A few hours later, the digitally manipulated photo of China's legendary Monkey King facing Tiananmen Gate, by Beijing-based artist Chi Peng, was pulled from the wall, one of several works at the SH Contemporary Art Fair deemed unfit for display by ... full story
Art in the subway in Beijing seems like a good idea; a bit of color and culture to brighten up that dreary commute to work. But once you actually think about it for any length of time, it really isn't a particularly good idea at all. Firstly, new ... full story
Public art in subway stations includes sculptures and murals, and it is the first time the city has asked the public for its opinions of the potential designs, the Beijing News reported Monday. According to the website of Beijing Municipal Commission ... full story
Hong Kong Repertory Theater will set the table at Guangzhou Opera House from Sept 4 to 6 and invite audiences to join in a thought-provoking supper. The award-winning play The Last Supper has only two roles. The mother and son talk at the table ... full story
The Creators Project—the ongoing global arts and technology initiative created by Intel and Vice—will host a two-day event at Beijing's Ullens Center for Contemporary Art on September 8 and 9, 2012. . During the event, Real Estate and The Chromatics ... full story
An effort is being made at the Grand Hotel Beijing, where over 30 pieces of selected Thangka paintings by two artists are exhibited. Chudri and Tashi Gyatso, two brothers from Qinghai Province, learned the technique for painting Thangka, a type of ... full story
Norwegian visual artist, Rita Marhaug, will be presenting her performance series Norwegian Liquid at two different performance festivals in Beijing starting late August right up to early September 2012. Armed to the teeth with oil, milk, bath tubs ... full story
Subsequently it has been displayed in London, New York City, Taipei, Los Angeles, and Houston. One of the six versions of Zodiac Heads is on view at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden in ... A major survey of Ai's art will open at the Hirshhorn ... full story
HONG KONG — “Courage” is hand-painted in English and Chinese on Wilson Shieh's T-shirt, an indication of the more vocal stance the Hong Kong artist has decided to take in recent months. During the city's pro-democracy march on July 1, the 15th ... full story
In 1993, Ai returned to Beijing, where he built a career as an architect. He also earned an underground reputation for publishing books about avant-garde art in China and for curating the controversial 2000 exhibition “FUCK OFF” in Shanghai. He became ... full story
