While China's burgeoning wealth and influence is hardly news, the shift in market activity to Hong Kong and Beijing certainly is. As the report also reveals, Japan still has far more billionaires than China and while booms in Japan in the late 1980s ... full story
The video artist Wang Gongxin spoke excitedly about China's so-called Jasmine Revolution, which has been much reported in the American press but barely felt in Beijing art circles. Apparently, he noted, 700 people had descended on a McDonald's in the ... full story
The exhibition is held until 13 March at the Ullens Center for Contemporary Art. EPA/HOW HWEE YOUNG. BEIJING- Moon in Glass , a new series of works by artist Ling Jian, employs portraiture, mirrors, installation and spatial design to create a seamless ... full story
Xiao Se was born in Beijing, China in 1970 and graduated from the Central Academy of Art and Design, Beijing, China and the Qinghai University in Xining, China. He currently lives and works in Beijing.full story
Xie is an art professor at Stanford University. He's lived in America since 1993 and earned a master's degree in art at the University of North Texas. He was studying architecture and painting in Beijing in the late 1980s when world events changed his ... full story
A man walks by the banner with slogan meaning "free entry" in front of the National Art Museum of China, in Beijing, capital of China, March 2, 2011. The National Art Museum of China started to open to visitors for free on Wednesday. ... full story
This poll involved a popular vote for the "Art Institution of the Year," with nominations including leading galleries and auction houses. Determined Ai Weiwei supporters immediately saw another opening. Among the nominated institutions was Beijing's ... full story
AP Wim Delvoye, who is a Belgium tattoo artist living in Beijing, has been displaying his displaying his latest art work on pigs at the Art Farm in China. He decorates them with smiling faces, Louis Vuitton logos and various words. ... full story
Libraries' borrowing fees have been axed and admission fares waived at all national and provincial art museums. As Jie Bai finds out, the campaign has attracted a surge of visitors. The National Art Museum in Beijing has been crowded with visitors ... full story
“These are significant pieces and they will attract major attention and should belong in a museum,” said Paul Tehan, an art consultant based in Hong Kong. “These are all early works from major artists and attached to the Ullens name, they all have good ... full story
