This handout photo received by AFP from Chinese dissident and artist Ai Weiwei on November 26, 2012 shows pop-rock balladeer Elton John (L) and Ai Weiwei posing for a joint photo of themselves at John's concert in Wukesong Stadium in Beijing.A message from Ai WeiweiForeign Policy (blog)full story

Huang Gesheng's solo show at the National Art Museum of China demonstrates the exploration of Lijiang Painting School as an important category of modern Chinese art, through a display of more than 80 ink-and-water paintings. The painting school was ...full story

Paris-Beijing Gallery from 10 January to 9 March 2013 presents a solo exhibition of Chinese artist Liu Bolin. It will be the second solo show of the artist in Paris. On the occasion of this exhibition Liu Bolin lets us discover his latest images ...full story

Chinese artist and outspoken political activist Ai Weiwei has a big fan in pop star Elton John. In a controversial move, John openly dedicated his two-hour Beijing concert Sunday night "to the spirit and talent of Ai Weiwei," he told the audience at ...full story

Beijing (CNN) -- Must art always serve politics? To audiences overseas, contemporary art in China is typified by Ai Weiwei, the most trenchant critic of China's artistic and political restrictions. But not all Chinese artists subscribe to Ai Weiwei's ...full story

Frustrated artists protested in Beijing's 789 Arts District last week, angry at the lock up of artist Xu Yong's popular 798 Space gallery, as well as arbitrary rent hikes and illegal fees, all made as part of an apparent attempt by the authorities to ...full story

It was only a matter of time before more fresh territory was carved up in the name of Beijing's contemporary art scene to attract city exhibition viewers. Yi Hao Di (or 'Art Base One'), which lies just beyond the city's Fifth Ring Road in Cuigezhuang ...full story

Ai Jing stands in front of her creation at the art exhibition "I Love Aijing" in the National Museum of China in Beijing, China, Nov. 19, 2012. The art exhibition, showcasing Ai Jing's creations, kicked off here Monday. Ai Jing, a pop singer who won ...full story

When Beijing Poly International Auction announced on its website in late summer that it would hold its first sales in Hong Kong this year, many in the art world wondered whether it was for real. "I heard they are still waiting to see how China Guardian ...full story

Reuters pic. LONDON, Nov 18 — Zeng Fanzhi may be one of the world's most feted and valuable living artists, but the Beijing-based painter says he has little time for the publicity such stature brings. Presenting a new showcase of canvases partly based ...full story