Bryan mcfarlane, born and raised in Jamaica, is a professor of painting and drawing at the University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth and has a studio in Beijing, China. He has been a visiting artist at over 35 universities and museums throughout the ... full story
In terms of Chinese art, this collection is like the Vatican's collection of Western art. There is a strong sense that the Taiwanese took the best stuff, which still rankles with the mainland government. Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek shipped about 3824 ... full story
Works by the China-born, Paris-based artist (1920- ), known for the use of intense colors on his abstract paintings, rank among the top- selling at Hong Kong art auctions. At the November sale, Zao's “Hommage a Tou-Fou” sold for an artist auction ... full story
The provocative work titled “The Starving of Sudan” (2008) by Xu Zhen (Long March Space, Beijing) re-enacts the tragic situation of the 1994 Pulitzer Prize-winning photograph taken by Kevin Carter, who committed suicide shortly after receiving the ... full story
Last month, Sotheby's raised HK$691 million at its Hong Kong auction of 1700 items, compared with the HK$1.77 billion it raised a year ago. The Artprice Global Index, which tracks sales of fine-art works, says art prices track stock and currency ... full story
It features 189 pieces of art, including 146 from the museum's permanent collection, and 43 borrowed items from private collections in Beijing and Shanghai. China's imperial collection was split when the Nationalists evacuated more than 19000 crates of ... full story
After the tearaway success of the 798 Art Zone comes another commercial culture center, Image Base. Known locally as Jing Yuan, the Chaoyang district site captures an important time in Beijing's planned economy during the early years of New China, ... full story
China's fast rising art market has to face up to these challenges to create more opportunities for development. Amid these challenges, the Art Beijing 2009 Contemporary Art Fair has opened. Regarded as the barometer of the spring auction market for the ... full story
“Stewart lived in Beijing for nine years and I was there for six. What we were looking for was a way to bring together artists who had a deep relationship with Beijing and showcase their art,” says Abad, who is participating in the exhibition as well. ... full story
Young artists from China as well as a dozen other countries including Japan, South Korea, Singapore, Canada, and the United States, are getting ready to join the Angel International Art Festival for Children. It will be held in Beijing from July 25-28. ... full story
