“I have an inherent need to create bridges, to reach,” said Patricia Ruiz Bayon, a prominent performance artist in Matamoros, Mexico, just across the border from Brownsville, Texas. “Probably because I have always been at the edge of division.” But ... full story
13, Zhou Jie, a top dancer with the Shanghai Opera and Dance Theatre, will sleep naked on the bed and spend her time eating, showering and using her smartphone. Her experimental performance at the Beijing Art Now Gallery includes a half-finished steel ... full story
Ai Weiwei on Alcatraz: The world-famous Chinese dissident artist, still forbidden to leave Beijing after being briefly jailed for antiauthoritarian activity, will send an ensemble of new works to be installed in the world's most famous disused prison ... full story
An ongoing exhibition at the National Museum in Beijing is showcasing painting and calligraphy works by Chinese and French art masters, to celebrate the 50th anniversary of diplomatic relations between China and France. The exhibition, free to the ... full story
The painter from North Korea, who uses the pseudonym Sun Mu, fled the North in 1998 and resettled in South Korea in 2001, has been called a "faceless" artist as he does not allow himself to be photographed out of fears that his family left behind could ... full story
Juliette was then sent to China in 2006 to do a Bachelor's degree in visual communications at the Central Academy of Fine Arts in Beijing. The first few months were the hardest, according to Juliette, being unable to communicate, but she soon got to ... full story
BEIJING, July 25 (Yonhap) -- A North Korean defector known for his satirical paintings on North Korean society plans to hold a rare exhibition in Beijing this week, an organizer of the exhibition said Friday. The painter from North Korea, who uses the ... full story
Governor Terry McAuliffe announced that the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (VMFA) is the first art museum in the United States to establish an extensive collaborative project with the Palace Museum in Beijing. The two museums are in the midst of a series ... full story
An exhibition at the Bruce Museum in Greenwich has fostered an unusual cross-cultural dialogue between artists in two capitals of the contemporary art world. The exhibition “Tales of Two Cities: New York and Beijing” features works by five pairs of ... full story
Of the interactive art exhibitions happening in Beijing, the most interesting shows go beyond responding to an artist's work by offering visitors active participation in creating new art. At the Today Art Museum, for instance, Swiss photographer Hannes ... full story
