One said officers wanted John's manager to sign a statement saying the dedication was inspired only by admiration for Ai's art. John's spokesman declined to comment when contacted by the Guardian. Ai and John met briefly before the Beijing show, with ...full story

Location. The hotel is in the 798 Art District, home to a lively Beijing cultural scene that took root in an area of decommissioned military factory buildings in the 1990s. Now filled with galleries, cafes, little boutiques and craft shops, the ...full story

An art exhibition, Ma Haifang Beijing culture, was held at Beijing 798 Art Zone recently. Ma Haifang, who was born in Beijing, is a member of China Artists Association. He is always focusing on cultural features of Beijing, including folk customs and ...full story

Beijing will invest 45 billion yuan ($7.23 billion) to develop a core performance district, led by the art districts in the Temple of Heaven and Tianqiao. There are already 27 theatres in Dongcheng district, and Beijing will construct another 34. In ...full story

The Ullens Center for Contemporary Art in Beijing has an intriguing new take on China's place in the debate over Apple, iPhones, and the people who make them. While Americans hash out the moral ups and downs of having our electronics produced by ...full story

I wonder, reflecting on the artist's satirical take on China's Cultural Revolution. Prostitution, communism and greed all feature heavily in the complex of galleries, exhibitions and boutiques which make up the Beijing 798 Art Zone. The former factory ...full story

In this photo taken on Tuesday, Dec 25, 2012, Beijing-based artist Liu Yi casts his shadow on his painting of portraits of Tibetans who have self-immolated over the past three years as he works at his studio in Songzhuang art village in Tongzhou, on ...full story

The Soft Violence installation is curated by Neng Zhao, one half of Culture Continuum Consulting Co., Ltd., a consultancy specializing in Chinese art and intercultural communication spheres. Based in Beijing with offices in Hong Kong and London ...full story

BEIJING — Beijing-based artist Liu Yi is working on a series of black-and-white portraits he knows will never be shown in a Chinese gallery. His varied subjects - men and women, young and old, smiling and pensive - have one thing in common: They are ...full story

The New York Academy of Art is pleased to present “From Beijing”, the upcoming exhibition of artwork by the faculty of Beijing's Central Academy of Fine Arts (CAFA) with an opening reception on Tuesday 22 January from 6 to 8pm. The show will remain on ...full story