A portrait of disgraced official Lin Qingle, former vice general manager of Beijing Urban Construction Group Company, hangs on a wall with other portraits for Chinese artist and film-maker Zhang Bingjian's ''Hall of Fame'' project in his studio in ... full story
Ai's detention has shaken the edgier corners of Beijing's art scene. "We knew [Ai's detention] would happen sooner or later, but it was still surprising," said Gao Qiang, the younger of the two Gao brothers, contemporary artists with a studio in 798, ... full story
BEIJING (Reuters) - The case of detained Chinese artist Ai Weiwei has nothing to do with freedom of expression and the art scene in China is thriving, the country's embassy in London wrote in a letter to a state-run newspaper on Friday. ... full story
The event, which runs through May 31, is organized by some of Beijing's top art galleries in partnership with the world's oldest photography festival in Arles, France. Photospring not only promotes emerging Chinese photographers, but showcases some of ... full story
The Art Beijing 2011 Contemporary Art Fair will be held from Friday to Monday at the New Hall of the National Agricultural Exhibition Center in Beijing, offering art lovers a range of exhibitions and art activities. The annual fair will see the ... full story
New York (CNN) -- Art and politics are entangled in China. Two recent events in Beijing show just how much: the reopening of the National Museum and the detention of the outspoken artist Ai Weiwei. The renovated museum's inaugural displays avoid the ... full story
Shanghai, April 27 (IANS) A Chinese artist who designed the 2008 Beijing Olympics mascot has sued an art gallery here for selling replicas of his works, a media report said. Han Meilin has sought a compensation of 410000 yuan (US$62000) and a public ... full story
He is at once an architect, photographer, blogger and activist (he shuns the word "dissident") whose presence in Beijing is disproportionate to his (considerable) standing in the art world. He has 70000 followers on Twitter. ... full story
... authorities secretly nabbed the artist Ai Weiwei. Now, in the dark of night, they've taken away Confucius. Last January, an imposing 21 foot-high statue of Confucius was erected with great fanfare right on Chang'an Avenue in the heart of Beijing. ... full story
Campus Republicans got the piece ejected from the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute show where it was to debut, and then the city of Troy even shut an alternative art space that was to host a showing of the work. Beijing-based artist Feng Mengbo just ... full story
