BEIJING — Liu Xiaoyuan, a lawyer friend of Ai Weiwei, the artist and frequent critic of the Communist Party, has said in an online posting that Chinese officials have revoked the business license of Mr. Ai's art production company, Beijing Fake ... full story
Speaking to reporters outside a Beijing court Thursday, the internationally recognized artist called the ruling “shameless,” saying his lawyers were not allowed to present his case. It was the second time that Ai had asked the court to overturn the ... full story
BEIJING, Sept. 28, 2012 — /PRNewswire/ -- Beijing Bienale, cooperating with Italy-China Cooperation Culture Development Company, curated a special exhibition inside Beijing Bienale 2012 in the National Art Museum of China. This exhibition includes 160 ... full story
BEIJING — Chinese authorities on Thursday rejected activist artist Ai Weiwei's second and final appeal of a $2.4 million tax fine, a ruling he said sprang from a “barbaric and backward legal system.” The internationally known artist, who has long used ... full story
BEIJING — Ai Weiwei, the rebel artist and acid critic of the Chinese Communist Party who was detained by the government last year, said Tuesday that the authorities were still holding his passport, which means he cannot travel to the United States for ... full story
In an effort to capitalize on the tremendous growth of the Chinese art market, Sotheby's said on Friday it had entered into a 10-year joint venture with the Beijing GeHua Art Company, a state-owned enterprise, to become the first international auction ... full story
Receiving recognition for her unique artistic compositions, Fran Forman '67 was recently granted the prestigious honor of being selected as one of 30 artists to have her work displayed in a traveling exhibition that is set to reach Beijing and Shanghai ... full story
A South Korean art show is being held at Today Art Museum in Beijing. Part of the celebrations to mark the 20th anniversary of the establishment of friendly diplomatic ties between the People's Republic of China and Republic of Korea, the exhibition ... full story
Looking to expand beyond its highly lucrative Hong Kong enclave into the mainland China art market — where it has been to date blocked from holding auctions — for quite some time now, Sotheby's has finally staked a claim in Beijing. This week, as ... full story
While her works draw from the Russian Suprematist school, Ms. Hadid said during a interview here, after an exhibition of her paintings in Hong Kong, that her travels in China and her study of traditional Chinese art and architecture had also played a ... full story
