Worried that police may act soon, artists redoubled their efforts, calling for more volunteers and saying Hong Kong must take responsibility to preserve the works. The artists have had some high-profile support: one of Britain's leading museums is ...full story

Others, like Dutch artist and "social designer" Daan Roosegaarde believe that art has a role to play in shifting people's ideas about how pollution can be part of the solution; he proposes that Beijing's smog be collected and actually re-used -- by ...full story

SINGAPORE — The Singapore Art Book Fair will be back next month. Organised by independent bookstore and publisher BooksActually and Singapore-based creative consultancy Hjgher, the annual book fair specialising in contemporary art and design ...full story

Now in its improbable fourth week, the main pro-democracy protest camp in Hong Kong's Admiralty district is a sort of Woodstock on the South China Sea. A sea of tents, the camp teems with street art and propaganda posters. They range from sculptures ...full story

The yellow umbrella is a common symbol throughout Hong Kong protest art as it blends the yellow ribbon—originally used to signify support of the protest—with the umbrellas protesters used to block the pepper spray and tear gas launched at them by police.full story

Just a few weeks ago, oil painters in eastern Beijing's Songzhuang art district had welcomed foreign reporters into their studios to show off their works tackling such touchy subjects as China's prisons and Communist Party politics. Over lunch, they ...full story

Does any street art or graffiti in Tokyo last for longer than a decade? Spray work usually gets a raw deal in the capital, with murals, shop fronts and wall pieces alike struggling to survive in a city where urban renewal starts almost as soon as ...full story

A policeman collects evidence of vandalism of two characters inspired by Taiwanese artist Jimmy Liao's illustrated book The Starry, Starry Night in Yilan County yesterday. Photo: Wang Yang-yu, Taipei Times. The Yilan County Government was alerted ...full story

As 798 Art District is invaded by more and more businesses, one may want to seek a pure art district in Beijing. Caochangdi (means "grassland" in Mandarin), an urban village and renowned art district, is home to a diverse group of residents, including ...full story

Four Filipinos explore the theme of “Diaspora” at the forthcoming Asian Art in London 2014, from Oct. 30 to Nov. 9. They are Andres Barrioquinto, Mark Lewis Higgins, Renato Orara and Mark Valenzuela. The special exhibit of modern and contemporary ...full story