He shot "Welcome to China" while wandering through the giant 798 Art Zone in Beijing. San Antonio photographer Al Rendon shot waltzing couples in a square near the Temple of Heaven during a 10-day visit to China last year.full story
Chen Nan reports in Beijing. At first glance, the shopping cart filled with canvases looks like it could be an installation that equates paintings with groceries. And indeed, that's the intent of Affordable Art Beijing (AAB) - artworks so affordable, ... full story
Mainland China's import duty and value added tax on fine art total about 23 percent, compared to no levies in Hong Kong. The investigation may damp demand among Chinese art buyers, who last year surpassed Americans to become the world's largest art and ... full story
A prominent Chinese artist turned activist and co-designer of Beijing's Olympic stadium, Ai Weiwei made international headlines after exposing his frustrations with the Chinese Communist regime, often through his art but also through social media ... full story
By WSJ Staff In 2008, Cai Guo-Qiang created 29 giant firework 'footprints' that traversed the night sky during the Beijing Olympics opening ceremony. Now, the artist brings his pyrotechnic vision to Hangzhou's West Lake for a new show at Zhejiang Art ... full story
By SHIVANI VORA Prices for modern South Asian art have skyrocketed in recent years in the United States, as deep-pocketed collectors bid up works by well-known names and newcomers alike. For many Indian Americans and others interested in work from the ... full story
The move came as the making and selling of forged paintings and calligraphy works in the name of eminent art figures has become "prevalent" and has even developed into a "relatively intact industrial chain," the administration concluded in a statement ... full story
Perhaps it was naive of Raab to imagine that a work of art, which depicts the immolation of Tibetan culture and the imprisonment of political opposition, would be accepted in Beijing. The Michael Schultz Gallery ( http://www.galerie-schultz.de/ ) from ... full story
Not to be outdone, the National Art Museum of China in Beijing is holding an international competition to choose the architect for a structure of almost 1.4 million square feet to be built next to one of the capital's new landmarks, the National ... full story
By Sui-Lee Wee | BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese dissident artist Ai Weiwei is suing Beijing tax authorities for violating the law by imposing a 15 million yuan ($2.4 million) tax evasion penalty on the company he works for without allowing him access to ... full story
