick Bonner and Dominic Johnson-Hill, who both arrived in the Chinese capital 20 years ago and caught the Beijing bug. Bonner runs Koryo Tours, a ... full story
Shanghai's art galleries have had a rough couple of years: In 2011, some 70 artists were evicted from 696 Weihai Road, the artists' colony that was a cornerstone of the city's contemporary art scene. The galleries that have managed to stay open ... full story
“Today when people mention art in Shanghai, most are talking about art before 1949, yet the contributions and achievements of those artists born in the 1930s and 1940s are somewhat ignored.” Wang Jieyin, born in 1941 in Shanghai, is nicknamed “the ... full story
Sponsored by the Ministry of Culture and organized by the Shanghai municipal government, the 15th China Shanghai International Arts Festival (SIAF) will take place from October 18 to November 18. This year's festival will feature 46 performances, and ... full story
Nell, SUMMER, 2012, digital video, edition of 10, 3 mins. Videography: Tina Havelock Stevens Sound: Ingrid Rowell. Courtesy of the artist and Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney. Winner of 'The University of Queensland National Artists' Self-Portrait Prize ... full story
Unsuspecting tourists who thought they were buying cheap Banksy knock-offs have scored the bargain of a lifetime after the elusive street artist revealed the paintings were really his. Banksy used an anonymous old man to sell several of his original ... full story
The first work I bumped into at the recent international art fair Sydney Contemporary was Transportation by Damien Hirst, price on application but understood by many to be offered at $900,000 – the kind of price that makes collecting art appear a hobby ... full story
VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese artists will have the chance to showcase surreal and imaginative works at this year's Singapore Biennial, which will open next Saturday and attract 82 artists and 27 curators from around 13 countries. Vietnamese artists ... full story
“I bundled up wife and son and sent them back to Germany and I stayed in Hong Kong and started working on 'Architecture of Density,' so it was basically a situation where I really felt this need to do my own interpretation of the city,” Wolf says. This ... full story
